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![]() | An Academic Question, Barbara Pym Published: first published 1986 Setting: Set in a college community Library✔ Large print ed. (171 pages) Genre: Historical fiction; Literary fiction Other details: Comedy of manners |
![]() | Africaville, Jeffrey Colvin Published: 2019 Setting: 1930s – Novia Scotia Library ❌ Genre: Historical fiction; Family saga |
![]() | All My Puny Sorrows, Miriam Toews Published: 2014 Setting: Library❌ Genre: Literary fiction Subjects: Mental Health; Awards: Scotiabank Giller Prize Nominee (2014), Wellcome Book Prize Nominee (2015), Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction (2015), Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize (2014), Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2015), Rathbones Folio Prize Nominee (2015) |
![]() | All the Living, C. E. Morgan Published: first published 2009 Setting: Set Kentucky America Library❌ Genre: Literary fiction; Contemporary Subject: Unmarried couples; Tobacco farms; Kentucky — History — 20th century Awards: New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award Nominee (2010), PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award Nominee (2010), Weatherford Award for Fiction and Poetry (2009) |
![]() | The All of It Published: 1986 Setting: Set in Ireland Library❌ Genre: Literary fiction Subjects: Brothers and sisters. Confession. Priests. Ireland. |
![]() | The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda #1), Michael Crichton Published: first published 1969 Setting: Set in USA (Arizona) Library❌ Genre: Science fiction Subjects: Epidemics. Scientists. Other details: Also in this series: The Andromeda Evolution |
The Architect’s Apprentice, Elif Shafak Published: 2015 Setting: Turkey — History — Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918; Turkey — Social life and customs — 16th century; Istanbul (Turkey) — History — 16th century Library✔ Book 455 pages; Large print 678 pages Genre: Historical fiction. Subjects: Architects — Turkey — 16th century; Human-animal relationships; Apprentices; Elephants; Secrets; Gifts | |
![]() | The Arctic Fury, Greer Macallister Published: January 2021 Setting: Arctic Circle 1850 Library✔Book 300 pages Genre: Historical fiction Subjects: Franklin, Jane, — 1791-1875; Women explorers; Quests (Expeditions); Survival; Trials (Murder); Northwest Passage — Discovery and exploration — British |
![]() | Autumn Laing, Alex Miller Published: 2011 Setting: Library ✔ Book 452 pages Genre: Psychological fiction. Subjects: Artists and patrons; Man-woman relationships; Artists; Redemption; Adultery |
![]() | The Autumn of the Ace, Louis de Bernieres Published: February 2021 Setting: England, Canada Library✔book 311 pages Genre: Historical fiction Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Fathers and sons; Veterans; Families |
The Beautiful Mother, Katherine Schole Published: Setting: Tanzania Library✔ Book; Audio disc; ebook Genre: Subjects: Australians — Tanzania; 1970s; Interracial adoption; Life change events; Archaeologists; Stepmothers | |
![]() | Beheld, TaraShea Nesbit Published: 2020 Setting: Set Plymouth, Massachusetts Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction |
![]() | The Big Sleep, (Philip Marlowe Series #1) Raymond Chandler Published: 1988 Setting: Los Angeles (Calif.) Library✔digital audio; book Genre: Detective and mystery fiction. Subjects: Private investigators — United States |
Bird Cottage, Eva Meijer Published: Setting: Sussex (England) Library✔ book Genre: Subjects: Women violinists — England; Country life — England; Women naturalists | |
![]() | Blindness #1, José Saramago Published: 1995 Setting: Set Portugal Library✔ book 349 pp Genre: Sci-fi – Dystopia Awards: Nobel prize-winning author; International Dublin Literary Award Nominee (1999) |
![]() | The Blue Fox, Sjon Published: First pub 2003 Setting: Set Iceland 1868, 1883 Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction; Fantasy; Magic realism |
![]() | Bodies of Men, Nigel Featherstone Published: 2019 Setting: Egypt 20th century Library✔324 pages Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Australia. Australian Army; World War, 1939-1945 — Participation, Australian; World War, 1939-1945 — Egypt; Missing persons — Egypt; World War, 1939-1945; Soldiers — Australia; Australians — Egypt; Soldiers — Egypt; Fellowship; Secrecy |
The Bohemians, Jasmin Darznik Published: Expected publication: April 6th 2021 Setting: California; 1920s Library❌ Genre: Historical Fiction Subject: Photographer | |
![]() | The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, G.B. Edwards Published: 1981 Setting: Guernsey Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction Subject: |
The Book of Longings, Sue Monk Kidd Published: Setting: Palestine — History — To 70 A.D Library✔ book 418 pages; 564 pages (large print) Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Jesus Christ-Friends and associates; Jesus Christ; Man-woman relationships; Women authors; Young women; Secrecy; Wives | |
A Bookshop in Algiers, Kaouther Adimi Translated by Chris Andrews Published: 2021 Setting: Algiers (Algeria) 20th century Library✔160 pages Genre: Biographical fiction; Historical fiction. Subject: Booksellers and bookselling — Algeria — History; Bookstores — Algeria — History; Bookstores; Publishers and publishing — Algeria — History | |
![]() | Box 88, Charles Cummings Published: Setting: Great Britain. Library✔book 400 p.; ebook Genre:Adventure stories; Suspense fiction; Historical fiction; Spy stories Subject: MI5. Secret Intelligence Service; Undercover operations; Intelligence officers; Espionage, British; Terrorism; Secrecy |
![]() | Brave New World, Aldous Huxley Published: first published 1932 Setting: New Mexico (United States) ; London, England, 2540 Library ✔book 229 pages; digital audio Genre: Science Fiction; Psychological fiction Subject: Passivity (Psychology); Genetic engineering; Totalitarianism |
![]() | Bread and Wine (The Abruzzo Trilogy #2), Ignazio Silone translated from the Italian Published: 1937 Setting: Set Fascist Italy Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Italy; Fascism; Italian fiction — 20th century Other details: The Abruzzo Trilogy: Fontamara #1; Bread and Wine #2; The Seed Beneath the Snow #3 |
![]() Bride of the Sea, Eman Quotah | Published: Expected publication: January 26th 2021 Setting: Cleveland Ohio; Saudi Arabia Library❌ Genre: Literary fiction Subject: |
![]() | Bronte’s Mistress, Finola Austin Published: 2020 Setting: Yorkshire, 1843 Library✔book 320 pp; ebook Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Yorkshire (England) — History — 19th century |
![]() | Burr, (Narratives of Empire #1), Gore Vidal Published: first published 1973 Setting: Library❌ Genre: Historical Fiction; Fictional Memoir Subject: Burr, Aaron, — 1756-1836; Vice-Presidents; United States. Awards: National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (1974) Other details: Narratives of Empire (also known as American Chronicle): Burr #1; Lincoln #2; 1876 #3; Empire #4; Hollywood #5; Washington, DC #6; The Golden Age #7 |
![]() | The Cancer Code, Jason Fung Published: 2020 Setting: Library Genre: Non-fiction Subject: Cancer; Health |
![]() | Careful, He Might Hear You, Sumner Locke Elliott Published: 1963 Setting: Australia Library❌ Genre: Literary fiction Subject: Orphans — Australia; Families — Australia; Australia Awards: Miles Franklin Literary Award (1963) |
Carpentaria, Alexis Wright Published: 2006 Setting: Gulf of Carpentaria Library✔book 519 pp; Digital Audio Genre: Subject: Land tenure — Qld.; Storytelling in literature.; Aboriginal Australians — Folklore; Aus fiction — 21stC Awards: Miles Franklin Literary Award (2007), Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction (2007), Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards for Fiction (2007), Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (2007), Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for Literary Fiction (2007) ALS Gold Medal (2007) Other details: Aus Indigenous author; Aboriginal Aus literature | |
![]() | Catch-22, Joseph Heller Published: 1961 Setting: Library✔book 523 pages Genre: Satire Subject: United States. Army Air Forces; World War, 1939-1945 — Italy; Bombardiers — United States; World War, 1939-1945 List: Life-changing Awards: |
![]() | Cathedral, Ben Hopkins Published: Expected publication: January 21st 2021 Setting: Hagenburg, Germany; 1200s Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction Subject: |
![]() | Caught in the Light, Robert Goddard Published: 1998 Setting: Library❌ Genre: Thriller Subject: Missing persons. Photography. |
![]() | The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, Thomas Keneally Published: 1972 Setting: Australia Library✔ebook Genre: Australian Fiction; Historical Fiction Subject: Aboriginal Life — Cultural Conflicts. Australia. Awards: Booker Prize Nominee (1972), W.H. Heinemann Award (1973) |
![]() | The Cheffe: A Cook’s Novel, Marie NDiaye Translated from the French by Jordan Stump. Published: First published 2016 in French as “La cheffe : roman d’une cuisinière” Setting: France Library❌ Genre: Biographical fiction Subject: Women cooks. Women — Conduct of life. Mothers and daughters. Manners and customs. Male domination (Social structure) Cooking, French. France. |
