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Vendor: Charles Bukowski
Hollywood
From iconic tortured artist/everyman Charles Bukowski, Hollywood is the fictionalization of his experience adapting his novel Barfly into a movie by the same name.Henry Chinaski, Bukowski's alter-ego, is pushed to translate a semi-autobiographical book into a screenplay for John Pinchot. He reluctantly agrees, and...- $17.99
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Vendor: Joel Agee
The Stone World
A Washington Post Best Fiction Book of 2022 From the son of acclaimed author James Agee, a haunting novel depicting an American boy's childhood in Mexico, ensconced in a world comprised of communist European exiles, local union activists, street children, and avant-garde artists like...- $27.99
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Vendor: Peter Ho Davies
A Lie Someone Told You about Yourself
A People 10 Best Books of the Year - A New York Times Notable Book of the Year - An Independent (UK) 20 Best Books of the Year "Wise, bracingly honest...A reassuring reality check...Exhilarating." --New York Times Book Review A heartbreaking, soul-baring novel about...- $15.99
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Vendor: Philip Roth
Sabbath's Theater: National Book Award Winner
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER - The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Pastoral delivers his "richest, most rewarding novel" (The New York Times Book Review) about Micky Sabbath, a scandalous hero who embarks on a turbulent journey into his past.One of The Atlantic's Great American...- $19.00
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Vendor: Larry Feign
The Flower Boat Girl: A novel based on a true story
Her father traded away her youth.Sea bandits stole her freedom.She has one way to get them back: Become the most powerful pirate in the world. South China coast, 1801. Sold as a child to a floating brothel, 26-year-old Yang has finally bought her freedom,...- $16.99
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Vendor: Peter Ho Davies
A Lie Someone Told You about Yourself
A People 10 Best Books of the Year - A New York Times Notable Book of the Year - An Independent (UK) 20 Best Books of the Year "Wise, bracingly honest...A reassuring reality check...Exhilarating." --New York Times Book Review A heartbreaking, soul-baring novel about...- $24.00
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Vendor: Ariel Lawhon
I Was Anastasia
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the bestselling author of The Frozen River comes an enthralling feat of historical suspense that unravels the extraordinary twists and turns in Anna Anderson's fifty-year battle to be recognized as Anastasia Romanov. Is she the Russian Grand Duchess...- $16.00
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Vendor: John Williams
Augustus
WINNER OF THE 1973 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD By the Author of Stoner In Augustus, his third great novel, John Williams took on an entirely new challenge, a historical narrative set in classical Rome, exploring the life of the founder of the Roman Empire. To...- $18.95
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Vendor: Elizabeth Letts
Finding Dorothy
This richly imagined novel tells the story behind The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the book that inspired the iconic film, through the eyes of author L. Frank Baum's intrepid wife, Maud. "A breathtaking read that will transport you over the rainbow and into the...- $18.00
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Vendor: Alexander Chee
The Queen of the Night
NATIONAL BESTSELLER, New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, and a Best Book of the Year from NPR, Boston Globe, BuzzFeed, and others. The mesmerizing story of one woman's rise from circus rider to courtesan to world-renowned diva--"a brilliant performance" (Washington Post).The Queen of...- $16.99
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Vendor: Philip Roth
The Ghost Writer
The novel that first introduced the Pulitzer Prize-winnning author's most acclaimed character, Nathan Zuckerman, a budding writer infatuated with the Great Books, who meets a haunting young woman at the secluded New England farmhouse of his idol. "Further evidence that Roth can do practically...- $17.00
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Vendor: Robert Graves
Claudius the God: And His Wife Messalina
Author: Robert GravesISBN-10: 0679725733ISBN-13: 9780679725732Publisher: VintageLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/23/1989Pages: 533Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.00d- $19.00
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Vendor: Mary Renault
Fire from Heaven: A Novel of Alexander the Great
Alexander's beauty, strength, and defiance were apparent from birth, but his boyhood honed those gifts into the makings of a king. His mother, Olympias, and his father, King Philip of Macedon, fought each other for their son's loyalty, teaching Alexander politics and vengeance from...- $16.95
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Vendor: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
The Last Queen: A Novel of Courage and Resistance
WINNER of the 2022 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WORKING WOMEN AWARD for BEST FICTION OF THE YEAR!LONGLISTED for 2022 DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD!She rose from commoner to become the last reigning queen of India's Sikh Empire. In this dazzling novel, based on true-life events, bestselling author...- $16.99
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Vendor: Kerri Maher
The Girl in White Gloves: A Novel of Grace Kelly
"Perfect for fans of Grace Kelly, royal-watchers, and fans of biographical fiction alike."--PopSugar A Library Reads Pick and Historical Novel Society Editor's Choice! A life in snapshots... Grace knows what people see. She's the Cinderella story. An icon of glamor and elegance frozen in...- $17.00
