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The first Afghan novel to be written in English, The Kite Runner tells a sweeping story of family, love, and friendship.

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Betrayal John Lescroart
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Blackwater Spirits Miriam Grace Monfredo
Bleeding Kansas Sara Paretsky
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Catching Genius Kristy Kiernan
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Cavedweller Dorothy Allison
A Celibate Season Carol Shields
Chang and Eng Darin Strauss
The City of Your Final Destination Peter Cameron
Clouds Above Andrew Greig
Coal Run Tawni O'Dell
Coiled in the Heart Scott Elliott
Consequences Penelope Lively
Confessions of a Fallen Standard-Bearer Andreï Makine
Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict Laurie Viera Rigler
Cordelia Underwood Van Reid
Crazy as Chocolate Elisabeth Hyde
The Crime of Olga Arbyelina Andrei Makine
The Commissario Brunetti Series Donna Leon
The Crime Writer Gregg Hurwitz
The Cross-Country Quilters Jennifer Chiaverini
The Cunning Man Robertson Davies
Dangerous Anita Mills
The Danish Girl David Ebershoff
Dark Fire C. J. Sansom
A Day Late and a Dollar Short Terry McMillan
The Dead Fathers Club Matt Haig
The Deadwood Beetle Mylène Dressler
Dearest Dorothy Series Charlene Ann Baumbich
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Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller
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Death Without Company Craig Johnson
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Digging Out Katherine Leiner
Disgrace J.M. Coatzee
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The Drawing of the Three: The Dark Tower II Stephen King
Dream Jungle Jessica Hagedorn
The Dream Life of Sukhanov Olga Grushin
The Dream of Scipio Iain Pears
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere ZZ Packer
Early from the Dance David Payne
Eat Cake Jeanne Ray
Eating Heaven Jennie Shortridge
Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert
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Emma Jane Austen
Empire of Light David Czuchlewski
An Empire of Women Karen Shepard
Empire Settings David Schmahmann
Enthusiasm Polly Shulman
Every Inch of Her Peter Sheridan
The Evolution of Jane Cathleen Schine
Eye Contact Cammie McGovern
The Eyre Affair JasperFforde
Falling Angels Tracy Chevalier
Family Resemblance Tanya Maria Barrientos
The Farming of Bones Edwidge Danticat
Fear of Flying Erica Jong
Feathers Jacqueline Woodson
Felicia's Journey William Trevor
The Fiction Class Susan Breen
Finding Caruso Kim Barnes
Fingersmith Sarah Waters
Fiona Range Mary McGarry Morris
Firebird Janice Graham
Fire In Beulah Rilla Askew
Five Skies Ron Carlson
The Flaming Corsage William Kennedy
Flesh Wounds Mick Cochrane
The Flight of the Maidens Jane Gardam
Flight of the Swan Rosario Ferré
The Florabama Ladies' Auxiliary & Sewing Circle Lois Battle
The Forest Lover Susan Vreeland
Forever and Ever Patricia Gaffney
Four Queens Nancy Goldstone
The Fourth Bear Jasper Fforde
Freddy and Fredericka Mark Helprin
Fox Girl Nora Okja Keller
Frida Bárbara Mujica
A Friend of the Earth J.M. Coatzee
From a Crooked Rib Nuruddin Farah
Frontera Street Tanya Maria Barrientos
The Funnies J. Robert Lennon
Fruitful Anne Roiphe
Gaff Topsails Patrick Kavanagh
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents Julia Alvarez
The Garden of Ruth Eva Etzioni-Halevy
The Gentle Axe R. N. Morris
The Geographer's Library Jon Fasman
A Gesture Life Chang-rae Lee
Getting Our Breath Back Shawne Johnson
Giraffe J. M. Ledgard
Girl from the South Joanna Trollope
The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing Melissa Bank
Girl in Hyacinth Blue Susan Vreeland
Girl With a Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier
Giving up America Pearl Abraham
Glorie Caryn James
Gods Go Begging Alfredo Vea
God Is Dead Ron Currie Jr.
