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Victoria Christopher Murray
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Georgia Hunter


She found the literary voices that would inspire the world … The extraordinary story of the woman who ignited the Harlem Renaissance, written by Victoria Christopher Murray, New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Personal Librarian.

From the New York Times bestselling author of We Were the Lucky Ones, an unforgettable story of hardship and hope, courage and resilience, that follows one young woman’s journey through war-torn Italy.

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The Stolen Queen
The Stolen Queen
Fiona Davis
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Blood Bounty of the Mountain Man
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
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The Hanging Party
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
The Edge of Nowhere
The Edge of Nowhere
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
By Any Other Name
By Any Other Name
Jodi Picoult
Fort Buzzard
Fort Buzzard
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
Some Die Young
Some Die Young
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
Lady Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Ava Reid
Beans, Bourbon, and Blood
Beans, Bourbon, and Blood
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
The Whip Hand
The Whip Hand
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
The Angry Land
The Angry Land
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
Camino Ghosts
Camino Ghosts
John Grisham
Dry Road to Nowhere
Dry Road to Nowhere
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
The Paris Novel
The Paris Novel
Ruth Reichl
The Man from Waco
The Man from Waco
J.A. Johnstone and William W. Johnstone
Table for Two
Table for Two
Amor Towles
The Jensen Dynasty
The Jensen Dynasty
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
The Wicked and the Dead
The Wicked and the Dead
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
James
James
Percival Everett
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Goldenseal
Goldenseal
Maria Hummel
Union Station
Union Station
David Downing
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway
Voices of the Fallen Heroes
Voices of the Fallen Heroes
Yukio Mishima
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
Shubnum Khan
The Heart of Winter
The Heart of Winter
Jonathan Evison
The Stolen Queen
The Stolen Queen
Fiona Davis
The Unbecoming of Margaret Wolf
The Unbecoming of Margaret Wolf
Isa Arsén
I'll Come to You
I’ll Come to You
Rebecca Kauffman
Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu (Novel) Vol. 3
Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu (Novel) Vol. 3
Tang Jiu Qing
The Poisoning Angel
The Poisoning Angel
Jean Teulé
Eat Him If You Like
Eat Him If You Like
Jean Teulé
Heritage
Heritage
Miguel Bonnefoy
Sagan, Paris 1954
Sagan, Paris 1954
Anne Berest
All Day at the Movies
All Day at the Movies
Fiona Kidman
The Divine Blood and the Combat of Shadows
The Divine Blood and the Combat of Shadows
Andrea Japp
The Season of the Beast, the Breath of the Rose
The Season of the Beast, the Breath of the Rose
Andrea Japp
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Scream of Eagles
Scream of Eagles
William W. Johnstone
The Life She Was Given
The Life She Was Given
Ellen Marie Wiseman
Let's Call Her Barbie
Let’s Call Her Barbie
Renée Rosen
Those Fatal Flowers
Those Fatal Flowers
Shannon Ives
To Save the Man
To Save the Man
John Sayles
Leaving Independence
Leaving Independence
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
Purgatory Crossing
Purgatory Crossing
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
The Officer's Prey
The Officer’s Prey
Armand Cabasson
This Mortal Boy
This Mortal Boy
Fiona Kidman
The Infinite Air
The Infinite Air
Fiona Kidman
The Dictator's Last Night
The Dictator’s Last Night
Yasmina Khadra
The Warm Hands of Ghosts
The Warm Hands of Ghosts
Katherine Arden
Good Dirt
Good Dirt
Charmaine Wilkerson
My Beloved Life
My Beloved Life
Amitava Kumar
Hard by a Great Forest
Hard by a Great Forest
Leo Vardiashvili
Old Soul
Old Soul
Susan Barker
I Swear I Won't Bother You Again! (Light Novel) Vol. 5
I Swear I Won’t Bother You Again! (Light Novel) Vol. 5
Reina Soratani
The English Problem
The English Problem
Beena Kamlani
Bronshtein in the Bronx
Bronshtein in the Bronx
Robert Littell
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Waiting
Waiting
Ha Jin
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Thornton Wilder
Hamnet
Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell
The Famished Road
The Famished Road
Ben Okri
Homegoing
Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi
Sacred Hunger
Sacred Hunger
Barry Unsworth
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Richard Flanagan
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Booker Prize Winner)
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Booker Prize Winner)
Marlon James
Possession
Possession
A. S. Byatt
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (with bonus content)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (with bonus content)
Michael Chabon
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago
Boris Pasternak
All Clear
All Clear
Connie Willis
The Help
The Help
Kathryn Stockett
The English Patient
The English Patient
Michael Ondaatje
My Name Is Red
My Name Is Red
Orhan Pamuk
The Book of Night Women
The Book of Night Women
Marlon James
Blackout
Blackout
Connie Willis
The Lazarus Project
The Lazarus Project
Aleksandar Hemon
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