Child Wonder, Roy Jacobsen Published: 2009 Setting: Set early 1960s; Oslo (Norway) Library 256 pp; Genre: Historical Fiction Subject: Brothers and sisters; Families; Family secrets | |
![]() | Childhood’s End, Arthur C. Clarke Published: 1953 Setting: Library❌ Genre: Science fiction Subject: Extraterrestrial beings. Awards: Retro Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (2004) |
![]() | The Children’s Blizzard, Melanie Benjamin Published: 2021 Setting: Dakota Territory Library✔book 288 pages Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Blizzards — Dakota Territory — History; Pioneers — Dakota Territory; Immigrants — Dakota Territory; Frontier and pioneer life — Dakota Territory; Dakota Territory — History |
![]() | China, Edward Rutherfurd Published: 2021 Setting: China 1800s + Library✔book 752 pp Genre: Historical Fiction Subject: China — History — 19th century; China. |
Codex 1962, Sjon Published: 2016 Setting: 1962, Iceland Library✔Book 517 p Genre: Magical realism Subject: Geneticists; Jews — Germany — History — 1933-1945; Fathers and sons Awards: BTBA Best Translated Book Award Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2019) | |
![]() | A Coffin for Dimitrios (Charles Latimer #1), Eric Ambler Published: 1939 Also published as The Mask of Dimitrios Setting: the Balkans in the years between the world wars Library❌ Genre: Mystery, Spy Thriller Subject: Espionage. Other details: Charles Latimer Series (2 primary works • 2 total works) The Mask of Dimitrios #1, The Intercom Conspiracy #2 |
![]() | The Color of Air: A Novel, Gail Tsukiyama Published: 2020 Setting: Hawaii Library✔Book 256 pages; ebook Genre: Historical Fiction Subject: Hawaii sugar plantations.; Volcanic eruptions — Hawaii; Physicians |
![]() | A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, Anthony Marra Published: 2013 Setting: Set Chechnya, 2004 Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Chechni︠a︡ (Russia) — History — Civil War, 1994; Medical fiction.; Women physicians.; Russia (Federation) — Chechni︠a︡. Awards: National Bk Award Nominee Fiction (2013), California Bk Award First Fiction (Gold) (2013), PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize Nominee Sh/list (2014) Dayton Literary Peace Prize Nominee Fiction (2014), National Bk Critics Circle Award John Leonard Prize (2013) |
The Courier, Kjell Ola Dahl Published: Setting: Stockholm (Sweden) Library ✔Book 276 pp; ebook; Audiobook Genre: Suspense fiction.; Historical fiction. Subject: World War, 1939-1945 — Underground movements — Norway; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Man-woman relationships; Fathers and daughters; Holocaust survivors | |
![]() | Cranford, Elizabeth Gaskell Published: 1853 Setting: England — 19th century Library✔Book 314 p.; Large print Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Interpersonal relations; City and town life — England |
Cunning Women, Elizabeth Lee Published: 2021 Setting: 1620 in a Lancashire fishing community Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Awards: Other details: |
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Damnation, Peter Beck Published: Originally published in German as Söldner des Geldes, 2013. Setting: Switzerland Library✔book Genre: Spy stories; Suspense fiction. Subject: Banks and banking — Security measures — Switzerland — Employees; Helicopters — Accidents — Investigation — Switzerland; Murder — Investigation | |
![]() | Daughter of Fortune, Isabel Allende Published: 1999 Setting: California — History — 1846-1850.; California — Social life and customs — 19th century; Chile — Social life and customs — 19th century Library✔book 399 pages Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Gold mines and mining — California.; Self-reliance; Adopted children |
![]() | The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant Series #5), Josephine Tey Published: 1951 Setting: Great Britain Library✔ebook Genre: Detective and mystery fiction Subject: Richard — III, — King of England, — 1452-1485.; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Libel and slander.; Police.; Great Britain. Other details: Inspector Alan Grant Series 6 primary works: The Man in the Queue #1; A Shilling for Candles #2; The Franchise Affair #3; To Love and Be Wise #4; The Daughter of Time #5; The Singing Sands #6 |
![]() | David Copperfield, Charles Dickens Published: First published 1850 Setting: England Library✔book 984 pages; Digital audio; ebook Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Manners and customs.; Orphans.; England.; Great Britain. Other details: The novel’s full title is The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery (Which He Never Meant to Publish on Any Account). It was first published as a serial in 1849–50, and as a book in 1850. |
![]() | Fifth Business, (The Deptford Trilogy#1) , Robertson Davies Published: 1970 Setting: Canada Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction Subject: History teachers; World War, 1914-1918 — Veterans; Christian hagiography; School principals; Bachelors; Canada; Guilt; Authors, Canadian (English) — 20th century.; Veterans.; Canada. Awards: Premi Llibreter de narrativa (2006) (Narrative Bookseller Prize of the Guild of Booksellers of Barcelona and Catalonia) Other details: Series: The Deptford Trilogy: Fifth Business #1; The Manticore #2; World of Wonders #3 |
![]() | The Diary of a Provincial Lady, E. M. Delafield Published: 1930 Setting: 1930s Devon, England Library✔book large print Genre: Autobiographical fiction.; Diary fiction.; Humorous fiction. Other details: Series: Provincial Lady: The Diary of a Provincial Lady #1; The Provincial Lady Goes Further #2; The Provincial Lady in America #3.; The Provincial Lady in Russia (I Visit The Soviets) #4; The Provincial Lady in Wartime #5 |
The Details: on love, death and reading, Tegan Bennet Published: 2020 Setting: Library✔book Genre: Non-fiction Subject: Books and reading — Australia; Women authors, Australian — Biography; Australian essays — 20th century.; Books and reading.; Essays | |
The Dictionary of Lost Words, Pip Williams Published: 2020 Setting: Great Britain — Social life and customs — 20th century; Great Britain — History — 20th century; Oxford (England) Library✔ book, ebook, Digital audio Genre: Historical fiction. Subject: Oxford English dictionary; Encyclopedias and dictionaries; Women — Language; Women — Suffrage; Lexicographers — Fiction. | |
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Anne Tyler Published: 1982 Setting: Baltimore Library✔ book, 325 pages Genre: Literary fiction Subject: Desertion and non-support.; Families.; Single parents. Awards: Pulitzer Prize Nominee for Fiction (1983), PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Nominee (1983), Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Fiction (1982), National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (1982), National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (Hardcover) (1983) | |
The Doll Factory, Elizabeth Macneal Published: 2019 Setting: London (England) — Social life and customs — 19th century; London (England) — History — 1800-1950; Great Britain — History — 19th century Library✔Book 376 pp; Large print; Audio disc; ebook Genre: Historical fiction. Subject: Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England); Pre-Raphaelites — England — London; Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Kidnapping victims — England; Artists’ models — England; Interpersonal relations; Painters — England; Women artists; Stalkers; Artists | |
Doom Creek, Alan Carter Published: Expected publication: March 1st 2021 by Fremantle Press Setting: Set in the Malborough Sounds on the South Island of New Zealand Library✔Book 299 pages Genre: Australian fiction.; Detective and mystery fiction. Subject: Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Gold mines and mining; Murder — Investigation; Police; Sects | |
![]() | The Drowned World, J. G. Ballard Published: 1962 Setting: Set during the year 2145, London England Library❌ Genre: Science fiction – dystopia Subject: climate change; apocolyptic |
![]() | The Duke’s Children, Anthony Trollope Published: 1880 Setting: Library✔ Digital audio Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Upper class — Social life and customs.; England. Other details: Palliser Series 6 primary works • 6 total works. Can You Forgive Her? #1; Phineas Finn #2: The Eustace Diamonds #3; Phineas Redux #4; The Prime Minister #5; The Duke’s Children #6 |
![]() | Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Gail Honeyman Published: 2017 Setting: Glasgow (Scotland) Library✔book; ebook; Large print; Digital audio Genre: Psychological fiction.; Romance fiction. Subject: Intergenerational relations; Computer technicians; Life change events ; Social isolation; Single women; Habit breaking Awards: Costa Book Award for First Novel (2017), Audie Award for Fiction (2018), Desmond Elliott Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2018), Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for International Book (2018), Women’s Prize for Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2018) |
![]() | Elizabeth and Her German Garden, Elizabeth von Arnim Published: first published 1898 Setting: Germany Library❌ Genre: Literary fiction Subject: Gardening.; Interpersonal relations.; Germany. |