Goodbye Lemon Adam Davies
A Good Distance Sarah Willis
The Good Men Charmaine Craig
The Good Wife Strikes Back Elizabeth Buchan
Grace Jane Roberts Wood
Gracelin O'Malley Ann Moore
Grass for His Pillow Lian Hearn
Gravesend Light David Payne
The Gunslinger: The Dark Tower I Stephen King
The Hatwearer's Lesson Yolanda Joe
The Heart of the Matter Graham Greene
Heart, You Bully, You Punk Leah Hager Cohen
Helen of Troy Margaret George
Her Daughter's Eyes Jessica Barksdale Inclán
Himalayan Dhaba Craig Danner
History Lesson for Girls Aurelie Sheehan
A Hole in the Universe Mary McGarry Morris
Home to Holly Springs Jan Karon
The House Gun Nadine Gordimer
The House of the Winds Mia Yun
The House On Eccles Road Judith Kitchen
The House on the Lagoon Rosario Ferr
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Julia Alvarez
How to Be Cool Johanna Edwards
How to Be Good Nick Hornby
The Huge Book of Hell Matt Groening
Hunger Lan Samantha Chang
The Huntsman Whitney Terrell
Ice Child Elizabeth McGregor
The Idea of Perfection Kate Grenville
The Illuminated Soul Aryeh Lev Stollman
An Imaginative Experience Mary Wesley
The Impressionist Hari Kunzru
The Inner Circle T.C. Boyle
Innocence Jane Mendelsohn
Insect Dreams Marc Estrin
The Inspector Montalbano Series Andrea Camilleri
An Instance of the Fingerpost Iain Pears
The Instant When Everything is Perfect Jessica Barksdale Inclán
In Our Strange Gardens Michel Quint
In the Woods Tana French
Interred with Their Bones Jennifer Lee Carrell
Island of the Day Before Umberto Eco
The Jane Austen Book Club Karen Jay Fowler
Jimmy's Girl Stephanie Gertler
A Journey With Elsa Cloud Leila Hadley
The Joy Luck Club Amy Tan
Julie and Romeo Jeanne Ray
Just in Case Meg Rosoff
Just in Time Marilyn Campbell
Justine Lawrence Durrell
The Kept Man Jami Attenberg
Kindness Goes Unpunished Craig Johnson
King of King's County Whitney Terrell
A Kiss From Maddalena Christopher Castellani
The Kitchen Boy Robert Alexander
The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini
Knots Nuruddin Farah
Labyrinth Kate Mosse
Ladies with Options Cynthia Hartwick
Land That Moves, Land That Stands Still Kent Nelson
The Language of Good-bye Maribeth Fischer
Larry's Party Carol Shields
Las Uvas de la Ira, D Ratones y Hombres, y la Perla John Steinbeck
The Last Friend Tahar Ben Jelloun
Last Night at the Lobster Stewart O’Nan
The Last Promise Richard Paul Evans
The Last Summer (of You and Me) Ann Brashares
Laura Blundy Julie Myerson
Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman
Left Bank Kate Muir
Letters from Yellowstone Diane Smith
The Liar's Diary Patry Francis
Libra Don DeLillo
Life Studies Susan Vreeland
Lilacs on Lace Linda Ladd
Links Nuruddin Farah
Lipshitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes T Cooper
The Little Disturbances of Man Grace Paley
The Little Balloonist Linda Donn
Londonstani Gautam Malkani
London Holiday Richard Peck
London Is the Best City in America Laura Dave
Losing Gemma Katy Gardner
Losing the Moon Patti Callahan Henry
The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets Eva Rice
The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes) Henri Alain-Fournier
The Lost Years of Merlin Epic T. A. Barron
Lottery Patricia Wood
Louisa Simone Zelitch
Louisiana Power & Light John Dufresne
Love Walked In Maria de los Santos
Love Warps the Mind a Little John Dufresne
A Lover's Almanac Maureen Howard
Loving Donovan Bernice L. McFadden
The Luckiest Girl in the World Steven Levenkron
Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him Danielle Ganek
Luncheon of the Boating Party Susan Vreeland
Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper Harriet Scott Chessman
Mademoiselle Boleyn Robin Maxwell
The Magic of Ordinary Days Ann Howard Creel
Maisie Dobbs Jacqueline Winspear
Marrying the Mistress Joanna Trollope
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter Kim Edwards
In the Memory of the Forest Charles T. Powers