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Vendor: Read
Village School
The first novel in the beloved Fairacre series, Village School introduces us to the remarkable schoolmistress Miss Read and her lovable group of students, who, with a mixture of skinned knees and smiles, are just as likely to lose themselves as their mittens... Welcome...- $17.99
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Vendor: Susan Vreeland
Luncheon of the Boating Party
From the bestelling author of GIRL IN HYACINTH BLUE, "A vivid exploration of one of the most beloved Renoir paintings in the world, done with a flourish worthy of Renoir himself" (USA Today) With her richly textured novels, Susan Vreeland has offered pioneering portraits...- $19.00
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Vendor: Jack London
Martin Eden
Jack London's semiautobiographical critique of individualism that touches on contemporary issues like socialism and mental illness, now two major motion pictures―one directed by Pietro Marcello, the other by Jay Craven The semiautobiographical Martin Eden is the most vital and original character Jack London ever...- $18.00
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Vendor: Allison Pataki
The Queen's Fortune: A Novel a Novel of Desiree, Napoleon, and the Dynasty That Outlasted the Empire
A sweeping novel about the extraordinary woman who captured Napoleon's heart, created a dynasty, and changed the course of history--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Traitor's Wife, The Accidental Empress, and Sisi "I absolutely loved The Queen's Fortune, the fascinating, little-known...- $18.00
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Vendor: Benjamin Black
The Secret Guests
"When you're done binge-watching The Crown, pick up this multifaceted wartime thriller." --Kirkus ReviewsAs London endures nightly German bombings, Britain's secret service whisks the princesses Elizabeth and Margaret from England, seeking safety for the young royals on an old estate in Ireland. Ahead of...- $17.00
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Vendor: Amy Bloom
White Houses
For readers of The Paris Wife and The Swans of Fifth Avenue comes a "sensuous, captivating account of a forbidden affair between two women" (People)--Eleanor Roosevelt and "first friend" Lorena Hickok. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Financial Times -...- $17.00
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Vendor: Delores Topliff
Wilderness Wife
How do you continue living when life collapses around you in a single day?Marguerite Wadin MacKay believes her 17-year marriage to explorer Alex MacKay is strong-until his sudden fame destroys it. When he returns from a cross-Canada expedition, he announces their frontier marriage is...- $15.99
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Vendor: Margaret Farrell Kirby
Becoming Nora
Becoming Nora explores how unexamined pasts and repressed emotions can simmer beneath a seemingly ordinary and happy marriage.Until the day her husband shattered her world with the news that he was unhappy and wanted a separation, Nora Stanton had been sure her life was...- $14.95
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Vendor: Norman Mailer
The Executioner's Song
Norman Mailer's Pulitzer Prize-winning and unforgettable classic about convicted killer Gary Gilmore now in a brand-new edition. Arguably the greatest book from America's most heroically ambitious writer, The Executioner's Song follows the short, blighted life of Gary Gilmore who became famous after he robbed...- $24.99
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Vendor: Brooks Hansen
The Unknown Woman of the Seine
In the late autumn of 1889, the body of an unknown woman appeared on the banks of the Seine River in Paris. It was taken to the city morgue behind Notre Dame and put on display for a month, according to protocol. The eerie...- $26.00
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Vendor: Richard Paul Evans
The Walk
The first book in the inspiring New York Times bestselling series about an executive who loses everything he holds dear and embarks on a walk across America that changes his life forever. What would you do if you lost everything--your job, your home, and...- $17.99
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Vendor: Margaret Atwood
The Edible Woman
The novel that put the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments on the literary map. The Booker Prize winner's first novel is both a scathingly funny satire of consumerism and a heady exploration of emotional cannibalism. Marian McAlpin is an "abnormally...- $16.95
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Vendor: Saadat Hasan Manto
The Dog of Tithwal: Stories
"[Manto's] empathy and narrative economy invite comparisons with Chekhov. These readable, idiomatic translations have all the agile swiftness and understated poignancy that parallel suggests." ---Boyd Tonkin, Wall Street JournalStories from "the undisputed master of the modern Indian short story" encircling the marginalized, forgotten lives...- $24.00
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Vendor: Carlos Bulosan
America Is in the Heart
A 1946 Filipino American social classic about the United States in the 1930s from the perspective of a Filipino migrant laborer who endures racial violence and struggles with the paradox of the American dream, with a foreword by novelist Elaine Castillo Poet, essayist, novelist,...- $18.00
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Vendor: Eva Meijer
Bird Cottage
A novel based on the true story of a remarkable woman, her lifelong relationship with birds and the joy she drew from it Len Howard was forty years old when she decided to leave her London life and loves behind, retire to the English...- $14.95
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Vendor: Jim Carrey
