Fiction - Sagas

From the award-winning author of Life After Life comes Kate Atkinson's Human Croquet, part fairy tale, part mystery, part coming-of-age novel New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the YearHuman Croquet tells the story of Isobel Fairfax, a girl growing up in Lythe,...

Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Civil War, May the Road Rise Up to Meet You is a story of four unforgettable characters who, together, illuminate the quintessential American experience. Ethan McOwen survived the worst of the Irish Famine and made the treacherous...

Composed in medieval Iceland, Hrolf's Saga is one of the greatest of all mythic-legendary sagas, relating half-fantastical events that were said to have occurred in fifth-century Denmark. It tells of the exploits of King Hrolf and of his famous champions, including Bodvar Bjarki, the...

New York Times Bestseller - People's Book of the Week"A heartfelt tale of love too stubborn to surrender to human frailties." -- Kirkus ReviewsSet in the lush Big Band era of the 1940s, this spellbinding saga from beloved New York Times bestselling author Adriana...

An exhilarating Viking saga filled with the rich history, romantic adventure and political intrigue that have made Diana Gabaldon's Outlander, George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones, as well as Phillippa Gregory's historical fiction and Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology popular bestsellers. Six years after...

"A triumph. This novel's haunting strength will hold the reader until the very end and make Faith and her story impossible to forget." --Richmond Times Dispatch "Extraordinary." --Orlando Sentinel From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult (Nineteen Minutes, Change of Heart,...

The critically acclaimed author of The Madonnas of Leningrad ("Elegant and poetic, the rare kind of book that you want to keep but you have to share" --Isabel Allende), Debra Dean returns with The Mirrored World, a breathtaking novel of love and madness set...

'I love all of Sue Moorcroft's books!'Katie FfordeThe perfect village offers the perfect escape - right?Nelson's Bar is the perfect little seaside village. Tucked away against the Norfolk coast, this is just the place to come when you want to get away from it...

He's a decorated war veteran and he wants to die.She's a prominent psychologist and she won't give up on him.Neither knows how to lose. When a suicidal client seeks her help, Dr. Angela Blackwell cannot turn him away, despite the fact that he isn't...

A heart-warming saga about surviving against the odds and finding a family, from top 10 bestseller Lindsey Hutchinson.In two rundown houses, at the side of a barren Black Country heath, live six children with no family but each other. Abandoned or orphaned, every day...

A scintillating debut from a major new voice in fiction, Songs in Ursa Major is a love story set in 1969, alive with music, sex, and the trappings of fame. Raised on an island off Massachusetts by a mother who wrote songs for famous...

A firefighter and his high school sweetheart who's returned to their beachside hometown...and doesn't want to be there. Can the day he said hello start a new relationship that will last this time?Bennett Patterson is content with his boring firefighting job, puttering around in...

The start of a brand NEW series from bestselling author Rosie ClarkeCambridgeshire - March 1939As the clouds of war begin to gather in Europe, the Talbot family of rural Blackberry Farm will be torn apart, just as so many families all over the world...

The inaugural winner of England's prestigious Orange Prize, A Spell of Winter is a compelling turn-of-the-century tale of innocence corrupted by secrecy, and the grace of second chances. Cathy and her brother, Rob, have forged a passionate refuge against the terror of loneliness and...

Morkinskinna ("rotten parchment"), the first full-length chronicle of the kings of medieval Norway (1030-1157), forms the basis of the Icelandic chronicle tradition. Based ultimately on an original from ca. 1220, the single defective manuscript was written in Iceland ca. 1275. The present volume, the...

Jim Anderson is a successful businessman, and his wife, Marilyn, is the perfect wife. And why wouldn't she be? He gives her everything she needs. That's why Jim never expected to come home one day and find Marilyn gone.After 27 years of marriage, Marilyn...

In a captivating novel that is both humorous and heart wrenching, ReShonda Tate Billingsley spins a touching story that follows a young woman trying to navigate love after tragedy strikes her family, and what it means for her to move on. Aja James hasn't...

