Fiction

Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders

LINCOLN IN THE BARDO won the Man Booker Prize as the best English language work of fiction. It is George Saunders' first novel, and a unique look at the tragedy of President Abraham Lincoln's loss of his young son Willie. The format and story line is displayed in a form invented by the brilliant Saunders....

The Distance Home Paula Saunders

THE DISTANCE HOME takes place in the stark, rolling fields of the author's home state of South Dakota. Set during the Baby Boom years of post-war America, it examines the relationship between ever-achieving sister Rene, shy and sweet brother Leon, and their slowly distancing parents. Both sharp and tender in turn, this...

Liberation Day: Stories George Saunders

LIBERATION DAY  is the new collection by the master of the genre. These brilliant stories run from the tender relationship between grandfather and grandson to fantasy to reality and from joy to oppression.s

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The Kept James Scott

THE KEPT is a dramatic, powerful and violent tale, told with a unique brilliance. Set in upstate New York in 1897, a teenager and his mother set out to avenge the murders of their family members. James Scott writes in a style reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy. This title has been selected as a Booksmith Timeless...

The Secret Wisdom of the Earth Christopher Scotton

SECRET WISDOM OF THE EARTH gives the reader a warm and wonderful story of the bonding of a boy and his grandfather, side-by-side with a large coal company's disregard for the community's environment. Throw in a hate crime and you'll have one of our all-time favorite books and best sellers. This title has been...

The Fateful Lightning: A Novel of the Civil War Jeff Shaara

THE FATEFUL LIGHTNING: A NOVEL OF THE CIVIL WAR takes readers through the last eight months of the hellish war. Stories are told from the perspectives of the commanders as well as he ordinary foot soldiers. This title has been selected as a Booksmith Timeless Classic, meaning it is among the best of the best...

The Women in the Castle Jessica Shattuck

THE WOMEN IN THE CASTLE is one of the great World War Two novels that gives the reader a new perspective - from three German women of different political persuasions surviving unimaginable hardships.  This title has been selected as a Booksmith Timeless Classic, meaning it is among the best of the best for the...

Last House Jessica Shattuck

LAST HOUSE is an intimate family saga that shows how one generation's best intentions cast shadows on the lives of the next. The reader will understand what moral righteousness looks like in the aftermath of war.

 

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Mid-Air: Two Novellas Victoria Shorr

MID - AIR depicts the inner lives of complex characters in two novellas, narrating the rise of one family and the fall of another.

 

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New Girl Daniel Silva

NEW GIRL has Gabriel Allon, the legendary chief of Israeli intelligence, investigating The violent kidnapping of a beautiful and mysterious young woman, drawing him into a deadly secret war with an old enemy that will determine the future of the Middle East.

 

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