Book Genre: Fiction

Rose and Ruby, conjoined twins, share their individual and combined stories in a lovely novel that is both subtle and dramatic.

Fourteen-year-old Nick has a lot to deal with in his life, but right now the worst thing that is happening is that his moms, Erin and Jo, are splitting up. Nick looks back on growing up in his different family -- getting teased, being protected, fun times and hard times, and doesn't understand...

Good fiction at its best - engaging, driving, lyrical and challenging. The Accidental draws you into the life of the Smart family on summer holiday whose world collectively and individually begins unravelling after the arrival of a stranger.

There are "three things worth doing in life: making something new, caring for something old, and finding something lost." An artist living a contemplative existence on a tiny island off the coast of Maine encounters all three in a single year of change and discovery. Happily resigned to a...

Following two separate, but intersecting storylines, This Side of Brightness explores the infrastructure of our lives; the physical systems all around us, the connections we build with family and friends and the internal architecture of the self. We first meet Nathan Walker, an...

Unemployed electrician, Wendell Brush, has a penchant for beer drinking and relaxing. Pre-empting his wife's attempt to leave him in the dust, Wendell takes a road trip with an elderly friend and confronts his own weakness along the way. A droll, rambling, joy to read, Approximately Heaven will...

This epic, told so quickly in just 200 pages, covers 30 years of love and loss, hope and redemption. Based on a true story, Sky Burial follows Shu Wen from China to Tibet in search of her husband. The real story is in her discovery of Tibetan culture and the Tibetans' understanding and...

Second in what must be a series, Bangkok Tattoo features Buddhist Royal Thai police detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep in a delightfully complicated plot which combines Al Qaeda, opium, prostitution, tattoo art, Japanese mobsters, Chinese loan sharks, and more.

Munro is the master of the short story and this newest collection doesn't disappoint. All about women running from one thing or another, the stories are haunting. You'll want more.

This is one of the funniest books I've ever read. The story takes place in an unnamed Latin American country. Really it could be any number of countries and you'll see some similarities politically with our own country. While being genuinely hilarious, the book is also poignant and grim. It's a...