Author: Abraham Verghese Title: The Covenant of Water ISBN: The Covenant of Water – Language: English – Pages: 724 Publisher: Grove Press Publication Date: May 2, 2023 Genres: [‘Fiction’, ‘Historical Fiction’, ‘India’, ‘Audiobook’, ‘Literary Fiction’, ‘Historical’, ‘Book Club’] A stunning and magisterial new epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala and following three generations of […]
Author: Douglas Stuart Title: Young Mungo ISBN: Young Mungo – Language: English – Pages: 390 Publisher: Grove Press Publication Date: April 5, 2022 Genres: [‘Fiction’, ‘LGBT’, ‘Queer’, ‘Romance’, ‘Contemporary’, ‘Historical Fiction’, ‘Literary Fiction’] Growing up in a housing estate in Glasgow, Mungo and James are born under different stars–Mungo a Protestant and James a Catholic–and they should […]
Author: G. Willow Wilson Title: The Bird King ISBN: The Bird King – Language: English – Pages: 403 Publisher: Grove Press Publication Date: March 12, 2019 Genres: [‘Fantasy’, ‘Historical Fiction’, ‘Fiction’, ‘Historical’, ‘Magical Realism’, ‘Historical Fantasy’, ‘Adult’] New from the award-winning author of and writer of the Ms. Marvel series, G. Willow Wilson Set in 1491 during […]
Author: Kiran Desai Title: The Inheritance of Loss ISBN: The Inheritance of Loss – Language: English – Pages: 357 Publisher: Grove Press Publication Date: November 28, 2005 Genres: [‘Fiction’, ‘India’, ‘Historical Fiction’, ‘Indian Literature’, ‘Literary Fiction’, ‘Asia’, ‘Literature’] In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered judge who […]
Author: George Crile Title: Charlie Wilson’s War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of our Times ISBN: Charlie Wilson’s War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of our Times – Language: […]
Author: Charles Frazier Title: Cold Mountain ISBN: Cold Mountain – Language: English – Pages: 449 Publisher: Grove Press Publication Date: January 1, 1997 Genres: [‘Historical Fiction’, ‘Fiction’, ‘Historical’, ‘Romance’, ‘Civil War’, ‘War’, ‘Classics’] is a novel about a soldier’s perilous journey back to his beloved near the Civil War’s end. At once a love story & a […]
Author: Sherman Alexie Title: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven ISBN: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven – Language: English – Pages: 242 Publisher: Grove Press Publication Date: September 1, 1993 Genres: [‘Fiction’, ‘Short Stories’, ‘Humor’, ‘Literature’, ‘Contemporary’, ‘Young Adult’, ‘Literary Fiction’] In this darkly comic short story collection, Sherman Alexie, a Spokane/Coeur […]
Author: Alison Weir Title: The Six Wives of Henry VIII ISBN: The Six Wives of Henry VIII – Language: English – Pages: 643 Publisher: Grove Press Publication Date: March 1, 1992 Genres: [‘History’, ‘Nonfiction’, ‘Biography’, ‘Historical’, ‘Tudor Period’, ‘British Literature’, ‘Biography Memoir’] The tempestuous, bloody, and splendid reign of Henry VIII of England (1509-1547) is one of […]
Author: Jeanette Winterson Title: Sexing the Cherry ISBN: Sexing the Cherry – Language: English – Pages: 167 Publisher: Grove Press Publication Date: January 1, 1989 Genres: [‘Fiction’, ‘Fantasy’, ‘Magical Realism’, ‘Historical Fiction’, ‘Queer’, ‘LGBT’, ‘Novels’] In a fantastic world that is and is not seventeenth-century England, a baby is found floating in the Thames. The child, Jordan, […]
Author: Jeanette Winterson Title: The Passion ISBN: The Passion – Language: English – Pages: 160 Publisher: Grove Press Publication Date: January 1, 1987 Genres: [‘Fiction’, ‘Historical Fiction’, ‘Magical Realism’, ‘LGBT’, ‘Queer’, ‘Historical’, ‘Fantasy’] “Winterson is a master of her material, a writer in whom great talent deeply abides.” — Vanity Fair First published to great acclaim in […]
Author: Penelope Lively Title: Moon Tiger ISBN: Moon Tiger – Language: English – Pages: 208 Publisher: Grove Press Publication Date: January 1, 1987 Genres: [‘Fiction’, ‘Historical Fiction’, ‘Literary Fiction’, ‘Classics’, ‘War’, ‘British Literature’, ‘Novels’] The elderly Claudia Hampton, a best-selling author of popular history, lies alone in a London hospital bed. Memories of her life still glow […]
Author: Jeanette Winterson Title: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit ISBN: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit – Language: English – Pages: 176 Publisher: Grove Press Publication Date: March 21, 1985 Genres: [‘Fiction’, ‘LGBT’, ‘Queer’, ‘Classics’, ‘Contemporary’, ‘Religion’, ‘Feminism’] Alternate cover edition for 9780802135162 This is the story of Jeanette, adopted and brought up by her mother […]
Author: David Mamet Title: Glengarry Glen Ross ISBN: Glengarry Glen Ross – Language: English – Pages: 112 Publisher: Grove Press Publication Date: January 1, 1983 Genres: [‘Plays’, ‘Drama’, ‘Fiction’, ‘Classics’, ‘Theatre’, ‘American’, ‘School’] Comic Drama Characters: 7 male 2 interior sets This scalding comedy took Broadway and London by storm and won the 1984 Pulitzer Prize. Here […]
Author: Elfriede Jelinek Title: The Piano Teacher ISBN: The Piano Teacher – Language: English – Pages: 288 Publisher: Grove Press Publication Date: January 1, 1983 Genres: [‘Fiction’, ‘Nobel Prize’, ‘Classics’, ‘German Literature’, ‘Contemporary’, ‘Literature’, ‘Novels’] the most famous novel of Elfriede Jelinek, who was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature, is a shocking, searing, aching portrait […]