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The Color of Heaven

The Color of Heaven
  • Author(s): Julianne MacLean
  • Location(s): World
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A deeply emotional tale about Sophie Duncan, a successful columnist whose world falls apart after her daughter’s unexpected illness and her husband’s shocking affair. When it seems nothing else could possibly go wrong, her car skids off an icy...

The Color of Our Sky

The Color of Our Sky
  • Author(s): Amita Trasi
  • Location(s): Mumbai (Bombay)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 2000s

In the spirit of Khaled Hosseini, Nadia Hashimi and Shilpi Somaya Gowda comes this powerful debut from a talented new voice a sweeping, emotional journey of two childhood friends in Mumbai, India, whose lives converge only to change forever...

The Color of Water in July

The Color of Water in July
  • Author(s): Nora Carroll
  • Location(s): Michigan
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

It’s been a long seventeen years since Jess last saw her grandmother or visited the family cottage set on an idyllic lake in Northern Michigan. For all that time, she’s been haunted by loss—of her innocence and her ability...

The Color Purple

The Color Purple
  • Author(s): Alice Walker
  • Location(s): Georgia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1910-1940

Born in Eatonton, Georgia, a tiny town in middle Georgia, Alice Walker was the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer prize. She won it with The Color Purple, and if you read it, you will see why....

The Colossus of Maroussi

The Colossus of Maroussi
  • Author(s): Henry Miller
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Travelogue, Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1930s

‘Out of the sea, as if Homer himself had arranged it for me, the islands bobbed up, lonely, deserted, mysterious in the fading light’ Enraptured by a young woman’s account of the landscapes of Greece, Henry Miller set off...

The Colossus of New York

The Colossus of New York
  • Author(s): Colson Whitehead
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction

In a dazzlingly original work of non-fiction, the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Underground Railroad recreates the exuberance, the chaos, the promise, and the heartbreak of New York. Here is a literary love song that will entrance anyone who...

The Colossus of Rhodes

The Colossus of Rhodes
  • Author(s): Caroline Lawrence
  • Location(s): Rhodes
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Children
  • Era(s): 79 AD

Anxious to solve the mystery of whether his mother is still alive, and keen to follow his uncle’s dying wish, Lupus and his friends sail to the island of Rhodes, site of one of the seven wonders of the...

The Colour of Home

The Colour of Home
  • Author(s): Tammye Huf
  • Location(s): Florida
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): WW2

1941: In a segregated Florida town, three young Black men enlist to fight for a freedom they’ve never known at home. Before they leave, Cora marries in haste to secure her future – but her heart remains divided between...

The Colour of Shadows

The Colour of Shadows
  • Author(s): Phyllida Shrimpton
  • Location(s): England
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A moving portrayal of a teenager coming to terms with a secret about her mother that her father decided to keep from her . . . was he right to do so? Saffron must work that out . ....

The Colour of the Sun

The Colour of the Sun
  • Author(s): David Almond
  • Location(s): Tyne and Wear
  • Genre(s): Children, Fiction
  • Era(s): contemporary

This is a moving, funny and inspirational novel from the bestselling author of Skellig. *Shortlisted for the 2018 Costa Book Awards.* “The day is long, the world is wide, you’re young and free.” One hot summer morning, Davie steps...

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