Fiction - Literary

An exploration of NYC and America in the burgeoning moments before the start of the Civil War through the eyes of a young, biracial girl—the high...

"Deeply affecting. . . . Like the best novels of Nadine Gordimer, it makes us appreciate the dynamic between the personal and the political, the ...

A New York Times Notable Book for 2011One of The Economist's 2011 Books of the YearOne of NPR's 10 Best Novels of 2011From the National Book Awar...

The Miller's Dance, the ninth novel in Winston Graham's classic Poldark saga, now a major TV series from Masterpiece PBS.Cornwall 1812At Nampara,...

The startling, witty, highly anticipated second novel from the critically acclaimed author of Atmospheric Disturbances. The story begins in 1618, i...

Best Book of the Year Real Simple - AARP - USA Today - NPR - Virginia Living Longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize From the Man Booker finalist and ...

Dakota Territory, 1867. The O'Driscoll brothers have survived a Sioux massacre, but Michael is gravely wounded. The deserters are fleeing north wit...

Notes From Your BooksellerNew York Times best-seller and Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks delivers yet again with this sweeping story spann...

A vivid account of life in New York City for the Black and Irish communities and the events that precipitated--and decided--the Civil War, from the...

"Brooks' chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling." --The New York Times Book Review "Horse isn't just an animal story--it's a mov...

Consumed with grief, driven by vengeance, a man undertakes an unrelenting odyssey across the lawless post-Civil War frontier seeking redemption in ...

An unprecedented view of Lincoln's Springfield from the acclaimed and bestselling author of Loving Frank.Nancy Horan, author of the million-copy Ne...

Freeman, the new novel by Leonard Pitts, Jr., takes place in the first few months following the Confederate surrender and the assassination of Abra...

Notes From Black ReadsA powerful debut about a group of enslaved women rebelling against the plantation owners, Night Wherever We Go is a story ...

The startling, witty, highly anticipated second novel from the critically acclaimed author of Atmospheric Disturbances.The story begins in 1618, ...