![]() | The Emigrants, W. G. Sebald Published: first published 1992 Setting: Germany; New York; Britain Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Exiles. |
![]() | Excellent Women, Barbara Pym Published: first published 1952 Setting: 1950s London England Library❌ Genre: Literary fiction Subject: Women — Conduct of life. |
![]() | The Exiles, Christina Baker Kline Published: August 2020 Setting: Van Dieman’s Land Library✔book 370 pages Genre: Historical Fiction |
![]() | Factory 19, Dennis Glover Published: Setting: Hobart (Tas.) 2022 Library✔Book; ebook Genre: Australian fiction. Subject: Factories — Tasmania — Hobart; Technology and civilization; Technology — Social aspects; Factories.; Happiness.; Nostalgia.; Social conditions. |
Faithless, Kjell Ola Dahl (Oslo Detectives #2) Published: first published 2010 Setting: Oslo (Norway) Library✔Book 265 pp Genre: Mystery; Crime; Thriller Subject: Murder — Investigation — Norway; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Police — Norway — Oslo; Murder — Investigation Other details: Translated; Originally Gunnarstranda & Frølich series. Re-branded as “Oslo Detectives” series when translated & published in English.; Oslo Detectives Series: 9 primary works • 9 total works | |
![]() | The Familiars, Stacey Halls Published: 2019 Setting: Lancashire (England) — History — 17th century; Pendle Hill (England) — History — 17th century; Gawthorpe Hall (England) Library✔Book; Digital audio Genre: Historical fiction. Subject: Witches — England — Lancashire; Trials (Witchcraft); Pregnant women; Midwives |
Ferocity, Nicola Lagioia Published: 2014 Setting: Bari (Italy) Library✔Book 447 pages Genre: Noir fiction. Subject: Families — Moral and ethical aspects — Italy — 20th century; Families — Italy — 20th century; Families — Italy; Wealth — Moral and ethical aspects — Italy — 20th century; Wealth — Moral and ethical aspects; Political corruption — Italy — 20th century; Political corruption — Italy; Rich people; Murder victims; Brothers and sisters | |
Fire country : how indigenous fire management could help save Australia, Victor Steffensen Published: 2020 Setting: Library✔Book 221 pages Genre: Non-fiction Subject: Wildfires — Prevention and control — Australia.; Fire management — Australia.; Fire ecology — Australia.; Aboriginal Australians — Social life and customs.; Land use — Australia. | |
![]() | The Finder, Will Ferguson Published: 2020 Setting: Contemporary; southern Japan, Australian Outback, Christchurch, New Zealand, Library❌ Genre: Mystery; Thrillers Subject: Lost articles; Searching behavior |
![]() | Five Wives, Joan Thomas Published: 2019 Setting: Ecuador 1956 Library❌ Genre: Historical Fiction Awards: Governor General’s Literary Awards (2019) Other details: Unavailable Australia |
![]() | The Forgetting Tree, Tatjana Soli Published: 2012 Setting: California. Library✔ audiobook Genre: Literary fiction Subject: Marriage.; Ranch life.; Self-realization in women. |
![]() | A Fraction of the Whole, Steve Toltz Published: 2008 Setting: Australia; Paris (France); Thailand Library✔ audiobook Genre: Modern Fiction Awards: Booker Prize Nominee (2008), Guardian First Book Award Nominee (2008), New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award for People’s Choice Award (2009), Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize Nominee for comic fiction (2009), Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for Literary Fiction and Nominee for Newcomer (2008) |
![]() | The French Lieutenant’s Woman, John Fowles Published: first published 1969 Setting: Lyme Regis, England, 1867 (United Kingdom) ; Exeter, Devon, England ; London, England✔ Digital audio Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Social conditions.; Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Awards: WH Smith Literary Award (1970) |
Fresh Water for Flowers, Valerie Perrine Translated by Hildegarde Searle Published: 2020 First published 2018 in French as “Changer l’eau des fleurs” Setting: France — Burgundy. Library✔ book Genre: Literary fiction Subject: Cemeteries.; Friendship.; Interpersonal relations.; Loss (Psychology); Women.; France. | |
![]() | Friends in High Places, (Commissario Brunetti #9) Donna Leon Published: first published 2000 Setting: Venice (Italy) Library✔ book Genre: Mystery Subject: Drug abuse — Italy — Venice; Brunetti, Guido (Fictitious character); Murder — Investigation — Italy — Venice; Police — Italy — Venice Other details: Commissario Brunetti Series: 29 primary works • 29 total works |
![]() | From Russia With Love (James Bond (Original Series) #5), Ian Fleming Published: first published 1957 Setting: Istanbul (Turkey) Library❌ Genre: Thriller; Espionage thriller Subject: Bond, James — (Fictitious character); Intelligence service.; Great Britain. Other details: Casino Royale #1; Live and Let Die #2; Moonraker #3; Diamonds Are Forever #4; From Russia with Love #5; Doctor No #6; Goldfinger #7; For Your Eyes Only #8; Thunderball #9; The Spy Who Loved Me #10; The Living Daylights #11; On Her Majesty’s Secret Service #12; You Only Live Twice #13; The Man with the Golden Gun #14; Octopussy and The Living Daylights #15 |
![]() | The Game of Kings (The Lymond Chronicles #1), Dorothy Dunnett Published: first published 1961 Setting: Scotland Library✔ Digital audio Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Mary, — Queen of Scots, — 1542-1587.; Nobility.; Soldiers of fortune.; Scotland.; Mercenary soldiers — Fiction.; Scotland — History. Other details: The Lymond Chronicles Series: 6 primary works. The Game of Kings #1; Queen’s Play #2; The Disorderly Knights #3; Pawn in Frankincense #4; The Ringed Castle #5; Checkmate #6 |
![]() | The Getting of Wisdom, Henry Handel Richardson Published: first published 1910 Setting: Victoria — Melbourne. Library✔ ebook Genre: Australian Fiction; Contemporary Fiction Subject: Richardson, Henry Handel, — 1870-1946.; Authors, Australian.; Young women. |
![]() | Girl in Hyacinth Blue, Susan Vreeland Published: first published 1999 Setting: France Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Vermeer, Johannes, — 1632-1675.; College teachers.; Painting; Educators Awards: Book Sense Book of the Year Award Nominee for Adult (2000), San Diego Theodor S. Geisel Award (2000) |
![]() | The Glass-Blowers, Daphne du Maurier Published: first published 1963 Setting: Set in France 18th Century Library❌ Genre: Historical Fiction Subject: Glass manufacture.; France. |
The Glass Ocean, Beatriz Williams Published: 2018 Setting: Lusitania Library✔ book 408 pages Genre: Historical fiction.; Detective and mystery fiction. Subject: Lusitania (Steamship); Married people; Women authors; Swindlers and swindling; Man-woman relationships | |
The Glass Palace Amitov Ghosh Published: 2000 Setting: Burma; Myanmar 1885 Library❌ Genre: Historical Fiction Subject: | |
![]() | Gods of Howl Mountain, Taylor Brown Published: 2018 Setting: Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction Subject: |
The Golden Maze: a biography of Prague, Richard Fidler Published: 2020 Setting: Prague Library✔book 580 pages; ebook; Digital audio; Audio disc Genre: Non-fiction Subject: Prague (Czech Republic); Prague (Czech Republic) — History.; Prague (Czech Republic) — Buildings, structures, etc.; Prague (Czech Republic) — Description and travel | |
![]() | The Golden Notebook, Doris Lessing Published: first published 1962 Setting: Africa Library✔Digital audio Genre: Literary fiction Subject: Awards: Nobel Prize |
![]() | The Good Lord Bird, James McBride Published: 2013 Setting: 1800-1859. West Virginia — Harpers Ferry. Library✔Book 458 pages Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) — History — John Brown’s Raid, 1859; Brown, John, — 1800-1859.; Abolitionists.; Fugitive slaves. Awards: National Book Award for Fiction (2013), Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominee for Fiction (2014), Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2014), The Rooster — The Morning News Tournament of Books (2014) |
The Grass is Singing, Doris Lessing Published: 2007 Setting: South Africa under white rule Library✔Book 206 pp Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Africa — Social life and customs; Africa — Race relations | |
![]() | Great Circle, Maggie Shipstead Published: 2021 Setting: 1914, Missoula, Montana. Library Genre: Subject: |
Green Island, Shawna Yang Ryan Published: Feb 23, 2016 Setting: Set 1947-2007 Taiwan Library✔Book 385 pages; ebook Genre: Historical Fiction Subject: Families; Taiwan — History — 20th century; Taiwan — Social conditions — 20th century; Taiwan — Politics and government — 20th century; Taiwan — Social life and customs — 20th century | |
![]() | Gun Island, Amitov Ghosh Published: 2019 Setting: California — Los Angeles.; India.; Italy. Library✔Book 313 pages Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Antiquarian booksellers.; Bengali Americans.; Climatic changes.; Emigration and immigration.; Quests (Expeditions); Self-realization.; |
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![]() | Harmony, Carolyn Parkhurst Published: 2016 Setting: New Hampshire; Washington DC Library ✔book 278 pages; Large print Genre: Psychological fiction Subject: Mothers and daughters.; Camps.; Families. Subject Term: |
