Brilliant books but not light reading!

Discover brilliant books that are anything but light reading! Explore our curated list of intellectually stimulating and thought-provoking reads for deep thinkers.

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Affinity

by Sarah Waters

“Gothic tale, psychological study, puzzle narrative…This is gripping, astute fiction that feeds the mind and senses.”—The Seattle Times An upper-class woman recovering from a suicide …
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The Hours

by Michael Cunningham

Winner of the pulitzer Prize.
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The Other Boleyn Girl

 

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The Six Wives of Henry VIII

 

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Elizabeth and Mary

 

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The Memoirs of Cleopatra

 

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The Sunne in Splendour

by Sharon Kay Penman

A historical novel that re-creates the life of Richard III in fifteenth-century England, presenting the monarch as a gifted man and romantic hero who was …
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Last of the Amazons

 

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The Mists of Avalon

by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The magical saga of the women behind King Arthur's throne. “A monumental reimagining of the Arthurian legends . . . reading it is a deeply …
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A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin

NOW THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONES—THE MASTERPIECE THAT BECAME A CULTURAL PHENOMENON Here is the first book in the landmark series that has …
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Sabriel (The Abhorsen Trilogy)

 

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Girl with a Pearl Earring

by Tracy Chevalier

Holland comes to dazzling life in this richly imagined portrait of Griet, a sixteen year old of the 1660s who inspired one of Vermeer's most …
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The Brothers Karamazov

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Originally published in 1990 by North Point Press.
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The virgin suicides

 

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