Memoirs and Misinformation
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "None of this is real and all of it is true." --Jim Carrey Meet Jim Carrey. Sure, he's an insanely successful and beloved movie star drowning in wealth and privilege--but he's also lonely. Maybe past his prime. Maybe even...- $19.00
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Vendor: Arthur Phillips
The King at the Edge of the World
Queen Elizabeth's spymasters recruit an unlikely agent--the only Muslim in England--for an impossible mission in a mesmerizing novel from "one of the best writers in America" (The Washington Post) "Evokes flashes of Hilary Mantel, John le Carré and Graham Greene, but the wry, tricky...- $17.00
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Vendor: Bill White
Love Letter To America
Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov, was a former KGB officer and journalist who worked for the Novosti Press Agency and who ultimately defected from the Soviet Union to Canada. Yuri chose freedom. Writing as Tomas Schuman in Love Letter to America, Yuri describes Soviet genocidal Communism...- $22.95
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Vendor: Hazel Gaynor
Three Words for Goodbye
From Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb, the bestselling authors of Meet Me in Monaco, comes a coming-of-age novel set in pre-WWII Europe, perfect for fans of Jennifer Robson, Beatriz Williams, and Kate Quinn. Three cities, two sisters, one chance to correct the past ....- $21.99
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Vendor: Laurence Sterne
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Endlessly digressive, boundlessly imaginative and unmatched in its absurd and timeless wit Laurence Sterne's great masterpiece of bawdy humour and rich satire defies any attempt to categorize it, with a rich metafictional narrative that might classify it as the first 'postmodern' novel. Part novel,...- $13.00
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Vendor: Herman Melville
Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life
Typee is a fast-moving adventure tale, an autobiographical account of the author's Polynesian stay, an examination of the nature of good and evil, and a frank exploration of sensuality and exotic ritual. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of...- $17.00
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Vendor: Therese Anne Fowler
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE TELEVISION DRAMA Z: THE BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING With brilliant insight and imagination, Therese Anne Fowler's New York Times bestseller Z brings us Zelda's irresistible story as she herself might have told it. I wish I could tell everyone who thinks...- $19.00
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Vendor: Mark Batey
Grace
ENTER THE SHIPS' GRAVEYARD ...A watchful Northumbrian family, devoted to duty in the lighthouse on the treacherous Farne Islands.A vicious North Sea storm, during which a consummate ship's captain makes a fatal error of navigation.A daring rescue of shipwreck survivors, spurring an unwanted rise...- $14.99
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Vendor: Noelle A. Granger
The Last Pilgrim
This book captures and celebrates the grit and struggle of the Pilgrim women, specifically Mary Allerton Cushman, who stepped off the Mayflower in the winter of 1620 to an unknown world - one filled with hardship, danger and death. The Plymouth Colony would not...- $28.00
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Vendor: Nancy Horan
Loving Frank
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of The House of Lincoln, an "enthralling" novel that brings "the buried truths of the ill-starred relationship of Mamah Borthwick Cheney and Frank Lloyd Wright to light" (The New York Times Book Review). "Masterful."--People"A fascinating love...- $18.00
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Vendor: Qiu Miaojin
Last Words from Montmartre
An NYRB Classics Original When the pioneering Taiwanese novelist Qiu Miaojin committed suicide in 1995 at age twenty-six, she left behind her unpublished masterpiece, Last Words from Montmartre. Unfolding through a series of letters written by an unnamed narrator, Last Words tells the story...- $16.95
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Vendor: Johnny Cash
Man in White: A Novel about the Apostle Paul
The only novel written by the legendary songwriter and performer, Johnny Cash--the incredible story of the apostle Paul.In this historical novel about the life of Paul before and after his conversion, discover the passionate, fiery, and destructive man once known as Saul of Tarsus....- $16.99
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Vendor: Mario Levrero
Luminous Novel
'Perhaps the luminous novel is this thing that I started writing today, just now. Maybe these sheets of paper are a warm-up exercise. ...] But it's quite possible that if I go on writing - as I usually do - with no plan, although...- $19.95
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Vendor: Jeff Guinn
The Autobiography of Santa Claus: A Revised Edition of the Christmas Classic
It all started when Jeff Guinn was assigned to write a piece full of little-known facts about Christmas for his paper, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram. A few months later, he received a call from a gentleman who told him that he showed the story...- $11.95
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Universe of Two
"Stephen Kiernan has pulled off the nearly impossible...The most tender, terrifying, relevant book you'll read this year." -- Jenna Blum, New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us and The Lost FamilyFrom the critically acclaimed author of The Baker's Secret and The...- $16.99
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Vendor: Lee Kravetz
The Last Confessions of Sylvia P.
