Recommended Reads from the Friday Morning Bookshare
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This poetic novel, by the acclaimed author of John Dollar, describes America at the brink of the Atomic Age. In t ... -
Entertainment Weekly 's Favorite Novel of 2011 Esquire 's 2011 Book of the Year A New York Times Notable Book f ... -
A sweeping, emotionally riveting first novel-an enthralling family saga of Africa and America, doctors and patien ... -
Basing his work in no small part on interviews with the justices, Toobin (a CNN senior legal analyst and New York ... -
Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step. Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home ... -
Lily is haunted by memories of who she once was, and of a person, long gone, who defined her existence. She has n ... -
The events of a single night shatter a Manhattan family's sense of security and identity--and, ultimately, their ... -
This book is Portiss most famous novel and the basis for the movie of the same name starring John Wayne. It tells ... -
Carmilla, Queen of the Night, is a shape-shifting raven whose fictional exploits thrill girls all over the world. ... -
Award-winning "New York Times"-bestselling author Patchett ("Bel Canto, The Magician's Assistant") returns with a ... -
Finalist for the 2011 National Book Award Julie Otsuka's long awaited follow-up to When the Emperor Was Divine (" ... -
In this magically evocative novel, William Maxwell explores the enigmatic gravity of the past, which compels us t ... -
A rare meeting of literary genius: P. D. James, long among the most admired mystery writers of our time, draws th ... -
A funny, emotional and true account of the incredible career of a baseball great and fan favorite, Ron Santo. Nev ... -
On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving onl ... -
A Lesson Before Dying , is set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s. Jefferson, a young black man, is a ... -
Ken Follett's World Without End was a global phenomenon, a work of grand historical sweep, beloved by millions of ... -
One Thousand White Women is the story of May Dodd and a colorful assembly of pioneer women who, under the auspice ... -
Through the voice of 11-year-old Reuben Land, an asthmatic boy obsessed with cowboys living in 1960s Minnesota, t ... -
Can't cook but doesn't bite." So begins the newspaper ad offering the services of an "A-1 housekeeper, sound mora ... -
James Lee Burke's eagerly awaited new novel finds Detective Dave Robicheaux back in New Iberia, Louisiana, and em ... -
Flavia, an 11-year-old with a chemistry lab, finds a corpse in a cucumber patch and applies the detective skills ... -
By an acclaimed writer at the height of his powers, "The Sense of an Ending" extends a streak of extraordinary bo ...
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A Lesson Before Dying , is set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s. Jefferson, a young black man, is an unwitting party to a liquor ... Read More
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Carmilla, Queen of the Night, is a shape-shifting raven whose fictional exploits thrill girls all over the world. When tweens in Chicago's Carm... Read More
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A sweeping, emotionally riveting first novel-an enthralling family saga of Africa and America, doctors and patients, exile and home. Marion and... Read More
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A rare meeting of literary genius: P. D. James, long among the most admired mystery writers of our time, draws the characters of Jane Austen's ... Read More
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This poetic novel, by the acclaimed author of John Dollar, describes America at the brink of the Atomic Age. In the years between the two world... Read More
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Ken Follett's World Without End was a global phenomenon, a work of grand historical sweep, beloved by millions of readers and acclaimed by crit... Read More
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One Thousand White Women is the story of May Dodd and a colorful assembly of pioneer women who, under the auspices of the U.S. government, trav... Read More
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Through the voice of 11-year-old Reuben Land, an asthmatic boy obsessed with cowboys living in 1960s Minnesota, the story is told of the Land f... Read More
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A funny, emotional and true account of the incredible career of a baseball great and fan favorite, Ron Santo. Never before told, behind the sce... Read More
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Lily is haunted by memories of who she once was, and of a person, long gone, who defined her existence. She has nothing but time now, as she re... Read More
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