![]() | Havana Bay (Arkady Renko #4), Martin Cruz Smith Published: first published May 10th 1999 Setting: Havana, Cuba Library✔Book 340 pages Genre: Suspense fiction; Political fiction Subject: Police — Russia (Federation) — Moscow Other: Arkady Renko Series: 9 primary works Gorky Park #1; Polar Star #2; Red Square #3; Havana Bay #4; Wolves Eat Dogs #5; Stalin’s Ghost #6; Three Stations #7; Tatiana #8; The Siberian Dilemma #9 |
![]() | The Henna Artist, Alka Joshi Published: 2020 Setting: Jaipur, India 1947 Library✔Book 342 pages; ebook Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Mehndi (Body painting); Young women |
![]() | The Hit List, Holly Seddon Published: Expected publication 2021 Setting: Library Genre: Subject: Awards: Other: |
![]() | The Honorable Man (George Mueller #1), Paul Vidich Published: 2016 Setting: Washington D.C., 1953. Library✔Book 256 pages; Genre: Espionage thriller Subject: United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Internal security — United States; Spies — United States; Cold War Other: George Mueller series: The Honorable Man #1; The Good Assassin #2 |
![]() | Hour of the Witch, Chris Bohjalian Published: 2021 Setting: Boston, 1662. Library✔Book 368 p. Genre: Historical fiction Subject: |
![]() | The House on the Strand, Daphne du Maurier Published: first published 1969 Setting: Cornwall England, Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Time travel. |
The Hoarder, Jess Kidd Published: 2018 Setting: Library✔Book 405 pages (large print); ebook Genre: Detective and mystery fiction; Thrillers Subject: Caregivers.; Eccentrics and eccentricities.; Hoarders.; Mansions.; Missing persons.; Older women.; Psychics.; Secrecy.; Spirits. Other: Published in the US as: Mr. Flood’s last resort. New York: Atria Book, 2018. | |
![]() | How Beautiful We Were, Imbolo Mbue Published: 2020 Setting: Africa Library❌ Genre: Contemporary fiction Subject: Villages — Africa; Oil spills; Environmental degradation |
![]() | How Quickly She Disappears, Raymond Fleischmann Published: 2018 Setting: Alaska Library❌ Genre: Mystery thriller; Subject: Missing persons.; Twin sisters.; Women — Crimes against.; Alaska.; Women. |
![]() | How to Think Like a Roman Emperor, Donald J. Robertson Published: 2019 Setting: Library✔book 294 pages Genre: Non-fiction Subject: Marcus Aurelius, — Emperor of Rome, — 121-180; Meditations (Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome); Philosophy; Stoics |
A Hundred Flowers, Gail Tsukiyama Published: 2012 Setting: China — History — 20th century; China 1957 Library✔Digital audio Genre: Historical Fiction Subject: Families — China | |
![]() | The Hunger Angel, Herta Muller Published: 2009 Setting: Soviet Union after WW2 Library❌ Genre: Literary fiction; Historical fiction Subject: Forced labor.; Hunger.; Soviet Union.; Manfred Mann; Deportation Awards: BTBA Best Translated Book Award Nominee for Fiction shortlist (2013), Deutscher Buchpreis (German Book Prize) Nominee for Shortlist (2009), International Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2014) |
The Ice Swimmer, Kjell Ola Dahl (Oslo Detectives #3) Published: 2018 Setting: Oslo (Norway) Library✔Book 332 pages Genre: Suspense fiction.; Detective and mystery fiction. Subject: Murder — Investigation; Policewomen Other details: Translated; Originally Gunnarstranda & Frølich series. Re-branded as “Oslo Detectives” series when translated & published in English.; Oslo Detectives Series: 9 primary works | |
![]() | Ice Walker, James Raffan Published: 2020 Setting: Hudson Bay Library❌ Genre: Non-fiction Subject: Global temperature changes — Environmental aspects — Hudson Bay.; Climatic changes.; Global temperature changes — Environmental aspects.; Global warming.; Hudson Bay. |
The imaginary lives of James Poneke, Tina Makereti Published: 2018 Setting: London (England) — Social life and customs — 19thC Library✔ebook; Audio disc Genre: Historical fiction. Subject: New Zealanders — England; Maori (New Zealand people); Interpersonal relations; Identity (Psychology); Children, Maori; Freak shows; Sideshows; Orphans Awards: Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Nominee for Acorn Foundation Fiction (longlist) (2019) | |
![]() | In Certain Circles, Elizabeth Harrower Published: 2014 Setting: Set Australia Library✔Digital audio; ebook Genre: Psychological drama Awards: Winner of Voss Literary Prize 2015; Short-listed for NSW Premier’s Literary Awards Christina Stead Prize for Fiction 2015; Short-listed for Colin Roderick Award 2015; Long-listed for Miles Franklin Literary Award 2015 |
In cold blood : a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences, Truman Capote Published: 1965 Setting: Kansas Library✔book 343 pages Genre: Non-fiction; True Crime Subject: Murder — United States — Case studies; Criminals.; Murder.; Kansas. List: Life-changing | |
In Five Years, Rebecca Serle Published: 2020 Setting: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) Library✔ book 255 pages; 349 pages (large print) Genre: Romance; Time travel Subject: Man-woman relationships; Self-realization in women; Fate and fatalism; Women lawyers; | |
![]() | Independent People, Haldor Laxness Published: 1934 Setting: Set Iceland, early 20th Century Library❌ Genre: Literary fiction Subject: Sheep ranchers; Iceland Awards: 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature |
![]() | Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison Published: 1952 Setting: The Deep South (USA); Harlem New York Library❌ Genre: Literary fiction Subject: African Americans — Social conditions — To 1964 Awards: National Book Award, 1953. |
The Inheritors, Hannelore Makereti Published: 2020 Setting: from Paris on the eve of the Franco-Prussian War to the modern day Library✔ book 231 pages; ebook; Digital audio Genre: Historical Fiction; Domestic fiction. Subject: Families; Inheritance and succession; Rich people; Social conditions; Social stratification; France; Women — Conduct of life; Equality | |
Jasper Jones: a novel, Craig Silvey Published: 2009 Setting: Australia 1965 Library✔ book 397 pages; Audio disc Genre: Literary fiction Subject: Interpersonal relations; Dysfunctional families; Teenage boys; Secrecy; Death Awards: Miles Franklin Literary Award Nominee (2010), Western Australian Premier’s Book Award for Fiction (2009), Michael L. Printz Award Nominee (2012), Victorian Premier’s Literary Award Nominee for Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction (2010), Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year & Book of the Year Fiction (2009), Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for Literary Fiction and for Book of the Year (2010), International Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2011) | |
![]() | A Judgement in Stone, Ruth Rendell Published: 1977 Setting: England Library✔ book 188 pages; Digital audio Genre: Detective and mystery fiction. Subject: Housekeepers; Revenge; Families — Crimes agains; Murder — England |
The Keep, Jennifer Egan Published: 2006 Setting: Eastern Europe, Library✔ book 336 p.(large print) Genre: Suspense fiction. Subject: Cousins; Prisoners | |
![]() | The King at the Edge of the World, Arthur Phillips Published: 2020 Setting: 1601 England Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Queen Elizabeth 1, Scotland. James V1 |
![]() | The King’s General, Daphne du Maurier Published: 1946 Setting: Cornwall , 1640s Library❌ Genre: Historical Fiction Subject: Great Britain — History — Civil War, 1642-1649; Country homes.; Young women. |
The Kitchen Front, Jennifer Ryan Published: Expected publication: February 23rd 2021 Setting: Britain, WW2 Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction Subject: | |
Kokomo, Victoria Hannan Published: 2020 Setting: Melbourne (Vic.) Library✔ book 302 pages; Audio disc Genre: Domestic fiction; Australian fiction Subject: Mothers and daughters; Family secrets; Reconciliation; Best friends; Recluses; Memory; Secrecy | |
![]() | Kristin Lavransdatter (Kristin Lavransdatter #1-3), Sigrid Undset Translated by Tiina Nunnally Published: 1920 Setting: Norway — History — 1030-1397 Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction, Norwegian.; Romance fiction, Norwegian Subject: Norway — History — 1030-1397; Civilization, Medieval; Marriage customs and rites, Medieval — Fiction. Other details: Kristin Lavransdatter Series: 3 primary works: The Wreath #1; The Wife #2; The Cross #3 |
![]() | Ladivine, Marie NDiaye Published: 2013 Setting: Set France Library✔ book 288 pp Genre: Domestic fiction.; Suspense fiction. Subject: Mothers and daughters; Family secrets |
![]() | The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe #4, Raymond Chandler Published: 1943 Setting: Los Angeles (Calif.) Library✔; Digital audio Genre: Detective and mystery fiction. Subject: Private investigators. Other: Philip Marlowe Series 9 primary works: The Big Sleep #1; Farewell My Lovely #2; The High Window #3; The Lady in the Lake #4; The Little Sister #5; The Long Goodbye #6; Playback #7; Trouble is My Business #8; Poodle Springs #9 |
Lampedusa, Steven Price Published: Setting: Sicily (Italy) — History — 20th century . Library✔ book 325 pages; ebook; Audio disc Genre: Historical fiction; Biographical fiction. Subject: Aristocracy (Social class) — Italy; Authors, Italian; Terminally ill | |
