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Husbands & Lovers
Beatriz Williams
The Seventh Veil of Salome
Silvia Moreno-Garcia


In Husbands & Lovers, two women — separated by decades and continents, and united by an exotic family heirloom — reclaim secrets and lost loves in this sweeping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Wives.

A young woman wins the role of a lifetime in a film about a legendary heroine — but the real drama is behind the scenes in this sumptuous historical epic from the author of Mexican Gothic.

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The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
Shubnum Khan
The Frozen River
The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon
The Ball at Versailles
The Ball at Versailles
Danielle Steel
The Armor of Light
The Armor of Light
Ken Follett
North Woods
North Woods
Daniel Mason
The Vaster Wilds
The Vaster Wilds
Lauren Groff
The Fraud
The Fraud
Zadie Smith
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride
Crook Manifesto
Crook Manifesto
Colson Whitehead
Do Tell
Do Tell
Lindsay Lynch
The First Ladies
The First Ladies
Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
Loyalty
Loyalty
Lisa Scottoline
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The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
Helen Simonson
The King's Pleasure
The King’s Pleasure
Alison Weir
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Black Shield Maiden
Jess Hendel and Willow Smith
To Die Beautiful
To Die Beautiful
Buzzy Jackson
Daughters of Shandong
Daughters of Shandong
Eve J. Chung
Innocent Omnibus Volume 2
Innocent Omnibus Volume 2
Shin'ichi Sakamoto
The First Fast Draw
The First Fast Draw
Louis L'Amour
The Paris Novel
The Paris Novel
Ruth Reichl
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The Fourth Enemy
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We Are a Haunting
Tyriek White
The Evolution of Annabel Craig
The Evolution of Annabel Craig
Lisa Grunwald
Pharaoh's Gold
Pharaoh’s Gold
Thomas Krug
A Revolver to Carry at Night
A Revolver to Carry at Night
Monika Zgustova
The Limits
The Limits
Nell Freudenberger
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The Heiress's Daughter
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The Wealth of Shadows
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Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
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The Red Balcony
Jonathan Wilson
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Half-Life of a Stolen Sister
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Patrick Nathan
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Waiting
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Ha Jin
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Thornton Wilder
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The Famished Road
Ben Okri
Homegoing
Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi
Sacred Hunger
Sacred Hunger
Barry Unsworth
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Richard Flanagan
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Booker Prize Winner)
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Booker Prize Winner)
Marlon James
Possession
Possession
A. S. Byatt
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (with bonus content)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (with bonus content)
Michael Chabon
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago
Boris Pasternak
All Clear
All Clear
Connie Willis
The Help
The Help
Kathryn Stockett
The English Patient
The English Patient
Michael Ondaatje
My Name Is Red
My Name Is Red
Orhan Pamuk
The Book of Night Women
The Book of Night Women
Marlon James
Blackout
Blackout
Connie Willis
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The Lazarus Project
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