General/Historical

3 Days in June by Anne Tyler

About Gail Baines is having a bad day. To start, she loses her job—or quits, depending…
The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor

About In her heralded first novel, Gloria Naylor weaves together the stories of seven women living…
We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes

About Lila Kennedy has a lot on her plate. A broken marriage, two wayward daughters, a…
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

About Jacob Janowski’s luck had run out–orphaned and penniless, he had no direction until he landed…
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

About First published in 1993, The Virgin Suicides announced the arrival of a major new American novelist. In…
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

About Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel that confirms his place as…
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

About The unforgettable story of four orphans who travel the Mississippi River on a life-changing odyssey…
The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer

About In 1942, Europe remains in the relentless grip of war. Just beyond the tents of…
Swamp Story by Dave Barry

About Jesse Braddock is trapped in a tiny cabin deep in the Everglades with her infant…
Sula by Toni Morrison

About Masterful, richly textured, bittersweet, and vital, Sula is a modern masterpiece about love and kinship, about living…