- Location(s): Antarctica
- Genre(s): Science Fiction/Future, Cli-fi, Fiction
- Era(s): Future
A NEW SCIENTIST BEST SCIENCE FICTION BOOK OF 2024 A lone ship journeys south, heading for the furthest reaches of Antarctica. It belongs to Sky, the billionaire behind a groundbreaking project to salvage the region. On board is disgraced...
- Location(s): Toronto
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Late 1960s/early 1970s
Marian is determined to be ordinary. She lays her head gently on the shoulder of her serious fiancee and quietly awaits marriage. But she didn’t count on an inner rebellion that would rock her stable routine, and her digestion....
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1990s
A poignant, highly original novel about an author whose relationship with his very famous book editor will change him forever… fter years of struggling as a writer in 1990s New York City, James Smale finally gets his big break...
The Education of Margot Sanchez
- Location(s): The Bronx
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): Contemporary
Pretty in Pink comes to the South Bronx in this bold and romantic coming-of-age novel about dysfunctional families, good and bad choices, and finding the courage to question everything you ever thought you wanted–from debut author Lilliam Rivera. Things/People...
- Location(s): Afghanistan, Egypt, France, The Sudan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 21st century
A lifetime ago, Fakhreddin had been an idealistic young lawyer, seeking to fight corruption from his modest quarter of Cairo. Then, a botched attempt on his life forced him to flee the country, propelling him on a wild journey...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Crime, Noir
- Era(s): 1980s
In 1980’s Rome, the only thing more dangerous than the criminals, is the state. Two years after being dismissed by the Italian State Police for the killing of an unarmed robber, private investigator, De Rossi, is hired to look...
- Location(s): Russia, Georgia (Asia)
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, In Translation
- Era(s): early 20th century
That night Stasia took an oath, swearing to learn the recipe by heart and destroy the paper. And when she was lying in her bed again, recalling the taste with all her senses, she was sure that this secret...
- Location(s): Tuscany
- Genre(s): Historical, Biography, Fiction
- Era(s): 1944
Italy, Summer 1944 A unit of German soldiers arrives at a villa near Florence. Villa Il Focardo is home to Robert Einstein, cousin to the most famous scientist in the world, Albert Einstein – a prominent enemy of the...
The Elegant Gathering of White Snows
- Location(s): Wisconsin
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 2000s
Just after midnight in a small town in Wisconsin, eight women begin walking together down a rural highway. Career women, housewives, mothers, divorcées, and one ex–prom queen, they are close friends who have been meeting every Thursday night for...
- Location(s): Alabama
- Genre(s): Horror
- Era(s): 1980s
On a split of land cut off by the Gulf, three Victorian summer houses stand against the encroaching sand. Two of the houses at Beldame are still used. The third house, filling with sand, is empty… except for the...
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