- Location(s): Belgium
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1920s and 1930s
This novel, first published in 1946, is one of May Sarton’s earliest and, some critics think, one of her best. It takes place during the years between the world wars and explores the life of a Belgian family, the...
- Location(s): Croatia
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): 16th century to WW1
The Bridge on the Drina is a vivid depiction of the suffering history has imposed upon the people of Bosnia from the late 16th century to the beginning of World War I. As we seek to make sense of...
The Bridge Over the River Kwai
- Location(s): Burma (Myanmar)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1942
1942: Boldly advancing through Asia, the Japanese need a train route from Burma going north. In a prison camp, British POWs are forced into labor. The bridge they build will become a symbol of service and survival to one...
- Location(s): Winterset
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): 1950s
The story of Robert Kincaid, the photographer and free spirit searching for the covered bridges of Madison County, and Francesca Johnson, the farm wife waiting for the fulfillment of a girlhood dream, THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY gives voice...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): 1960s
Charles Holborne, ne Horowitz, is an East End boy with a past – an ex-boxer and ex-criminal – who becomes a West End boy when he qualifies as a barrister. Now he’s trapped between two worlds and fits in...
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
- Location(s): New Jersey
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, Oscar’s sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next J. R. R. Tolkien and he keeps falling hopelessly in love. With dazzling energy and insight Díaz...
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): N/A
Debut author Jessica Rubinkowski delivers the thrilling first book in an epic Russian folklore–inspired fantasy duology filled with page-turning romance, tragedy, magic, and monsters. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Sara Raasch! Seventeen-year-old Valeria is one of the...
- Location(s): Bentley, Texas
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
The town of Bentley holds two things dear: its football, and its secrets. But when star quarterback Dylan Whitley goes missing, an unremitting fear grips this remote corner of Texas. Joel Whitley was shamed out of conservative Bentley ten...
- Location(s): Brighton, England
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): 1993 and present day
Brighton Beach, 1993 Teenagers Nell and Jude find the body of a young woman and when no one comes to claim her, she becomes known as the Brighton Mermaid. Nell is still struggling to move on when, three weeks...
- Location(s): Brittany
- Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
Brittany Murder Mysteries Book 1 Escape to France for your new favourite cozy murder mystery series! Jennifer and her family are starting their new life in a small village in Brittany. The views are stunning, the bread is amazing,...
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