Favorite Fiction Ive Read Recently
Discover my top favorite fiction books recently read—captivating stories, must-read novels, and unforgettable characters. Find your next great read here!
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Camilla
by Madeleine L'Engle
Experience this story of first love by A Wrinkle in Time author Madeleine L'Engle. This classic novel is now a major motion picture, Camilla Dickinson. …
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Scar Tissue
by Michael Ignatieff
At the heart of Michael Ignatieff's riveting novel about a woman's descent into neurological illness are the tangled threads of a Midwestern family, frayed by …
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The Vicar of Sorrows
by A. N. Wilson
In this powerful novel that will confirm his reputation as one of Britain's brightest literary lights, A.N. Wilson recounts the downward spiral of Francis Kreer, …
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Love in the Ruins
by Walker Percy
Amid the decadence and polarization of a future American society, a U.S. doctor discovers a promising cure for all the ills of the human psyche.
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Father Melancholy's Daughter
by Gail Godwin
The novels of Gail Godwin are contemporary classics--evocative, powerfully affecting, beautifully crafted fiction alive with endearing, unforgettable characters. Her critically acclaimed work has placed her …
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Evensong
by Gail Godwin
To read Gail Godwin is to touch the very core of human experience. With inimitable grace and aching emotional precision, Godwin probes our own complexities …
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Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
In 1956, toward the end of his life, Reverend John Ames begins a letter to his young son, sharing the story of his life and …
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Home
by Marilynne Robinson
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Gilead" pens a moving and healing book about families, family secrets, and the passing of the generations.
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Shikasta
by Doris Lessing
The first volume in the Canopus in Argos: Archives series is resented as a compilation of documents, reports, letters, speeches and journal entries, and purports …
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City of God
by E. L. Doctorow
Beginning in mystery--the theft of a large brass cross from St. Timothy's Episcopal Church and its reappearance on the roof of the Synagogue for Evolutionary …
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The Heartbreaker
by Susan Howatch
Deftly combining the sacred and the profane—the unmistakable hallmark of her fiction over the past decade—Susan Howatch gives us a spellbinding, suspenseful and psychologically intense …
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Unfinished Desires
by Gail Godwin
Sparking enthusiasm for a play about the founding of their North Carolina mountains Catholic girls' school, a charismatic ninth grader and her recently orphaned best …
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Fabulous Small Jews
by Joseph Epstein
A collection of eighteen stories featuring a host of characters at various crossroads and turning points in their lives, covering such themes as identity, family …
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Death with Interruptions
by José Saramago
What happens when Death becomes human and falls in love?
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Everyman
by Philip Roth
WINNER OF THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A candidly intimate yet universal story of loss, regret, and stoicism. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of …
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Nine Dragons
by Michael Connelly
After what seems like a routine murder investigation, LAPD Detective Harry Bosch finds himself in Hong Kong facing the highest-stakes case of his life: bringing …