Mendel's Dwarf Simon Mawer
The Mercy Seat Rilla Askew
The Mermaid Chair Sue Monk Kidd
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Mirabilis Susann Cokal
Miracle at St. Anna James McBride
Miss Garnet's Angel Salley Vickers
Miss Julia Throws a Wedding Ann B. Ross
Mistress of the Art of Death Ariana Franklin
The Mitford Years Series Jan Karon
The Moosepath League: Cordelia Underwood, Mollie Peers, and Daniel Plainway Van Reid
Motherland Fern Schumer Chapman
Mourning Ruby Helen Dunmore
Mr. Darwin's Shooter Roger McDonald
Mr. Phillips John Lanchester
Mr. Vertigo Paul Auster
Multiple Choice Claire Cook
The Mushroom Man Sophie Powell
My Dream of You Nuala O'Faolain
My Year of Meats Ruth Ozeki
The Name Michal Govrin
In the Name of Salomé Julia Alvarez
God Breathes His Dreams Through Nathaniel Cadwallader Charlotte Fairbairn
Native Speaker Chang-rae Lee
Next of Kin Joanna Trollope
The Night Journal Elizabeth Crook
Night Music Harrison Gradwell Slater
Nina Adolescence Amy Hassinger
No! I Don't Want to Join a Book Club Virginia Ironside
North Star Conspiracy Miriam Grace Monfredo
None to Accompany Me Nadine Gordimer
No Place, Louisiana Martin Pousson
The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto Mario Vargas Llosa
Nowhere Else on Earth Josephine Humphreys
The Observations Jane Harris
The Office of Desire Martha Moody
Of Human Bondage W. Somerset Maugham
Of Love and Other Demons Gabriel García Márquez
Oil! Upton Sinclair
On Beauty Zadie Smith
Once Upon the River Love Andreï Makine
One Thousand Chestnut Trees Mira Stout
On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon Kaye Gibbons
Other People's Children Joanna Trollope
Our Lady of the Lost and Found Diane Schoemperlen
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The Passion of Artemisia Susan Vreeland
A Passionate Man Joanna Trollope
Paula Spencer Roddy Doyle
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A Person of Interest Susan Choi
Petals of Blood Ngugi wa Thiong’o
Petropolis Anya Ulinich
The Photograph Penelope Lively
The Piano Teacher Lynn York
The Pickup Nadine Gordimer
Picture Maker Penina Keen Spinka
Picture Perfect Jodi Picoult
The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett
Plantation Dorothea Benton Frank
Playing Botticelli Liza Nelson
The Procedure Harry Mulisch
Quaking Kathryn Erskine
The Quality of Life Report Meghan Daum
The Quilter's Apprentice Jennifer Chiaverini
The Rapstone Chronicles John Mortimer
The Rapture of Canaan Sheri Reynolds
Rashi's Daughters, Book I: Joheved Maggie Anton
Rashi's Daughters, Book II: Miriam Maggie Anton
Rasputin's Daughter Robert Alexander
Ravelstein Saul Bellow
The Real McCoy Darin Strauss
The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane
Red Rover Deirdre McNamer
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman Elizabeth Buchan
The Rice Mother Rani Manicka
Riding With The Queen Jennie Shortridge
Riven Rock T.C. Boyle
The River King Alice Hoffman
The Road Builder Nicholas Hershenow
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Roscoe William Kennedy
Roseborough Jane Roberts Wood
Round Robin Jennifer Chiaverini
The Rug Merchant Meg Mullins
Ruin Creek David Payne
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The Saffron Kitchen Yasmin Crowther
Salt Jeremy Page
A Santo in the Image of Cristóbal García Rick Collignon
The Savage Garden Mark Mills
Saving Elijah Fran Dorf
Second Chance Jane Green
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
Secrets of the Tsil Café Thomas Fox Averill
Seneca Falls Inheritance Miriam Grace Monfredo
The Serpent's Tale Ariana Franklin
Setting Fires Kate Wenner
The Shell Collector Anthony Doerr
Shelter from the Storm Michael Mewshaw
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Marina Lewycka
The Silver Screen Maureen Howard
A Single Square Picture Katy Robinson
Sister India Peggy Payne
Sister Noon Karen Joy Fowler
The 6th Lamentation William Brodrick
The Skating Pond Deborah Joy Corey
