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A Fine Balance: A Novel
by Mistry, RohintonThis novel is set in India in the mid-1970s. A "State of Internal Emergency" has been declared, and in those days that follow, four disparate people find their lives becoming unexpectedly and inextricably entwined.
A Lesson Before Dying
by Gaines, Ernest J.In a small Cajun community in the late 1940s, a young black man named Jefferson is an unwitting party to a liquor store shootout in which three men are killed. The only survivor, he is convicted of murder and sentenced to death.
A Map Of The World
by Hamilton, JaneFrom the author of the widely acclaimed The Book of Ruth comes a harrowing, heartbreaking drama about a rural American family and a disastrous event that forever changes their lives.
A Million Little Pieces
by Frey, JamesAt the age of 23, James Frey woke up on a plane to find his front teeth knocked out and his nose broken. He had no idea where the plane was headed nor any recollection of the past two weeks.
A New Earth: Awakening To Your Life's Purpose
by Tolle, EckhartHow to overcome many limitations and find our individual and collective inner purpose
A Tale Of Two Cities
by Dickens, CharlesENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP Dickens's epic novel of freedom, love, and the burning chaos of the French Revolution.
A Virtuous Woman: A Novel
by Gibbons, KayeTwo unforgettable characters, Jack Ernest Stokes, known as Blinking Jack, and his wife, Ruby Pitt Woodrow Stokes, tell the story of their years together.
As I Lay Dying (Sin And Salvation #3)
by Faulkner, WilliamAs I Lay Dying is a novel set in the deep South. In the novel, Faulkner follows a family on their journey to bury Addie, the matriarch of the family.
Back Roads
by O'Dell, TawniHarley Altmyer barely has it together. With his father dead and his mother in prison for murder, he has to work at 2 low-paying jobs and take care of his 3 younger sisters.
Black And Blue
by Quindlen, AnnaFran tells of a troubled marriage, why she stayed and why she chose to run away. The story unravels the complex threads of identity and desire that shape her life.
Breath, Eyes, Memory
by Danticat, EdwidgeAt the age of twelve, Sophie is sent from her impoverished village in Haiti to New York, to be reunited with a mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know.
Cry, The Beloved Country
by Paton, AlanCry, the Beloved Country is a beautifully told and profoundly compassionate story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son Absalom, set in the troubled and changing South Africa of the 1940s.
Daughter Of Fortune
by Allende, IsabelEliza Sommers follows her lover from Chile to California during the Gold Rush of 1849.
Drowning Ruth
by Schwarz, Christina"POWERFUL . . . SUSPENSEFUL . . . RICHLY TEXTURED . . . [A] CHILLING, PRECOCIOUSLY GOOD START TO A BRIGHT NEW NOVELIST'S CAREER. " -The New York Times "[A] gripping psychological thriller . . .
East Of Eden
by Steinbeck, JohnSet in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families
Ellen Foster
by Gibbons, KayeThe story of a redoubtable 11-year-old orphan who overcomes adversity with humor, spunk and determination.
Fall On Your Knees
by Macdonald, Ann-MarieThey are the Pipers of Cape Breton Island -- a family steeped in lies and unspoken truths that reach out from the past, forever mindful of the tragic secret that could shatter the family to its foundations.
Freedom
by Franzen, JonathanPatty and Walter Berglund were the new pioneers of old St. Paul, the gentrifiers, the hands-on parents, the avant-garde of the Whole Foods generation.
Gap Creek: The Story Of A Marriage
by Morgan, RobertMountain life in the Southern Appalachian Region ...
Great Expectations
by Dickens, CharlesENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP Dickens's timeless tale of an orphan boy's extraordinary journey through life.
Here On Earth
by Hoffman, AliceAfter twenty years March and her 15 year old daughter returns to the small Massachusetts town where she grew up . And meets Hollis, the boy she loved, the man she can't now seem to stay away from.
House Of Sand And Fog
by Dubus III, AndreA dispute over the ownership of a house leads to tragic consequences.
I Know This Much Is True
by Lamb, WallyA heartbreaking and poignant multigenerational saga of the reproductive bonds of destruction and the powerful force of forgiveness.
