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  • Cover of Lonesome Dove

    Lonesome Dove

    Larry McMurtry

    Aging Texas Rangers drive cattle north in an epic, funny, heartbreaking Western.

    Victorian / Gilded Age · Adventure & epic · Family saga

  • Cover of The Nightingale

    The Nightingale

    Kristin Hannah

    Two French sisters take different paths of survival and resistance under Nazi occupation.

    World War II era · Military & war · Family saga

  • Cover of The Women

    The Women

    Kristin Hannah

    A young American nurse serves in Vietnam and struggles to be seen when she comes home.

    Cold War · Late 20th century · Military & war · Family saga

  • Cover of Homegoing

    Homegoing

    Yaa Gyasi

    Linked stories follow two half-sisters’ lineages across centuries of African and American history.

    Early modern · Victorian / Gilded Age · Family saga · Literary

  • Cover of The Pillars of the Earth

    The Pillars of the Earth

    Ken Follett

    Cathedral-building, civil war, and intertwined lives in twelfth-century England.

    Medieval · Adventure & epic · Family saga

  • Cover of The Song of Achilles

    The Song of Achilles

    Madeline Miller

    Patroclus narrates his bond with Achilles against the backdrop of the Trojan War.

    Ancient world · Literary · Romance

  • Cover of All Quiet on the Western Front

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    Erich Maria Remarque

    German soldiers experience the brutal reality of World War I trenches.

    World War I era · Military & war · Literary

  • Cover of Pride and Prejudice

    Pride and Prejudice

    Jane Austen

    When wealthy bachelor Mr. Bingley takes Netherfield, Mrs. Bennet is determined to marry off a daughter—but it is the proud Mr. Darcy, and Elizabeth Bennet’s first impression of him, that turns a Hertfordshire season into the most famous courtship in English fiction. Jane Austen’s 1813 novel is Regency historical romance of manners, money, and a woman who will not marry without respect.

    Regency / Napoleonic · Romance · Literary

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    The Duchess Deal

    Tessa Dare

    The Duke of Ashbury comes home from war needing an heir, not a wife he has to look at in the light—until seamstress Emma Gladstone arrives in his library wearing a wedding gown and he decides on the spot that she will do. Tessa Dare’s Girl Meets Duke opener is steamy Regency historical romance: a marriage of convenience, unlimited teasing, and a happily-ever-after.

    Regency / Napoleonic · Romance

  • Cover of The Frozen River

    The Frozen River

    Ariel Lawhon

    In the winter of 1789, Maine midwife Martha Ballard is called to a body trapped in the frozen Kennebec River, then drawn into a rape accusation the town’s powerful men want buried. Drawn from Ballard’s real diary, it is historical mystery with a working woman’s eye for birth, ice, and justice.

    Regency / Napoleonic · Mystery · Biographical