![]() | The Land Before Avocado, Richard Glover Published: 2018 Library✔ book 272 pages; eBook, Large print, Audio disc Genre: Non-fiction Subject: Australia — Social life and customs — 1965; Authors, Australian.; Manners and customs.; Radio broadcasters.; Australia. |
The Last Convict, Anthony Hill Published: Expected publication: February 2nd 2021 Setting: Fremantle, Western Australia Library ✔book 320 p. Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Convicts; Western Australia | |
![]() | The Last Days of John Lennon, James Patterson Published: 2020 Setting: Library ✔book 432 pages Genre: True Crime; Biography. Subject: Lennon, John, — 1940-1980 — Assassination.; Lennon, John, — 1940-1980.; Assassination.; Lennon, John, 1940-1980-Death and burial.; Chapman, Mark David.; Rock musicians — England — Biography.; Rock musicians — United States. |
![]() | The Last of the Mohicans (Leatherstocking Tales #2), James Fenimore Cooper Published: first published February 1826 Setting: Upstate New York, 1757 (United States); Fort William Henry, Lake George, North America, 1757; United States — History — French and Indian War, 1755-1763 Library✔book 609 pages (large print); ebook Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Mohegan Indians Other details: The Leatherstocking Tales Series 5 primary works; The Deerslayer #1; The Last of the Mohicans #2; The Pathfinder #3; The Pioneers #4; The Prairies $5 |
![]() | The Leopard, Guiseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Published: 1958 Setting: Italy 1860s; Sicily, 1865 (Italy) Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Italy; Awards: Premio Strega (Italy) Winner 1959 |
![]() | A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest J. Gaines Published: first published December 1st 1993 Setting: a small Cajun community in the late 1940s, Library❌ Genre: Literary fiction; Historical fiction Subject: African American men.; Death row inmates.; Friendship. Awards: Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction; Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize |
The Liar’s Dictionary, Eley Williams Published: 2020 Setting: Great Britain — History — Victoria, 1837-1901 Library✔ book 265 pages; ebook Genre: Historical fiction Subject: English language — Etymology; Coming out (Sexual orientation); Encyclopedias and dictionaries; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.); Truthfulness and falsehood; Threats of violence; Unrequited love; Lexicographers | |
![]() | Life and Times of Michael K, J.M. Coetzee Published: first published 1983 Setting: Capetown (South Africa); Prince Albert (South Africa) Library❌ Genre: Literary fiction Subject: Gardeners.; Insurgency.; South Africa. Awards: Booker Prize (1983), |
![]() | The Limits of the World: A Novel, Jennifer Acker Published: 2019 Setting: Set USA Library❌ Genre: Literary fiction Subject: African/ Indian immigrants USA. |
![]() | Long Bright River, Liz Moore Published: 2020 Setting: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States) Library✔ book 450 pages; large print; ebook Genre: Mystery Subject: Murder — Investigation; Missing persons; Policewomen; Drug addicts; Sisters |
![]() | Lord of the Far Island, Victoria Holt Published: first published 1975 Setting: Far Island, off the coast of Cornwall England Library✔ book 329 pages Genre: Romantic suspense fiction Subject: Orphans; Social classes; Marriage; Man-woman relationships |
![]() | Lost Horizon, James Hilton Published: first published 1933 Setting: Shangri-La; Tibet Library✔ book 206 pages Genre: Adventure Subject: Airplane crash survival; Shangri-La (Imaginary place); Survival; Himalaya Mountains Awards: Hawthornden Prize (1934) |
![]() | The Lotus Eaters, Tatjana Soli Published: 2010 Setting: Saigon (Viet Nam) 1961-1975 Library❌ Genre: Romance fiction; Historical fiction Subject: Americans — Vietnam; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; War — Psychological aspects ; Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam); Vietnam; Americans.; Women war correspondents.; Vietnam — Ho Chi Minh City. Awards: James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction (2010), |
![]() | Luster, Raven Leilani Published: 2020 Setting: United States. Library✔book; ebook Genre: Literary fiction; Domestic fiction; Humorous fiction Subject: Adopted children.; African American women artists.; Archivists.; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Women forensic pathologists.; Young women — Sexual behavior. |
Titles A-C | Titles D-G | Titles H-L | Titles M-P | Titles Q-Z |
M-P (Title)
The Magician, Colm Toibin Published: Expected publication: September 9th 2021 Setting: 20th century Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction Subject: | |
The Maidens, Alex Michaelides Published: Expected publication: June 1st 2021 Setting: Library❌ Genre: Mystery thriller Subject: | |
![]() | Maigret and the Man on the Bench (Inspector Maigret #41), Georges Simenon Published: first published 1953 Setting: Paris (France); Juvisy-sur-Orge (France) Library❌ Genre: Detective and mystery fiction Subject: Police. |
![]() | The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett Published: first published 1929 Setting: San Francisco (Calif.) Library✔book 213 pages Genre: Detective and mystery fiction. Subject: Private investigators — California — San Francisco; Murder — Investigation — California — San Francisco |
The Man in the Window, Kjell Ola Dahl (Oslo Detectives #2) Published: 2001 Setting: Norway — History — German occupation, 1940-1945 Library✔Book 482 pp Genre: Detective and mystery fiction Subject: Police — Norway — Oslo | |
![]() | The Man Who Was Thursday, G. K. Chesterton Published: first published 1908 Setting: London, England, 1905 Library✔Book 268 pages (Large print edition). Genre: Psychological fiction; Detective and mystery fiction. Subject: Anarchists; Conspiracies. |
![]() | Marilyn, Norman Mailer Published: first published 1973 Library✔Book 346 pages (Large print edition). Genre: Biography Subject: Monroe, Marilyn, — 1926-1962.; Motion picture actors and actresses — United States — Biography.; Motion picture actors and actresses.; United States. |
![]() | Mary’s Last Dance, Mary Li Published: 2020 Library✔Book 464 pages Genre: Autobiography Subject: Li, Mary, 1958-,; Li, Cunxin, 1961–Family.; Ballet dancers — Australia — Biography; Mothers and daughters — Australia. Other details: Sequel to Li, Cunxin, 1961-. Mao’s last dancer. |
Master of my Fate, Sienna Brown Published: 2019 Setting: Jamaica — History — Slave Insurrection, 1831 New South Wales — History — 19th century Library✔ book; ebook Genre: Historical fiction. Subject: Buchanan, William (Convict); Slaves — Jamaica; Prisoners — Australia — New South Wales; Penal transportation — Australia — New South Wales; Australian fiction — 21st century. | |
![]() | Meditations, Marcus Aurelius Published: first published 180 Setting: Roman Empire Library❌ Genre: Philosophy Subject: Ethics.; Life.; Stoics. |
![]() | Middlemarch, George Eliot Published: 1871 Setting: 1832 England Library✔Online download; Digital audio Genre: Classic; Historical Fiction Subject: |
![]() | The Ministry For the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson Published: 2020 Setting: 2025 Library ✔book 563 pages Genre: Science fiction Subject: United Nations — Environmental policy; United Nations — Officials and employees; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Humanitarian aid workers; Terrorist organizations; Political kidnapping; Climatic changes; Future, The |
![]() | Missionaries, Phil Klay Published: 2020 Setting: Colombia Library✔book; ebook; Digital audio Genre: Historical fiction Subject: |
![]() | The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins Published: first published August 1st 1868 Setting: United Kingdom; England, 1848; Kathiawar, 1850 (India) Library❌ Genre: Detective mystery Subject: Diamonds.; East Indians.; Jewelry theft.; Police.; Upper class.; Young women.; England.; India. |
Mount Pleasant, Patrice Nganang Published: 2011 Setting: Cameroon — 20th century Library✔Book 384 pages Genre: Historical fiction. Subject: Cameroon — Colonization — History — 20th century; France — Colonies — Cameroon — History Other details: Originally published in French as Mont Plaisant. | |
![]() | Mr. Dickens and His Carol, Samantha Silva Published: 2017 Setting: London, England Library❌ Genre: Historical Fiction Subject: Dickens, Charles, — 1812-1870. |
The Mountains Sing, Phan Que Mai Nguyen Published: 2020 Setting: Vietnam — History — 20th century Library✔Book 352 pages; ebook Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Families — Vietnam | |
![]() | My Brilliant Career, Miles Franklin Published: 1901 Setting: Australia Library✔Large Print 374 pages; ebook Genre: Autobiographical fiction; Bildungsromans. Subject: Young women — Australia Country life — Australia — 19th century |
![]() | The Mystery of Henri Pick, David Foenkinos. Translated by Sam Taylor Published: 2016 Setting: Crozon in Brittany Library✔ book 288 pages Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.; Humorous fiction. Subject: Publishers and publishing, Book editors, Manuscripts, Authors, Books Other details: Original Title Le Mystère Henri Pick |
