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Updated May 29, 2024
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The black tower
James, P. D.
Paper Book
Scotland Yard Inspector Adam Dalgliesh races to solve a twisted murder in bestselling author P.D. James' classic mystery The Black Tower, hailed as "splendid, macabre" by the London Sunday Telegraph and "a masterpiece," by the London Sunday Times. Just...
David Copperfield
Dickens, Charles
Paper Book
This is the novel Dickens regarded as his 'favourite child' and is considered his most autobiographical. As David recounts his experience from childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist, Dickens draws openly and revealingly on his own life. Among the gloriously vivid cast of...
The firm
Grisham, John
Paper Book
At the top of his class at Harvard Law, he had  his choice of the best in America. He made a deadly  mistake. When Mitch McDeere signed on with  Bendini, Lambert & Locke of Memphis, he thought he  and his beautiful wife, Abby, were on their way.  The firm leased him a BMW, paid off his school  loans...
Killing floor
Child, Lee.
Paper Book
THE FIRST NOVEL IN LEE CHILD'S #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JACK REACHER SERIES--NOW AN ORIGINAL SERIES ON PRIME VIDEO! "From its jolting opening scene to its fiery final confrontation, Killing Floor is irresistible."--People Ex-military...
The last thing he told me : a novel
Dave, Laura
Paper Book
A Goodreads Top 60 Book of the Last 5 Years Don't miss the #1 New York Times bestselling blockbuster and Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick that's sold 5 million copies strong--now an Apple TV+ limited series starring Jennifer Garner! The "page-turning,...
A man called Ove (large print)
Backman, Fredrik
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller Meet Ove. Heâe(tm)s a curmudgeon âe" the kind of man who points at people he dislikes. He has staunch principlesâes strict routinesâes and a short fuse. People call him âeoethe bitter neighbor from hell.âe? But behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So...
Murder on the Orient Express : a Hercule Poirot mystery
Christie, Agatha
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Kesey, Ken
Paper Book
An international bestseller and the basis for the hugely successful film, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is one of the defining works of the 1960s. In this classic novel, Ken Kesey's hero is Randle Patrick McMurphy, a boisterous, brawling, fun-loving rebel who...
Pride and prejudice
Austen, Jane
Paper Book
Jane Austen's enduring classic of the Bennet sisters' quest for marriage, now with a creatively embroidered cover. First published in 1813, Pride and Prejudice is one of the most popular and beloved British novels of all time, maintaining its allure for...
Where the crawdads sing : a novel
Owens, Delia
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING PHENOMENON--NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE! More than 18 million copies sold worldwide A Reese's Book Club Pick A Business Insider Defining Book of the Decade  "I can't even express how much I love this book! I didn't...
Women talking : a novel
Toews, Miriam
Paper Book
The internationally bestselling novel based on real events. Now a major motion picture from writer/director Sarah Polley, starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, with Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand. "This amazing, sad, shocking, but touching novel, based on a real...
Wuthering Heights
Bronte, Emily
Paper Book
'Wuthering Heights is commonly thought of as "romantic", but try rereading it without being astonished by the extremes of physical and psychological violence' Jeanette Winterson Emily Brontë's novel of impossible desires, violence and transgression is a masterpiece of...

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