The Millions Most Anticipated Pick and A GMA March Reads Pick"Lee Kravetz has created a bit of a miracle, a plot-driven literary puzzle box whose mystery lives in both its winding approach to history and its wonderous story. It's a book full of ideas...- $27.99
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An Impossible Love
An agonizing turbulence lies just beneath the surface of this skillfully wrought novel by the French phenom who caused a sensation with the publication of her novel Incest. Reaching back into a world before she was born, Christine Angot describes the inevitable encounter of...- $18.00
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Vendor: Bao Ninh
The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam
The daring and controversial novel that took the world by storm--a story of politics, selfhood, survival, and war. Heart-wrenching, fragmented, raw, former North Vietnamese solder Bao Ninh's The Sorrow of War provides a strikingly honest look at how the Vietnam War forever changed his...- $18.00
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Vendor: Hazel Gaynor
When We Were Young & Brave
"Gaynor's story of courage and strength will make you believe in the heroic spirit in each of us." --Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were YoursThe New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home sets her...- $17.99
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Vendor: Max Porter
The Death of Francis Bacon
Madrid. Unfinished. Man dying. A great painter lies on his deathbed, synapses firing, writhing and reveling in pleasure and pain as a lifetime of chaotic and grotesque sense memories wash over and envelop him. In this bold and brilliant short work of experimental fiction...- $15.95
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Biographical Fiction Books
Biographical fiction books are a unique genre that combines elements of biography and literature. They provide readers with a fascinating blend of historical fact and imaginative storytelling, offering a fresh perspective on the lives of real people throughout history. These books breathe life into the past, allowing readers to immerse themselves in the experiences, emotions, and challenges of prominent individuals.
One key characteristic of biographical fiction is its commitment to historical accuracy. Authors undertake meticulous research to ensure that the facts, events, and cultural nuances of the era are faithfully represented in the story. This makes biographical fiction a valuable source for both history enthusiasts and casual readers seeking an engaging narrative rooted in reality. However, unlike traditional biographies that often rely heavily on documented evidence, biographical fiction allows authors to speculate, imagine, and creatively fill in the gaps in a subject's life. This literary license enables them to delve deeper into a character's thoughts, emotions, and motivations, adding an extra layer of depth and intimacy to the storytelling.
Biographical fiction also provides authors with an opportunity to bring lesser-known figures or those with untold stories to the forefront. By shedding light on these often marginalized characters, these books enhance our understanding of history and challenge conventional narratives. In recent years, biographical fiction has gained popularity and garnered critical acclaim as readers increasingly seek narratives that combine the authenticity of biography with the narrative power of fiction. This genre not only bridges the gap between fact and fiction but also serves as a means of connecting readers with the lives, experiences, and struggles of individuals who have shaped our world.
Popular Books
One such popular book is "The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain. Set in the vibrant backdrop of 1920s Paris, the novel chronicles the turbulent relationship between Ernest Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley Richardson. McLain's exquisite storytelling brings to life the bohemian atmosphere of the Lost Generation, while delving into the complexities of love, ambition, and the sacrifices made in the pursuit of artistic success.
Another book that has garnered widespread acclaim is "The Invention of Wings" by Sue Monk Kidd. Inspired by the lives of real-life abolitionist and women's rights advocate Sarah Grimké, and her slave-handmaid Hetty/Handful, the novel explores themes of freedom, sisterhood, and the resilience of the human spirit. Kidd's masterful writing seamlessly blends historical facts with fictional elements, making for a powerful and thought-provoking read.
These are just a few examples of the popular books that make up the vast and diverse landscape of biographical fiction. Through these captivating tales, readers are given the opportunity to connect with the lives of extraordinary individuals, gaining a deeper understanding of their struggles, motivations, and lasting impact on history.