![]() | Natural History, Carlos Fonseca Translated by Megan McDowell Published: 2020 (Originally published in the Spanish as Museo Animal. 2017) Setting: Haifa, Israel; 1970s New York; Latin American jungle Library✔ book 303 pages Genre: Literary fiction Subject: Museum exhibits; Photographers; Artists; Visions; Museum curators. |
![]() | Navigator of the Flood, Mario Brelich Translated by John Shepley Published: 1991 (first published 1979 in Italian) Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Noah — (Biblical figure) Other details: Original Title Il navigatore del diluvio |
The New Achilles (Commander #1), Christian Cameron Published: 2019 Setting: Greece — History — 281-146 B.C. Library✔ book 416 pages Genre: Historical Fiction Subject: Philopoemen, 253 B.C.-182 B.C.-Fiction. Other details: Commander Series 2 primary works: The New Achilles #1; The Last Greek #2 | |
![]() | The New Wilderness, Diane Cook Published: 2020 Setting: Library✔ book 398 pages; ebook Genre: Literary Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; Family Sagas; General Fiction Subject: Mothers and daughters; Environmental quality; Wilderness areas; Overpopulation; Air — Pollution; Civilization; Survival Other details: Booker Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2020) |
![]() | The Night Letters, Denise Leith Published: 2020 Setting: Kabul (Afghanistan) Library✔ book 431 pages; ebook Genre: Subject: Taliban; Women physicians — Afghanistan; Australians — Afghanistan; Missing children; Secrecy |
The Night Watchman, Louise Erdrich Published: 2020 Setting: Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation (N.D.) North Dakota 1953 Library✔ book 464 pages Genre: Historical Fiction, Subject: Indians of North America — North Dakota; Ojibwa Indians; Indians of North America — Government relations; Indian termination policy; Dysfunctional families; Missing persons | |
![]() | O Pioneers! (Great Plains Trilogy #1), Willa Cather Published: (first published 1913) Setting: Nebraska (United States) Library✔ ebook; Digital audio Genre: Historical fiction; Literary fiction Subject: Brothers and sisters.; Farm life.; Swedish Americans.; Women farmers.; Women immigrants.; Women pioneers. Other details: Great Plains Trilogy 3 primary works O Pioneers!#1; The Song of the Lark #2; My Antonia #3 |
![]() | Olga, Bernhard Schlink Published: 2018 (first published in German Setting: from late 19th century Prussia to modern Germany Library✔ book Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Friendship.; Man-woman relationships.; Teachers.; Travelers. |
![]() | Ordinary Grace, William Kruger Kent Published: 2013 Setting: Minnesota. 1961 Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Families — Minnesota; Murder — Minnesota; Grief |
Our Shadows, Gail Jones Published: 2020 Setting: Australia — History; Kalgoorlie (W.A.); Sydney (N.S.W.) Library✔ book 309 pages; ebook Genre: Australian fiction; Domestic fiction; Historical fiction. Subject: Intergenerational relations — Western Australia — Kalgoorlie; Gold mines and mining — West Australia — Kalgoorlie; Families — Western Australia — Kalgoorlie; Grandparents as parents; Gold mines and mining; Family secrets; Homecoming; Orphans; Sisters | |
![]() | Painted Horses, Malcolm Brooks Published: 2014 Setting: 1950s, Montana Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Archaeolgists; Horsemen and horsewomen.; Women archaeologists. |
![]() | Painter to the King, Amy Sackville Published: 2018 Setting: Spain — History — Philip IV, 1621-1665 Library✔ book 322 pages Genre: Historical fiction. Subject: Velazquez, Diego, 1599-1660; Painters — Spain |
![]() | The Paris Hours, Alex George Published: 2020 Setting: Paris 1972 Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Interpersonal relations; Painters; Authors; Artists; Journalists; Women household employees |
![]() | The Parisian by Isabella Hammad Published: 2019 Setting: Library✔ebook Genre: General Fiction; Historical Fiction; Literary Fiction; Romance Subject: Awards: Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Historical Fiction Longlist (2020) Other details: Originally published as The Parisian, or, Al-Barisi |
![]() | The Passport, Herta Muller Translated from the German. Published: Originally published 1986. Setting: Romania Library✔ebook Genre: Political fiction; Literary fiction Subject: Romania — Social conditions.; Romania — Emigration and immigration.; Communism. Awards: Nobel Prize for Literature, 2009 |
![]() | The Pearl Diver, Jeff Talarigo Published: 2014 Setting: 1948 Japan Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Leprosy — Hospitals.; Leprosy — Patients.; Pearl divers.; Women. Awards: Rosenthal Family Foundation Award (2005) |
![]() | Pew, Catherine Lacey Published: 2020 Setting: Southern States. (USA) Library❌ Genre: Literary fiction Subject: Gender-nonconforming people.; Identity (Psychology); Secrecy.; Small cities. |
The Photographer, Mary Dixie Carter Published: Expected publication: May 25th 2021 Setting: New York Library❌ Genre: Suspense fiction Subject: | |
Pickard County Atlas, Chris Harding Thornton Published: 2021 Setting: Nebraska Library❌ Genre: Detective and mystery fiction; Noir fiction; Thriller Subject: Families — Nebraska; Sheriffs; Small cities; Children — Death; Murder — Investigation | |
Piranesi, Susanna Clarke Published: 2020 Setting: Library✔ book 245 pages; ebook Genre: Fantasy fiction Subject: Curiosities and wonders, Note-taking, Prophecies, Friendship, Strangers, Dwellings, Secrecy, Dead Awards: Costa Book Award Nominee for Novel (2020), | |
![]() | The Plague, Albert Camus Translated [from the French] by Robin Buss. Published: first published June 1947 Setting: Oran, French Algeria? Library❌ Genre: Literary fiction Subject: Epidemics.; Plague.; France. Awards: Prix des Critiques (1947) |
The Plague, Kevin Chong Published: Setting: Library✔ book 297 pages Genre: Horror tales. Subject: Epidemics, Quarantine, Plague, Survival | |
![]() | Polar Star (Arkady Renko #2), Martin Cruz Smith Published: first published June 13th 1989 Setting: Bering Sea Library❌ Genre: Detective and mystery stories Subject: Police.; Russia (Federation) — Siberia. Other: Arkady Renko Series 9 primary works Gorky Park #1; Polar Star #2; Red Square #3; Havana Bay #4; Wolves Eat Dogs #5; Stalin’s Ghost #6; Three Stations #7; Tatiana #8; The Siberian Dilemma #9 |
![]() | Possession, A. S. Byatt Published: first published October 17th 1990 Setting: London, England; Lincoln, England (United Kingdom) Library✔ ebook Genre: Literary fiction; Romance Subject: Biographers Awards: Booker Prize (1990), Irish Times International Fiction Prize (1990), Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book in South Asia and Europe (1991) |
![]() | The Power Couple, Alex Berenson Published: Expected publication: February 9th 2021 Setting: Washington, DC; Barcelona Library❌ Genre: Mystery thriller Subject: Man-woman relationships; Families; Abduction |
![]() | Pride of Eden, Taylor Brown Published: 2020 Setting: Sapelo Island (Gerogia.) (USA) Library❌ Genre: Literary fiction Subject: Lion.; Smugglers.; Exotic animals.; Animal rescue.; Animals. Wildlife refuges; Wildlife rescue |
The Pull of the Stars, Emma Donoghue Published: 2020 Setting: Dublin (Ireland) Library✔ book 294 pages; Digital audio; ebook Genre: Historical fiction. Subject: Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 — Ireland — Dublin; Hospitals — Maternity services; Medical personnel; Pregnant women; Orphans; Nurses | |
![]() | The Pursuit of Love (Radlett and Montdore #1), Nancy Mitford Published: first published 1945 Setting: Gloucestershire, England, 1939 Library✔ book 214 pages Genre: Subject: Upper class; Country life; Man-woman relationships.; Mate selection. Awards: Premi Llibreter de narrativa Nominee (2006) Other: Radlett and Montdore Series 3 primary works: The Pursuit of Love #1; Love in a Cold Climate #2; Don’t Tell Albert #3 |
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Q-Z (Title)
![]() | The Quiet Twin, Dan Vyleta Published: 2011 Setting: Vienna, 1939 Library❌ Genre: Thriller Subject: Awards: Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize Nominee (2011) |
Queenie Malone’s Paradise Hotel, Ruth Hogan Published: 2019 Setting: Brighton (England) Library✔Book 322 pages Genre: Domestic fiction; Psychological fiction Subject: Mothers and daughters; Friendship; Family secrets | |
The Rain Heron, Robbie Arnott Published: 2020 Setting: the remote frontier of a country devastated by a coup Library✔ Book 269 pages; Audio disc; ebook Genre: Science fiction; eco-fiction Subject: Self-actualization (Psychology) in women, Female friendship; Legends; Secrecy; Soldiers; Hermits | |
![]() | Raised from the Ground, José Saramago Published: 1980 Setting: Portugal Library❌ Genre: Historical Fiction; Family saga Subject: Portugal- Social conditions. |
![]() | RE: Colonised Planet 5 , Shikasta (Canopus in Argos #1), Doris Lessing Published: 1979 Setting: Library❌ Genre: Science fiction Subject: Civilization, Ancient — Extraterrestrial influences.; Life on other planets. Other: Canopus in Argos Series 5 primary works: RE: Colonised Planet 5 , Shikasta #1; The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five #2; The Sirian Experiments #3; The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 #4; The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire #5 |
