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“Some native Hawaiians today might argue that Captain Putnam was misguided in searching for pirates in the South Pacific, because the real pirates had already arrived in Hawaii under the gu

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“Heather Morris reminds us about the human side of the Holocaust and helps us remember with her fine storytelling.”

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“Perry is a master of the British historical novel, this time leaving the Victorian era behind and delving into a new but volatile century.”

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The Third Daughter is a tribute to the women who endured, who killed themselves, who were brutalized, who escaped, who lived the horrors described therein.

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The braided narrative is not a new novel form. Authors have long used interwoven but seemingly disparate plotlines to achieve a whole that is greater than its parts.

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“Peopled with strong female characters, A Single Thread is a tribute to those women who defied convention and dared to find happiness in a world that had nothing left to offer them

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“At times Stealing the Scream is laugh-out-loud funny, but it is always filled with enough mystery to encourage the reader to keep turning the page.”

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How many tech bloggers writing about cyber crime do you know who can produce a superbly written, eventful, novel on their first attempt? Well, E. R. Ramzipoor has done it.

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The Dutch Maiden is a well-crafted gothic romantic story, with strong characters, set at a difficult time in Europe.”

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“a narrative that reminds its readers of the extent to which everyone who came after the LSD experiments, and the psychedelic sixties, is drawn to that story, but forever remains outside it

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“How did three upper-class English sisters become ardent Fascists just before World War II?”

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Irish Above All is a likeable book, nicely written and carefully paced—just a bit too long.”

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Revolutionaries is overflowing, hyper, passionate, raunchy, forceful, and over the top—just like its subject, the fictitious sixties radical Lenny Snyder.”

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“A timely, and more importantly, a vivid, often searing examination of the lives, attitudes, and emotional baggage of immigrants and Americans in a small California town.”

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“With her two Walter Mosley-like gifts—impeccable narrative pacing and masterful command of Los Angeles’ intricate, evolving dynamics of race and class—Nina Revoyr’s L.A.

“This is Natt Och Dag’s first published novel, but it seems too skillful and too assured to be his first writing.

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77 is, among other things, a potent reminder of the gruesome paths of totalitarian dictators.”

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This novel is promoted by the publisher as “a dramatic and moving re-imagining of the characters from Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea,” albeit in a different location and context.

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“Though too untethered to a timeline to comprise a traditional rise-and-fall saga, American Pop delivers a wondrously mosaic-like, multigenerational chronicle of a family that buil

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Most alternate histories reimagine big turning points or the momentous decisions of famous people.

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“Washington Black is a rich, absorbing tale.”

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“Where the paintings lurk unfinished and revealing, Killing Commendatore is over-written and obtuse. Murakami has written far better books than this one.

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“In the beginning there was one murderer, one mule and one boy, but this isn’t the beginning . . .

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“November Road is a tour de force, highly recommended for all lovers of noir fiction.”

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Fate gave Roxanne Veletzos a rare opportunity, and she seized it: a chance to rewrite history.

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