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Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich 1945-1955

Harald Jahner
2022
Many, many books have been written about World War II and if you are a history buff you have probab…
History —
Deacon King Kong: A Novel

Deacon King Kong: A Novel

James McBride
2021
Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction Winner of the Gotham Book PrizeOne of Barack Ob…
Fiction —
Editors Pick
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Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus
2022
Bonnie Garmus debut novel, "Lessons in Chemistry", is a delightful book about a chemist n…
Fiction —
Luster: A Novel

Luster: A Novel

Raven Leilani
2020
Luster: A Novel by Raven Leilani is a New York Times Bestseller and Best Book of the Year. Winner o…
Beach Reads — Fiction —
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Saint Death's Daughter

C S E Cooney
2022
"I loved Saint Death's Daughter to pieces. I loved the world-building and the characters …
Fantasy —
Mandel

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel
2014
The first book chosen by Thornwell Books new Book Club #2 was a jolt to read. Set in a future when …
Science Fiction —
Towles

The Lincoln Highway

Amor Towles
2021
Amor Towles has written a quintessentially American Odyssey, a “coming of age” story, following the…
Fiction —
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The Maid

Nita Prose
2022
The mystery genre has only 2 basic requirements, an apparent crime, most often murder, and an attem…
Fiction —
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The Paris Apartment

Lucy Foley
2022
I have noticed a resurgence recently in classic "closed circle" mysteries. If you aren&#x…
Fiction —
Applebaum

The Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

Anne Applebaum
2020
You may know Anne Applebaum as a political commentator on television or as a Pulitzer Prize winning…
Political Science —