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• 4 3 2 1

  Auster, Paul, 1947-2024

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  This novel tells in parallel four versions of the early life of a Newark boy, Archibald Ferguson, born in 1947. I dare you not to forge a deep attachment to young Archie as you see him progress from baby to young adult through these four…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Discovery of Witches

  Harkness, Deborah E., 1965-,

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  What happens when vampires, witches and daemons are on the hunt to locate a missing manuscript (Ashmole 782 -- one that holds the answers to the questions they seek) --but only Diana Bishop has the power to access? Yes, Diana -- who is a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Anna Karenina

  Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910

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  From the publisher: "Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and must endure the hypocrisies of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Catherine the Great

  Portrait of a Woman

  Massie, Robert K., 1929-

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  Political intrigues, culture, and love affairs -- this is a biography that will appeal to many readers. From School Library Journal: "Catherine the Great [...] got pretty much everything she wanted, whether it was the expansion of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Count of Monte Cristo

  Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870

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  Revenge is a dish best served cold... What would you do to the people responsible for the loss of your career, your love, and indeed, the best years of your life? From the publisher: "Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fall of Giants

  Follett, Ken

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  From Library Journal: "Follett's [author of Pillars of the Earth] new historical novel is the first volume of a projected trilogy that follows five families-Welsh, English, German, Russian, and American-through the turbulent 20th century.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Goldfinch

  Tartt, Donna

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  From the publisher: "Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gone With the Wind

  Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949,

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  Follow the obstinate and guileful Scarlett O'Hara in this sweeping story of a southern family trying to hold on to its privilege during the American Civil War. Here's what Library Journal had to say about it: "There is a reason for the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hunchback of Notre Dame

  Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885

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  From Tantor Media: "Set in medieval Paris, Victor Hugo's powerful historical romance The Hunchback of Notre Dame has resonated with succeeding generations ever since its initial publication in 1837. It tells the story of the beautiful…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Infinite Jest

  Wallace, David Foster

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  From the publisher: "A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Midnight's Children

  Rushdie, Salman,

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  From the publisher : "In the moments of upheaval that surround the stroke of midnight on August 14--15, 1947, the day India proclaimed its independence from Great Britain, 1,001 children are born--each of whom is gifted with supernatural…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Outlander

  Gabaldon, Diana

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  Rejoin the ranks of thousands of hardcore Outlander fans and read the first tome of this nine-volume series (and counting). You'll meet Claire Fraser, a combat nurse from the Second World-War on her honeymoon, and see how she finds herself…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Pillars of the Earth

  Follett, Ken

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  The popularity of this novel is well established -- it remains a favourite since its publication over 30 years ago. In this sweeping saga which is set in England in the Middle Ages, a community that is building a cathedral has to face the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.

  Stephenson, Neal,

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  From The Guardian: "The acronym of the title stands for Department of Diachronic Operations. Tristan Lyons, overseeing this quasi-governmental department on a shoestring, recruits Melisande Stokes, a Harvard linguist, to translate various…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Roots

  the Saga of An American Family

  Haley, Alex,

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  From Publisher's Weekly : "Millions have read the story of the young African boy named Kunte Kinte, who in the late 1700s was kidnapped from his homeland and brought to the United States as a slave. Haley follows Kunte Kinte's family line…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Shadow of the Wind

  Ruiz Zafón, Carlos, 1964-2020

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  This story, in which a mystery hides another and another, will transport you to the streets of Barcelona, to abandoned villas, to old crypts and also in a hidden library full of forgotten books... We recommended this book to many library…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shogun

  Clavell, James

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  Travel to 17th century Japan with this title, which is still popular even 45 years after its publication. From Booklist: "In the first of Clavell’s Asian series, sixteenth-century English pilot John Blackthorne becomes entangled in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Stand

  King, Stephen, 1947-

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  This story set during a pandemic in the 80s in the USA might well be Stephen King's masterpiece. The army engineers a deadly virus in an ultra-secret facility, but unfortunately an accident leads to it's unleashing in the general…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Theft by Finding

  Diaries 1977-2002

  Sedaris, David

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  Fans of David Sedaris rejoice: you now have access to (many!) selected entries of his personal diaries, dating from when he first started documenting weird and quirky things observed during in his neighbourhood when he was poor and a drug…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• War and Peace

  Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910

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  From the publisher: "War and Peace broadly focuses on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three of the most well-known characters in literature: Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a count who is fighting for his…Read moreRead more of this annotation