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The Girls of Atomic City

The Girls of Atomic City
  • Author(s): Denise Kiernan
  • Location(s): Oak Ridge, Tennessee
  • Genre(s): Biography, Historical
  • Era(s): WW2

At the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, and consumed more electricity than New York City, yet it was shrouded in such secrecy that it did not appear on any map. Thousands...

The Girls Trip

The Girls Trip
  • Author(s): Ally Condie
  • Location(s): Utah
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

From the author of Reese’s Book Club Pick and instant USA Today bestseller The Unwedding, a novel of suspense and friendship about three friends who decide to disappear from their lives for a few days while on a trip...

The Girls Weekend

The Girls Weekend
  • Author(s): Jody Gehrman
  • Location(s): San Juan Islands
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

Their reunion just became a crime scene . . . June Moody, a thirty-something English professor, just wants to get away from her recent breakup and reunite with girlfriends over summer break. Her old friend and longtime nemesis, Sadie...

The Glass Hotel

The Glass Hotel
  • Author(s): Emily St. John Mandel
  • Location(s): Vancouver Island, Manhattan
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Vincent is the beautiful bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star glass-and-cedar palace on the northernmost tip of Vancouver Island. New York financier Jonathan Alkaitis owns the hotel. When he passes Vincent his card with a tip, it’s the...

The Glovemaker

The Glovemaker
  • Author(s): Ann Weisgarber
  • Location(s): Utah
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Late 1800s

“…marvelous… a rich, powerful, and wholly immersive tale…” —Publishers Weekly, starred review 1888 Utah Territory Deborah doesn’t expect a knock on her door in the middle of a harsh winter evening. During good weather, sometimes Mormon men fleeing the...

The Glovemaker’s Daughter

The Glovemaker’s Daughter
  • Author(s): Leah Fleming
  • Location(s): West Yorkshire, Pennsylvania
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1666 and 2014

1666. A child is born in the farmhouse at Windebank, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Named Rejoice (Joy) by her dying father, Joy grows up witness to the persecution of the farming community for following a banned faith....

The God of the Woods

The God of the Woods
  • Author(s): Liz Moore
  • Location(s): Adirondacks
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Some said it was tragic, what happened to the Van Laars. Some said the family deserved it. That they never even thanked the searchers who stayed out for five nights in the freezing forest trying to help find their...

The Goddess of Warsaw

The Goddess of Warsaw
  • Author(s): Lisa Barr
  • Location(s): Warsaw, Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1940s / 2000s

Los Angeles, 2005. Sienna Hayes, Hollywood’s latest It Girl, has ambitions to work behind the camera. When she meets Lena Browning, the enormously mysterious and famous Golden Age movie star, Sienna sees her big break. She wants to direct...

The Gods of Gotham

The Gods of Gotham
  • Author(s): Lyndsay Faye
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1845

1845: New York City forms its first police force. The great potato famine hits Ireland. These two events will change New York City forever… Timothy Wilde tends bar, saving every dollar in hopes of winning the girl of his...

The Golden Catch

The Golden Catch
  • Author(s): Roger Weston
  • Location(s): Alaska
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Frank Murdoch lives on a remote private island in Alaska, drawn there by its peace and isolation. There he finds a secret, unearthed from a cave sealed for seven decades. His historical research attracts Abby Sinclair, a lovely archaeologist....

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