The Rebel Nun, Marj Charlier Published: 2020 Setting: 6th Century LibraryGeorgia — Altamaha River. Genre: Historical fiction Subject: | |
Resin, Ane Riel Published: 2018 Setting: Scandinavia Library✔Book 313 pages Genre: Psychological fiction.; Horror tales; Suspense fiction. Subject: Families; Fathers and daughters; Compulsive hoarding; Death; Paranoia; Family secrets; Dysfunctional families; Absence and presumption of death; Parent and child; Murder Awards: Glass Key Award (2016), Gullkulen/The Golden Bullet (2017) | |
The River Capture, Mary Costello Published: 2019 Setting: Waterford (Ireland) Library✔Book 176 pages; ebook Genre: Contemporary fiction Subject: Farmhouses — Ireland — Waterford; Man-woman relationships; Interpersonal relations; Men — Psychology; Recluses; Families; Rivers | |
![]() | A River in the Trees, Jacqueline O’Mahony Published: 2019 Setting: Ireland — History — War of Independence, 1919-1921; Cork (Ireland) Library✔ Book 336 pages Genre: Historical fiction; Domestic fiction. Subject: Man-woman relationships; Family secrets; Women; Aunts; Life change events |
![]() | The River of Kings, Taylor Brown Published: 2017 Setting: Georgia — Altamaha River. Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Brothers.; Fathers — Death.; Indians of North America.; Kayaking. |
The Rules of Backyard Cricket, Jock Serong Published: 2016 Setting: Australia Library✔ Book 291 pages; Audio disc; ebook Genre: Suspense fiction. Subject: Cricket players; Brothers Awards: Ned Kelly Award Nominee for Best Fiction (Shortlist) (2017), Edgar Award Nominee for Best Paperback Original (2018), Victorian Premier’s Literary Award Nominee for Fiction (2017) | |
![]() | Run Me to the Earth, Paul Yoon Published: 2020 Setting: 1960s Laos Library✔ebook Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Evacuation of civilians. Guerrilla couriers. Laotians. Orphans. Physicians. |
The Sanatorium, Sarah Pearse Published: Expected publication: February 2nd 2021 Setting: Swiss Alps Library✔ 368 p. Genre: Mystery thriller Subject: | |
![]() | The Scapegoat, Daphne du Maurier Published: 1957 Setting: France Library❌ Genre: Mystery thriller Subject: Identity theft; Aristocracy (Social class) |
![]() | Scoop, Evelyn Waugh Published: (first published 1938 Setting: London, England. Ethiopia. Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936 Library✔ book Genre: Literary fiction Subject: Journalists. Mistaken identity. Novelists. War correspondents. Ethiopia. |
The Sea and the Jungle, H.M Tomlinson Published: first published 1912 Setting: Amazon River. Madeira river. Amazon River Region. Library❌ Genre: Nonfiction. Travel Subject: Brazil — Description and travel. | |
Searching for Charlotte: the fascinating story of Australia’s first children’s author, Kate Forsyth Published: 2020 Setting: Library✔ book 304 pages Genre: Non-fiction; Biography. Subject: Waring, Charlotte, 1795-1867; Women immigrants-New South Wales-Biography; Barton, Charlotte; Women authors — New South Wales — Biography; Authors, Australian — Biography; Immigrants — Australia — New South Wales | |
The Sea Gate, Jane Johnson Published: 2021 Setting: Cornwall (England : County) Library✔ book 410 pages Genre: Domestic fiction; Historical fiction; Romance fiction. Subject: Man-woman relationships; World War, 1939-1945; Families; Secrecy; Women | |
The Searcher, Tana French Published: 2020 Setting: Ireland Library✔ book 451 pages Genre: Detective and mystery fiction; Suspense fiction. Subject: Villages — Ireland; Missing persons; Family secrets | |
![]() | The Searchers, Alan Le May Published: 2013 Setting: Texas. West United States. Library❌ Genre: Western; Historical fiction Subject: Pioneers — Texas. Frontier and pioneer life — West (U.S.). Comanche Indians. Frontier and pioneer life. Indian captivities. Indians of North America. Nieces. Pioneers. Revenge. |
![]() | The Secret History, Donna Tartt Published: 1992 Setting: New Hampshire (United States). Hampden, Vermont (United States). Vermont (United States) Library✔ book 559 pages Genre: Mystery Subject: College students. Murderers — Psychology. Teacher-student relationships. College students. Classicists. Awards: Mekka-prijs (1994), Prix des libraires du Québec for Lauréats hors Québec (1994) |
The Secret in their Eyes, Eduado A. Sacheri Published: first published 2005 Setting: Buenos Aires (Argentina) Library✔ book 302 page; Digital audio Genre: Noir fiction. Subject: Detectives — Argentina — Buenos Aires; Murder — Investigation | |
![]() | The Shadow King, Maaza Mengiste Published: 2019 Setting: Set 1935 Ethiopia Library✔ book 448 pages; ebook Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936. Women — Ethiopia. Women. Ethiopia. |
The Shape of the Ruins, Juan Gabriel Vasquez Anne McLean (Translator) Published: 2015 Setting: Colombia — History Library✔ book 505 pages Genre: Suspense fiction; Political fiction. Subject: Assassination — Investigation; Conspiracies | |
Sharks in the Time of Saviors, Kawai Strong Washburn Published: 2020 Setting: Hawaii, Portland Library✔ book 376 pages Genre: Literary fiction Subject: Families. Sharks. Brothers and sisters. Animal heroes. Mythology | |
![]() | The Sheltering Sky, Paul Bowles Published: first published 1949 Setting: Morocco. Library❌ Genre: Romance fiction. Psychological fiction Subject: Americans. Morocco. |
![]() | Shirley, Charlotte Brontë Published: 1849 Setting: England — Yorkshire. Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction; Romance Subject: Yorkshire (England) — Social life and customs; Manners and customs. |
![]() | Silence, Shusaku Endo Published: first published 1966) Setting: Japan — Religion — 1600-1868 Library ✔ book 266 pages Genre: Historical fiction. Subject: Catholic Church — Japan — History — 17th century. Missionaries |
The Silence, Don Delillo Published: 2020 Setting: New York (N.Y.). Near future Library✔Book 116 pages; ebook Genre: Science fiction Subject:Life change events; Electric power failures | |
A Simple Plan, Scott Smith Published: 1993 Setting: Ohio, 1987 (United States) Library✔Book 416 pages Genre: Mystery thriller. Subject: Brothers; Murder; Treasure troves; Guilt; Theft | |
The Snares of Memory, Juan Marsé Translated by Nick Caistor Published: 2016 Setting: Barcelona (Spain) — History — 20th century Library✔Book 233 pages Genre: Detective and mystery fiction. Subject:Murder; Spanish fiction — Translations into English; Screenwriters; Prostitutes — Crimes against; Memory; Murder — Investigation — Spain — Barcelona; Motion picture industry — Spain | |
![]() | The Songlines, Bruce Charwin Published: 1987 Setting: Australia Library❌ Genre: Biography Subject: Chatwin, Bruce, — 1940-1989. Aboriginal Australians — Social life and customs. Australia — Description and travel. Australia — Social life and customs. Manners and customs. |
![]() | Sorrow, Tiffanie DeBartolo Published: 2020 Setting: Library❌ Genre: Literary fiction Subject: Guitarists. Man-woman relationships. Performance artists. |
Sorry to Disrupt the Peace, Patty Yumi Cottrell Published: 2017 Setting: Set Milwaukee, America, Library✔Book 263 pp Genre: Mystery Subject:Domestic relations; Death; Grief; Interpersonal relations; Loss (Psychology); Murder – Investigation; Homecoming; Life change events; Suicide; Adoptees; Brothers and sisters; Families; Adopted children; Brothers — Death | |
Stamboul Train, Graham Greene Published: 1932 Setting: Orient Express Library✔ Genre: Spy thriller Subject: Railroad travel | |
![]() | The Stranger, Albert Camus Published: 1942 Setting: Algeria Library✔ Digital audio Genre: Literary fiction Subject: Murder. Homicide Awards: PEN Translation Prize for Matthew Ward (1989) |
![]() | The Stranger Diaries ( Harbinder Kaur #1), Elly Griffiths Published: 2018 Setting: Sussex England. Library✔ Book 410 pages. Large print Genre: Suspense fiction. Subject: Authors, English — 19th century. Schools — England — Sussex. Murder — Investigation. Literature teachers. Haunted schools. Diaries Other : Harbinder Kaur Series 2 primary works Harbinder Kaur #1; The Postscript Murders #2 |
![]() | The Strays of Paris, Jane Smiley Published: 2020 Setting: Paris Library✔ book 288 p. Ebook Genre: Literary fiction Subject: Human-animal relationship. Boys — France — Paris. Race horses. Friendship. Animals Other: Published internationally as “Perestroika in Paris” |
Sweet Lamb of Heaven, Lydia Millet Published: 2016 Setting: Alaska to Maine Library✔ book 256 pages Genre: Domestic fiction, Suspense fiction, Psychological fiction. Subject: Marital conflict | |
![]() | Sweet Thames, Matthew Kneale Published: 2001 Setting: London (England) — History — 19th century Library: ✔Audio disc Genre: Historical fiction. Subject:Disappeared persons; Epidemics; Cholera |
![]() | Testimony, Scott Turow Published: 2017 Setting: Bosnia and Herzegovina Library✔ 485 pages Genre Legal thriller. Detective and mystery thriller Subject: War crimes — Bosnia and Herzegovina. Genocide — Bosnia and Herzegovina. Missing persons — Investigation; International criminal court. Other: Kindle County Legal Thriller Series 11 primary works: Presumed Innocent #1; The Burden of Proof #2; Pleading Guilty #3; The Laws Of Our Fathers #4; Personal Injuries #5; Reversible Errors #6; Limitations #7; Innocent $8; Identical #9; Testimony #10; The Last Trial #11 |
