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Geraldine Brooks
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Get our free guide to Geraldine Brooks' novel of one courageous woman's struggle to survive in the year of the plague.

 
         

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The Mitford Series
Jan Karon
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Seen through the eyes of Father Tim, the long—suffering Village Rector, Mitford abounds in both mysteries and miracles, compelling readers to return again and again to this beloved series.
 

The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan
$14.00
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With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the sometimes painful, often tender, and always deep connection between mothers and daughters.
 

 

Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
$14.00
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Two years after its initial publication, this timely, moving tale of an unlikely friendship between two modern-day Afghan boys of different social class remains on the bestseller list.
 

 

Girl with a Pearl Earring
Tracy Chevalier
$14.00
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History and fiction merge seamlessly in Tracy Chevalier's luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening.  

 

The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd
$14.00
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Sue Monk Kidd's remarkable story about divine female power and the transforming power of love continues to be the number one choice for book clubs.  

 

The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
Melissa Bank
$14.00
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Reader response to Melissa Bank's warm debut has been astonishing. It captures in perfect pitch what it's like to be a young woman coming of age in America today.  

 

How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
Julia Alvarez
$14.00
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The four Garcia sisters arrive in New York City in 1960 to find a life far different from the genteel existence they left in the Dominican Republic in this beloved novel.  

 

The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
$15.00
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What could be a better book club choice than this gothic romance-thriller and homage to the mystical power of a good book? Zafón's debut is a triumph of the storyteller's art.