Some great somewhat lesser-known fiction
Discover hidden gems in fiction with our curated list of lesser-known books. Explore captivating reads that deserve more attention and find your next favorite novel today!
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The Story of Mr Sommer
by Patrick SĂĽskind
A boy's village childhood with all the traditional attributes - father, mother, brother, sister, a house on a lake, tree-climbing, going to the races, music …
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Let the Right One In
by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Let the Right One In Takes Top Honors at Tribeca Film Festival and is now an Award-winning movie in both the U.S. and Sweden! It …
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Being There
by Jerzy Kosinski
A modern classic now available from Grove Press, Being There is one of the most popular and significant works from a writer of international stature. …
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Lost Boy Lost Girl
by Peter Straub
A woman commits suicide for no apparent reason. A week later, her son– fifteen-year-old Mark Underhill–vanishes. His uncle, novelist Timothy Underhill, searches his hometown of …
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The Giver
by Lois Lowry
In a future society, young Jonas is given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, and discovers the terrible truth about the society in …
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Wartime Lies
by Louis Begley
"Extraordinary...Rich in irony and regret...[the] people and settings are vividly realized and his prose [is] compelling in its simplicity." THE WALL STREET JOURNAL As the …
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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
by Cory Doctorow
Realizing his boyhood dream of moving to the twentieth-century artistic creation of Disney World, Jules becomes incensed by a new group that would change the …
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California Girl
by T. Jefferson Parker
In 1960's California, the Becker brothers are forced to confront their past when they discover the body of an old friend in an old orange-packing …
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The Keep
by F. Paul Wilson
While investigating the mysterious mutilations and killings of Nazi soldiers at a garrison in Romania, an elite SS extermination squad finds a terrifying evil at …
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Pincher Martin
by William Golding
"Pincher Martin, sole survivor of a torpedoed destroyer, is miraculously cast up on a huge barren rock in the mid-Atlantic. Pitted against him are the …