![]() | This Side of Brightness, Colum McCann Published: 1998 Setting: New York (State) — New York. 1900 Library✔ebook Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Sandhogs — New York (State) — New York. Homeless persons — New York (State) — New York. New York (N.Y.) — Social conditions — 20th century — Fiction. Awards: International Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist 2000 |
![]() | The Thousands Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, David Mitchell Published: 2010 Setting: 1799, Nagasaki Harbour Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction Subject: East and West. Trading posts. |
The Women of Troy, Pat Barker Published: Expected publication: June 29th 2021 Setting: Ancient Greece. Trojan War Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Trojan War | |
Three Men in a Boat (Three Men Series #1), Jerome K. Jerome Published: first published 1889 Setting: River Thames, England. Kingston-upon-Thames,. Hampton, England. Marlow, England. Magna Carta Island, England. Library✔ 266 pages. Large type Genre: Humorous fiction Subject: : Boats and boating — England — Thames River. English — Germany — Black Forest. Bicyle touring — Germany — Black Forest Other: Three Men Series 2 primary works Three Men in a Boat #1; Three Men on the Bummel #2 | |
![]() | Time and Again, Jack Finney Published: first published 1970 Setting: New York (N.Y.) — History — 1865-1898 Library❌ Genre: Science fiction. Historical fiction Subject: Time travel. Man-woman relationships Awards: Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire (1994) Other: Time Series 2 primary works. Time and Again #1; From Time to Time #2 |
The Time of our Lives, Robert Dessaix Published: 2020 Setting: Library✔ Audio disc Genre: Non-fiction Subject: Aging; Older people — Conduct of life | |
![]() | Tirra Lirra by the River, Jessica Anderson Published: first published 1978 Setting: Australia Library❌ Genre: Literary fiction Subject: Women — Australia — Sydney (N.S.W.). Women. Awards: Miles Franklin Literary Award (1978). Australian Natives’ Literature Award |
The Tolstoy Estate, Steven Conte Published: 2020 Setting: Russia — History — 20th century Library✔Book 410 pages; Audio disc; ebook Genre: Australian fiction. Subject: War — Relief of sick and wounded; World War, 1939-1945; Germans — Russia; Authors, Russian; Military hospitals; Physicians; Friendship | |
![]() | Trio, William Boyd Published: 2020 Setting: Brighton England 1960s Library✔ book 342 pages Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Motion picture industry. Secrecy. Self-realization. Social pressure. United States. Central Intelligence Agency. Spies — Crimes against. Private investigators. Actresses. Novelists |
Truganini: journey through the apocolypse, Cassandra Pybus Published: Setting: Bruny Island (Tas.) — History — 19th century.; Tasmania — History — 19th century. Library✔Book 313 pages; ebook Genre: Non-fiction; Biography Subject: Aboriginal Tasmanians — Biography; Aboriginal Tasmanians, Treatment of — History — 19th century. | |
![]() | The Turn of the Screw, Henry James Published: first published April 16th 1898 Setting: London, England. Essex, England Library✔ ebook Genre: Horror. Ghost stories Subject: Children. Governesses. |
Twisted, Steve Cavanagh Published: 2019 Setting: Mystery thriller Library✔Book 320 pages; Audio disc Genre: Thriller; Suspense fiction. Subject: Identity (Psychology); Deception; Secrecy; Authors | |
![]() | An Unconventional Wife, Hoban, Mary Published: 2019 Setting: Library✔ebook Genre: Autobiography; Biography Subject: Julia Sorrell; History; Social Science |
![]() | The Unwilling, John Hart Published: Expected publication: February 2nd 2021 Setting: Set in the South at the height of the Vietnam War Library❌ Genre: Suspense fiction. Mystery fiction Subject: Brothers |
![]() | Valentine, Elizabeth Wetmore Published: 2020 Setting: 1976, Odessa, Texas Library✔ book 308 pages; ebook Genre: Crime & Thriller; General Fiction; Literary Fiction; Contemporary Fiction Subject: Oil industries. Race relations. Small cities. Women — Violence against. |
![]() | Vanishing Falls, Poppy Gee Published: 2020 Setting: Tasmania Australia. Library✔ book 432 p Genre: Mystery thriller Subject: Missing persons. Secrecy. Mansions. Small cities |
The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett Published: 2020 Setting: Washington, D.C., 1956. Los Angeles, California, 1978. Mallard, Louisiana Library✔ book 343 pages Genre: Psychological fiction. Subject: Choice (Psychology); Twin sisters | |
![]() | The Vanishing Hours, Barney Norris Published: 2019 Setting: Set England Library✔ebook Genre: Literary fiction Subject: Secrecy. Self-realization. Strangers. Storytelling. |
![]() | The Viceroy of Ouidah, Bruce Chatwin Published: 1980 Setting: 1812 Brazil-Africa Benin? Library ❌ Genre: Historical fiction Subject: |
Waiting for Sunrise Boyd, William Published: 2012 Setting: Vienna, 1913. Library✔ 519 p. (large print); ebook Genre: War stories; Suspense fiction. Subject: World War, 1914-1918 | |
![]() | We Are All the Same in the Dark, Julia Heaberlin Published: 2020 Setting: Library✔ book 336 pages;ebook Genre: Suspense fiction. Psychological fiction. Subject: Cold cases (Criminal investigation). Abandoned children. Brothers and sisters. Beauty, Personal. Selective mutism. Missing persons. Policewomen. Small cities. Amputees. Secrecy — Fiction. |
![]() | The Weight of Water, Anita Shreve Published: 1997 Setting: Isles of Shoals (Me. and N.H.) — Fiction. Library✔ book 246 pages Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Women photographers — New Hampshire. Murder — Isles of Shoals (Me. and N.H.). Women immigrants — New Hampshire . Marriage — New Hampshire |
![]() | We, Yevgeny Zamyatin Published: 1921 Setting: Dystopia 26th C, Library❌ Genre: Science fiction – dystopia Subject: Totalitarianism |
Westwind, Ian Rankin Published: 1990 Setting: Great Britain Library✔Book 288 pp; Digital audio Genre: Suspense fiction. Subject: United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Great Britain. MI5 — Military surveillance; Artificial satellites; Missing persons; Conspiracies; Journalists; Secrecy | |
![]() | When the Plums Are Ripe (Cameroon #2), Patrice Nganang Published: 2019 Setting: Set Cameroon, Africa Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction Subject: French colonies. Colonization. Cameroon. |
![]() | Where the Crawdad Sings, Delia Owens Published: 2018 Setting: North Carolina, 1952 (United States) Library✔Book 370 pp; 484 pages (large print); Digital audio Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Man-woman relationships. Murder — Investigation. Abandoned children. Young women. Solitude. Awards: Edgar Award Nominee for Best First Novel by an American Author (2019), |
Where the Fruit Falls, Karen Wyld Published: Setting: Australia — Colonization — History Library✔Book 344 pp; ebook Genre: Domestic fiction. Australian fiction. Subject: Intergenerational relations — Australia. Mothers and daughters — Australia. Belonging (Social psychology). Women, Aboriginal Australian. Family secrets — Australia. Twin sisters | |
![]() | Where the Lost Wander, Amy Harmon Published: 2020 Setting: The Overland Trail, (Oregon) 1853 9Washakie, — approximately 1804-1900) Library❌ Genre: Historical fiction Subject: Man-woman relationships. Racially mixed people. Pawnee Indians. Wagon trains. Overland Trails. West (U.S.). Racially mixed people. |
The Whole Bright Year, Debra Oswald Published: 1976 Setting: Australia Library 277 pages Genre: Domestic fiction. Subject: Man-woman relationships. Fruit trees — Harvesting. Country life — Australia. Mothers and daughters. Interpersonal relations. Orchards — Australia. Brothers and sisters. Nineteen seventies. Teenagers. Farm life. Widows | |
The Winter of Our Discontent, John Steinbeck Published: first published 1961 Setting: New Baytown (United States). New England (United States) Library✔ Audio disc Genre: Literary fiction Subject: Success – New England. Conduct of life. Grocery trade — Employees. Nineteen sixties. | |
Wintering, Krissy Kneen Published: 2018 Setting: Tasmania — Social conditions Library✔Book 261 p; ebook Genre: Mystery Subject: Missing persons; Forests and forestry — Tasmania; Secrecy | |
The Wish Child, Catherine Chidgey Published: 2016 Setting: Berlin (Germany) Library✔Book 383 pages Genre: Historical fiction Subject: World War, 1939-1945 — Children — Germany — Berlin; World War, 1939-1945 — Children — Germany; Children — Germany; New Zealand fiction — 21st century. Awards: Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Fiction (2017) | |
Women of the Dunes, Sarah Maine Published: 2018 Setting: Scotland Library✔ Book 369 p Genre: Historical fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Subject: Women archaeologists. Murder — Investigation. Women household employees. Vikings — Scotland. Women — Fiction. | |
Wonderland (Wonderland Quartet #4), Joyce Carol Oates Published: 1971 Setting: Library✔ book 483 pages Genre: Historical fiction. Psychological fiction. Literary fiction. Subject: Men — Psychology Awards: National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (1972) Other: Wonderland Quartet Series 4 primary works: A Garden of Earthly Delights #1; Expensive People #2; Them #3; Wonderland Quartet #4 |
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