By Ayn Rand

A woman struggles to manage a transcontinental railroad amid the pressures & restrictions of massive bureaucracy.

By Ann Patchett

When terrorists seize hostages at an embassy party, an unlikely assortment of people are thrown together, including American opera star Roxanne Coss, and Mr. Hosokawa, a Japanese CEO and her biggest fan.

By Inger Wolfe
Series Hazel Micallef Mysteries

Thrilling psychological tale for the hunt of the killer of the terminally ill.

By Steven Galloway

While a cellist plays at the site of a mortar attack to commemorate the deaths of twenty–two friends and neighbors, a woman sniper secretly protects the life of the cellist as her army becomes increasingly threatening.

By John Berendt

An intimate look at the magic, mystery and decadence of the city of Venice and its inhabitants.

By Matthew Pearl

In 1865, the preparations of the Dante Club - led by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Oliver Wendell Holmes - to release the first translation of Dante's "The Divine Comedy" are threatened by a series of murders that re-create episodes from "Inferno."

By Harry Bernstein

The author’s account of his youth in Depression-era Chicago and New York.

By Ayn Rand

A brilliant young architect’s revolutionary building designs lead him to wage a desperate battle against his colleagues, society, & the woman he loves.

By Harry Bernstein

A moving tale about working class life set in early 1900’s England and the boundaries that can be overcome by love.

By Rebecca Barry

Ten inter-connected stories that follow the regulars of a small town bar in upstate NY called Lucy’s Tavern.

By Elena Ferrante

A divorced, 47 year old academic’s deeply conflicted feelings about motherhood. A powerful tale of hope and regret.

By Nancy Horan

A fictionalization of the life of Mamah Borthwick Cheney, best known as the woman who wrecked Frank Lloyd Wright's first marriage.

By John Berendt

Graceful prose depictions of some of Savannah, Georgia's most colorful eccentrics as well as a portrayal of Savannah socialite Jim Williams as he stands trial for the murder of Danny Hansford, a moody, violence–prone hustler––and sometime companion to Williams.

By Elizabeth Strout
Recommended By Jean Buchholtz, Library Clerk

A collection of thirteen linked short stories recounting the experiences of Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher who witnesses the changes in her town and the world at large.

By Sadie Jones

Neglected by his father and stepmother in the years after his mother's death, seventeen–year–old Lewis Aldridge commits an act of violence that lands him in prison and returns two years later to a community that no longer welcomes him.

By Jodi Picoult

An unmarried Amish teen gives birth to a baby she is accused of then smothering.

By Anita Diamant

An inspired reimagining of the female experience in Biblical times.