In this searing novel, bestselling author Lolita Files tells the tale of a Southern family torn apart by the secrets it struggles to keep. Everybody knows everybody else's business in Downtown, Tennessee. Neighbors while away afternoons at the local bar, swapping rumors about voodoo,...

Danielle Steel celebrates families of every stripe in her compelling new novel--a tale of three very different couples who struggle and survive, love, laugh, and learn to take life... Coco Barrington was born into a legendary Hollywood family, her last name loaded with expectations....

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The much-anticipated conclusion to Debbie Macomber's beloved Rose Harbor series, set in the picturesque town of Cedar Cove, Sweet Tomorrows is a vibrant and poignant novel of letting go of fear, following your heart, and embracing the future--come...

Three great love stories and the heartrending saga of two sisters devoted to each other and to Ireland, An Excess of Love brings the 1916 Easter Rising to vivid life. If you've ever longed for a deeper understanding of the Irish passion for freedom,...

Reminiscent of Kent Haruf and Cormac McCarthy, Bruce Machart's debut novel is a dark family saga set in the American Southwest. On a moonless Texas night in 1895, an ambitious young landowner suffers the loss of "the only woman he's ever been fond of"...

On the eve of World War II, in a place called Half-Village, a young man nicknamed the Pigeon falls in love with a girl fabled for her angelic looks. To court Anielica Hetmansk疉e offers up his "golden hands" and transforms her family's modest hut...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In this "charming, compassionate little masterpiece" (The Philadelphia Inquirer), Pulitzer-Prize winning author Anna Quindlen traces the coming-of-age of a young girl struggling to find her way within the tangle of her quirky, loving Irish-Catholic family."A small triumph . ....

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Engrossing...entertaining...the perfect book to take to the beach." - Boston Herald Two families, both carried by the Mayflower across stormy seas... both destined to generations of proud leadership, shameful intrigue, and passion for the sandy crest of land that became...

Carole Barber has come to Paris to work on her novel and to find herself. A legend of film and stage, Carole has set a standard of grace, devoting herself to her family and causes around the world. But one fiery instant of terror...

In a novel where ancient traditions conflict with reality and the pressures of modern life, a young European princess proves that simplicity, courage, and dignity win the day and forever alter her world, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel In blue...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel weaves a compelling story of fame and friendship, charmed lives and private struggles . . . and of three very different men whose lives converge and collide. On a sunny day in Hollywood, a gleaming Rolls-Royce...

In her fifty-eighth bestselling novel, Danielle Steel tells the breathtaking story of a mother's love and a son's gift, of the tragedy that nearly destroyed a family...and the miracle that saved them. Johnny Angel With a word or a smile, seventeen-year-old Johnny Peterson could...

Danielle Steel's 56th bestselling novel is about family and friendship, about one woman's struggle to break free from the past--and the man who helps her triumph. And most of all, it is about daring to believe in...Answered Prayers. On the outside, Faith Madison is...

In her 37th bestselling novel, Danielle Steel tells the compelling story of a woman who must struggle to overcome a shattering betrayal, and the cruelest kind of malice. At seventeen, the night of her mother's funeral, Grace Adams is attacked. It is not the...

There was never any question that Deirdre and Desmond Doyle would celebrate a gala twenty-fifth anniversary. Naturally, their daughter Anna, would plan their grand affair. Of all three Doyle children, Anna knew exactly what their mother wished--even as she lived her own secret life....

When a beautiful young Frenchwoman and a brilliant American actor meet in wartime Paris, their love begins like a fairy tale but ends in tragedy. Suddenly orphaned, their three children are cruelly separated. Megan, the baby, adopted by a family of comfortable means, becomes...

Bettina Daniels lived a fairytale existence ofglamour, endless parties, and luxury amongAmerica's top celebrities -- simply because she was thebeautiful daughter of famous American author Justin Daniels. Then, in one moment of tragedy, herfather was dead, and Bettina discovered the truth-- he had spent...

