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Pride and Prejudice is a classic novel by Jane Austen.

During World War II, a foster girl in Nazi Germany steals books to share with neighbors and a hidden Jewish man, proving literature’s power to nourish the soul amid darkness.

A 1930s wartime tale of a blind French girl and a German boy whose lives intersect in occupied France, weaving themes of survival, friendship, and the moral choices people make amid World War II.

Sisters Vianne and Isabelle are pulled into the turmoil of World War II, each forging a path of courage and resistance against the Nazi occupation of France.

The Orphan Master's Son follows a man's journey through propaganda, identity, and state power in North Korea.

When a mysterious psychic arrives in 1969 Lower East Side, New York, four siblings learn the day they will die, setting off a life‑long quest that tests fate, choice, family and the search for meaning.

In Depression‑era America, five women form the Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky, delivering books across the mountains while challenging gender roles, forging deep friendships, and confronting the era’s hardships.

The Signature of All Things traces a family from modest English beginnings to wealth in the South American quinine trade, through the life of brilliant botanist Alma Whittaker as she explores evolution, love, and the clash of science and art across the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Henry James’s early novel follows an American diplomat in Paris who must navigate the social intrigues of diplomatic life, the complexities of man‑woman relationships, and the contrasting worlds of America and France during the late nineteenth century.

An American college girl in 1947 discovers her belated quest to uncover the fate of her vanished French cousin during WWI, leading her to the shadowy Alice Network where a former spy haunted by betrayal seeks vengeance.

Jack Carstares, the disgraced former Earl of Wyncham, returns to Georgian England as a highwayman to rescue Diana Beauleigh from the villainous Duke of Andover, while struggling to restore his honor and love.

In the early‑1800s Charleston, a young enslaved woman named Handful and a free white girl, Sarah Grimke, forge a bond that transforms their lives, as they confront slavery, gender oppression, and the fight for abolition.

Foolish Fancy follows Frances Dean, dubbed Fancy, as she battles her ideals of independence against the charismatic Earl of Wychfield, all under the watchful, tempting presence of Lady Celeste Standon.

James Salter's 'All that is' is a captivating and sometimes devastating labyrinth of love and ambition. A deeply intimate portrait of the emotional and physical experiences of being alive. Set during the golden decades following World War II, the book captures Salter's lifelong obsession with capturing the intimate, ephemeral spaces that all of us hold and leave behind on paper. After serving as a young officer in Okinawa during the war, Philip Bowman returns home to a small publishing house in New York. The frenetic social scene of New York in the post-war era is a backdrop for the story, where Bowman feels at home. However, his enduring love seems to elude him. When he meets a woman who captivates him, Bowman embarks on a journey that he never intended to take. The book is celebrated for its lyrical evocation of a post-war world imaginatively rendered and beautifully written.

A spymaster faces accusations of treason and must choose between protecting his covert contacts and revealing secrets that could endanger everyone.

Lady Marianne Winchilsea flees from those who believe she was involved in a plot to kill the king. Unwilling to trust anyone, especially Garret Lockwood, the Earl of Falkham, the man who usurped her family home.

A Duke's temptation: The notorious author of dark romances seeks to change the moral compass of the public, while a devoted fan discovers scandalous secrets about his character.

The Hathaway sisters' younger sister Catherine Marks must confront her feelings for Leo, a brother who proposes a dangerous love that could end her life and jeopardize her family's future.

Olivia Banning arrives in London to solve a mystery, only to be drawn into a tangled romance with the rakish Earl of Dugdale, forcing them into a marriage neither truly wants.

Bluestocking Lady Lucy MacMorlan refuses marriage, thriving as a matchmaker with her secret love letters that stir Scottish society. But a scandalous note jeopardizes the betrothal of Robert, Marquis of Methven, forcing Lucy into a deadly showdown.

After years abroad, Royal returns to a dying duke and a nearly empty treasury. He must marry heiress Jocelyn Caulfield, but his heart is drawn to her cousin Lily Moran, who schemes to recover the estate’s fortune together.

Molly Wizenberg’s memoir follows her unexpected awakening to a same‑sex attraction, navigating divorce, coming out, and redefining family while learning that identity can evolve.