by Maggie O'Farrell (2022)
Florence, the mid-sixteenth century. Lucrezia de' Medici is thrust into a sudden dynastic marriage to the Duke of Ferrara, discovering that behind his cultivated courtly refinement lies a sinister and lethal intent.
Hilary Mantel
Winner of the Man Booker Prize. England in the 1520s is a heartbeat away from disaster if King Henry VIII dies without a male heir. Enter Thomas Cromwell, a pragmatic blacksmith's son who orchestrates the seismic breach with Rome.
Nella Larsen
A seminal masterwork of the Harlem Renaissance exploring racial passing in 1920s America, tracking two childhood friends whose reunion leads to perilous deception, psychological obsession, and tragedy.
Kristin Hannah
Two sisters in France embark on their own dangerous paths toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France, celebrating the resilience of women during World War II.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Born in 1800 to an arrogant botanical tycoon, brilliant bryologist Alma Whittaker spends her life classifying the forgotten microcosm of mosses while grappling with the unyielding mysteries of human passion and natural selection.