Kennedy, an Opportunist, orchestrates a scam that will have some intended and some thoroughly unintended consequences. For Mitsos, an unresolved family tragedy awakens again, along with his need to avenge his parents' deaths. With utterly convincing characterizations, Barry Unsworth brings us the underbelly of...

"Raw, dark, and powerful . . . Southern Gothic at its best. The Homecoming of Samuel Lake puts one in mind of Erskine Caldwell and Flannery O'Connor."--Fannie Flagg Every first Sunday in June, members of the Moses clan gather for an annual reunion at...

"All the sun and magic of Africa are baked into Gaile Parkin's debut novel. . . . We peek into a warm and practical community as colorful as the heroine's] dazzling confections."--The Christian Science Monitor This soaring novel introduces us to Angel Tungaraza: mother,...

Danielle Steel explores the perils of dating, relationships, and love in a novel that takes us into the intoxicating, infuriating world of three charming single men, also known as... Toxic Bachelors They were the best of friends and the most daunting of bachelors....Charlie Harrington,...

There is an island off the west coast of Ireland called Inis Muruch--the Island of the Mermaids--a world where myth is more powerful than truth, and love can overcome even death. It is here that Lisa Carey sets her lyrical and sensual first novel,...

Pears on a Willow Tree is a multigenerational roadmap of love and hate, distance and closeness, and the lure of roots that both bind and sustain us all.The Marchewka women are inseparable. They relish the joys of family gatherings; from preparing traditional holiday meals...

This vibrant, provocative d but novel explores the dreams and struggles of three generations of Dominican women. Graciela, born on the outskirts of Santo Domingo at the turn of the century, is a headstrong adventuress who comes of age during the U.S. occupation. Too...

As The Orphan Train Saga continues, Cindy and her mother continue to uncover the secrets in the journals that are hidden in her grandmother's attic. The story resumes in 1914, as young Tobias is forced onto the streets of New York City. Like so...

In this award-winning novel perfect for book clubs and fans of Jodi Picoult or Kristin Hannah, troubled sisters are torn apart and brought back together by their mother's dementia crisis in a riveting medical drama."It's the quintessential 'how did we get here?' story."Favorite daughter...

A woman's place is in the home...That's what she's always been told.But Harriet has other ideas...In 1860's England, it's a man's world and women aren't expected ... or allowed ... to upset the status quo.Living with her domineering uncle, Harriet is desperate to break...

Discover the magic of New York Times bestseller Melissa Foster's writing, and see why millions of readers have fallen in love with the Remingtons and the rest of the Love in Bloom contemporary romance collection. The Remingtons are a series of stand-alone romances that...

Discover the magic of New York Times bestseller Melissa Foster's writing, and see why millions of readers have fallen in love with The Love in Bloom Series.In SISTERS IN WHITE...Danica and Kaylie Snow are about to celebrate the biggest day of their lives--their double...

Discover the magic of New York Times bestseller Melissa Foster's writing, and see why millions of readers have fallen in love with The Love in Bloom Series.In SISTERS IN BLOOM...Kaylie Snow has always been the fun, flirty, pretty sister. Now her burgeoning baby bump,...

Discover the magic of New York Times bestseller Melissa Foster's writing, and see why millions of readers have fallen in love with The Love in Bloom Series.In SISTERS IN LOVE...Danica Snow has always been the smart, practical, and appropriate sister. As a therapist, she...

Who was Anne of Brittany? Raised to rule, she knew how to lead.France admired her but Brittany loved her, just as Louis did.Anne, Duchess of Brittany, is the love of King Louis XII of France's life. Too bad he's already married.While his annulment proceedings...

Embark on another "nerve-biting and explosive" adventure between worlds in this refreshingly intersectional portal fantasy for adult readers (Tor.com) Saffron Coulter has returned from the fantasy kingdom of Kena. Threatened with a stay in psychiatric care, Saffron has to make a choice: to forget...