Literary Fiction

At the Water's Edge Sara Gruen

AT THE WATER'S EDGE is the story of a young woman in 1944 traveling to Scotland with her husband and his best friend. Left alone much of the time, she establishes friendships during these war days and witnesses an encounter with the Loch Ness monster. This title has been selected as a Booksmith Timeless Classic...

Evelyn in Transit David Guterson

EVELYN IN TRANSIT casts a strange, soulful spell on the reader with graceful prose. The empathy abounds from each page as Tibetan monks startle a mother of a five-year-old with hard-to-believe news.                      

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Transcendent Kingdom Yaa Gyasi

TRANSCENDENT KINGDOM allows the reader to grasp the experience of an immigrant attempting to follow the American dream. It is a deeply moving portrait painted by a brilliant artist who draws on her own life.

 

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The Second Coming Garth Risk Hallberg

THE SECOND COMING is an intimate epic that plunges us deep into the lives of a teenage girl and her father as they navigate love, grief, betrayal and redemption.

 

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City On Fire Garth Risk Hallberg

CITY ON FIRE is an unforgettable novel about love and betrayal, art and truth, and rock 'n' roll - and about what makes living worthwhile. 

 

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The Christmas Kid Pete Hamill

THE CHRISTMAS KID AND OTHER BROOKLYN STORIES is a collection about the borough in which Pete Hamill was born, grew up and is so close to his heart. This is a must- read  for anyone who seeks to understand the world today through the lens of the world that once was.

 

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A Bright Ray of Darkness Ethan Hawke

A BRIGHT RAY OF DARKNESS is about a young man struggling through the aftermath of a divorce and trying to find his way through a mix of alcohol and hookups, until a role in a production of Shakespeare's Henry IV helps him rediscover the beauty and meaning in life.

 

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The Story She Left Behind - ORDER TODAY FOR A SPECIAL GIFT Patti Callahan Henry

THE STORY SHE LEFT BEHIND is a fascinating tale of the disappearance of a famous author and her daughter's Cross-Atlantic search to follow a clue that appears a quarter of a century later. The daughter is now a respected member of the publishing industry and this page-turning mystery will have book lovers praising for...

Heart of the Wild Patti Callahan Henry

HEART OF THE WILD is such an incredibly powerful story there isn't room to list all the emotions running throughout the book, but courage, self-awareness, and forgiveness are a few to start. Patti Callahan Henry has created a suspenseful drama following a young girl who faces terror in the forest, but uses natures...

The Promise of the Pelican Roy Hoffman

PROMISE OF THE PELICAN is a heart-warming story set in a small Southern coastal town with a smidgen of American Dirt; an older, Yiddish-fluent version of John Grisham; and a cast of characters who would each make a page-turning read on their own.

 

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