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This novel is like a mystery, pulling the reader along, leaving things unexplained, and gradually revealing a tragic event. Ultimately hopeful and well worth reading.
A classic drawing room mystery. Who of the many suspects with motive and opportunity stabbed the wealthy Nathaniel Herriard in the back? Written in 1934 with humor, wit and style.
Beautifully written and exciting tales of the Klondike.
Entertaining historical fiction written in letters and set in January 1946 in London and on the island of Guernsey.
Spare and masterful writing about a sixty-seven year old man coming to terms with events of the past and their long reaching consequences.
I really enjoy all of the writing of Haruki Murakami. This particular novel is especially impressive in scope, both psychologically and historically.
Really just a very funny book poking fun at human and literary foibles.
A thirteen year old boy navigates 1982 in a Worcestershire village. Really has to be read to be appreciated for its humor and heartbreak.
This is a beautiful and devastating novel full of courage and brutality. It's told from the point of view of a child caught between her love for her mother and hatred for her increasingly abusive stepfather.
Jane Austen's last novel is another love story, one featuring slightly older and more world weary protagonists. It's about regret and second chances.
A love triangle in 1950s expatriate Paris defies conventional morality with devastating results.
Sherman Alexie will make you laugh and cry if you read this book about Junior, an extreme underdog, as he tries to reconcile his high school experience with life on the reservation.
This is a very humorous look at what Satan would do with a chance to redeem himself.