Slam Nick Hornby
The Snake Charmer Sanjay Nigam
The Solitaire Mystery Jostein Gaarder
Solos Kitty Burns Foley
Someone Like You Cathy Kelly
Songs in Ordinary Time Mary McGarry Morris
Song of the Seals Christy Yorke
Song Yet Sung James McBride
Sophie and the Rising Sun Augusta Trobaugh
Sophie's World Jostein Gaarder
The Sound of Us Sarah Willis
Souvenir of Cold Springs Kitty Burns Florey
Sovereign C. J. Sansom
A Spanish Lover Joanna Trollope
The Sparks Fly Upward Diana Norman
Special Topics in Calamity Physics Marisha Pessl
The Spinning Man George Harrar
The Staggerford Flood Jon Hassler
Staircase of a Thousand Steps Masha Hamilton
A Star Called Henry Roddy Doyle
Starting Out in the Evening Brian Morton
Stealing Buddha's Dinner Bich Minh Nguyen
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The Story of Lucy Gault William Trevor
Strawberry Fields Marina Lewycka
The Street of Crocodiles Bruno Schulz
A Student of Living Things Susan Richards Shreve
Sugar Bernice L. McFadden
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Summer of Glorious Madness Christy Yorke
Sunlight and Shadow Sue Boggio and Mare Pearl
Sunset Song Lewis Grassic Gibbon
The Suspect John Lescroart
Swan Place Augusta Trobaugh
Swann's Way Marcel Proust
Swapping Lives Jane Green
The Sweet Life Lynn York
Swimming Naked Stacy Sims
The Tain Ciaran Carson
Talk Talk T.C. Boyle
The Teahouse Fire Avery Ellis
Tending Roses Lisa Wingate
The Ten-Year Nap Meg Wolitzer
The Testament of Gideon Mack James Robertson
Testimony of an Irish Slave Girl Kate McCafferty
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This Bitter Earth Bernice L. McFadden
This Blinding Absence of Light Tahar Ben Jelloun
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This Earth of Mankind Pramoedya Ananta Toer
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A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini
Thursday Next: First Among Sequels Jasper Fforde
The Thrall's Tale Judith Lindbergh
Three Daughters Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Through a Gold Eagle Miriam Grace Monfredo
Tilt Elizabeth Burns
In the Time of the Butterflies Julia Alvarez
The Books of Toni Morrison Toni Morrison
The Tortilla Curtain T. C. Boyle
Transmission Hari Kunzru
Traveler Ron McLarty
The Travelling Horn Player Barbara Trapido
The Triumph of Deborah Eva Etzioni-Halevys
The Trouble with Catherine Andes Hruby
Troublemaker and Other Saints Christina Chiu
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel Louise Murphy
Two Lives William Trevor
The Turtle Warrior Mary Relindes Ellis
The Underpainter Jane Urquhart
Village of a Million Spirits Ian MacMillan
The Virgin Blue Tracy Chevalier
The Virgin's Knot Holly Payne
The Warmest December Bernice L. McFadden
The Waste Lands: The Dark Tower III Stephen King
Water, Carry Me Thomas Moran
Watermelon Nights Greg Sarris
After the Plague T. C. Boyle
The Webster Chronicle Daniel Akst
The Weight of Dreams Jonis Agee
We Were the Mulvaneys Joyce Carol Oates
What I Was Meg Rosoff
What Matters Most Nicole Bokat
What You Owe Me Bebe Moore Campbell
When I Lived in Modern Times Linda Grant
When the Elephants Dance Tess Uriza Holthe
The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty Sebastian Barry
The Wholeness of a Broken Heart Katie Singer
Will Grace Tiffany
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Winter in Madrid C.J. Sansom
Wit's End Karen Joy Fowler
Without Mercy Renate Dorrestein
Wild Whispers Cassie Edwards
Wives Behaving Badly Elizabeth Buchan
Wizard and Glass: The Dark Tower IV Stephen King
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A Woman of Independent Means Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
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Women About Town Laura Jacobs
The Women of Brewster Place Gloria Naylor
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Year of Wonders Geraldine Brooks
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