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GENERAL FICTION
- Roses - Leila Meacham. An old fashioned saga in the tradition of Edna Ferber, Roses tells the twentieth century story of a small East Texas town and its feuding founding families.
- Summertime - J. M. Coetzee. A fictionalized conclusion to Nobel laureate Coetzee's autobiographical works Boyhood and Youth, this novel details a would-be biographer's interviews with five people who knew the late author "John Coetzee." Kirkus notes "the real Coetzee's austere integrity and terse candor make this the best yet of his ongoing self-interrogations."
Other titles to consider:
- The Kingdom of Ohio - Matthew Flaming
- The Farmer's Daughter - Jim Harrison
- Becoming Jane Eyre - Sheila Kohler
- The Swan Thieves - Elizabeth Kostov
- Beneath the Lion's Gaze - Maaza Mengiste
- Through the Heart - Kate Morgenroth
HISTORICAL FICTION
- The Lute Player - Norah Lofts. The Third Crusade and Richard the Lionhearted are captured in dazzling detail in this historical romance of the king's lute player, Blondel.
- The Anarchist - John Smolens. Readers who enjoy leisurely paced character driven fiction will be richly rewarded by this story of the assassination of President McKinley. Smolens creates a moving portrait of America at the turn of the twentieth century.
Other titles to consider:
FANTASY
- Elegy Beach - Steven Boyett. Thirty years after magic made science a thing of the past, Yan wants to reverse the Change. Will he succeed, or can Peter and the unicorn Ariel stop him?
- Shades of Grey - Jasper Fforde. Jasper Fforde is so extraordinarily clever he can even make post-apocalyptic fiction funny. The author of the Thursday Next and Nursery Crimes novels has launched a new series set in a world where color rules.
Other titles to consider:
MYSTERIES
- Requiem in Vienna - J. Sydney Jones. Someone in the opera house wants to kill Gustav Mahler. This compelling mystery set in Vienna in 1899 includes wonderful historical details and a multilayered story. Those looking for sophisticated entertainment should enjoy.
- Faces of the Gone - Brad Parks. Newark Eagle-Examiner investigative reporter Carter Ross is forced to play detective when he feels his paper is going after the wrong story in a gangland style murder of four. Readers won't be able to resist Carter whose zeal for the truth and love for the newspaper game add to his appeal.
Other mysteries to consider:
- Paganini's Ghost - Paul Adam
- Cape Greed - Sam Cole
- Wages of Sin - Sarah Cox
- Parisian Prodigal - Alan Gordon
- The Crossing Places - Elly Griffiths
- The Sting of Justice - Cora Harrison
- Her Highness' First Murder - Peg Herring
- Village of the Ghost Bears - Stan Jones
- Predators - Frederick Ramsay
THRILLERS
- Bell Ringers - Henry Porter Former British spy Kate Lockhart's ex-lover David Eyam has been killed in a terrorist bombing in Columbia. Stunned by his naming her his beneficiary, Kate is soon embroiled in unraveling a sinister plot involving the data-mining system David had set up for the prime minister before his death. This chilling political thriller should appeal to fans of Brad Thor and David Baldacci.
