 | Clara Callan: A Novel by Richard B. Wright
Buy new: $13.16 / Used from: $0.01 Fascinating novel of two very different sisters, set in the 1930s
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 | The Valley of Light: A Novel by Terry Kay
Buy new: $11.90 / Used from: $0.01 An absolutely magical book. You don't have to care a whit about fishing to love it.
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 | The Crazyladies of Pearl Street: A Novel by Trevanian
Buy used from: $0.01 Another book set in the 1930s, about a young boys coming of age in Depression-era Albany. His tale is absolutely engaging.
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 | I, Coriander by Sally Gardner
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $0.01 Set in the mid 1600s, this is the story of a young girl's childhood, full of period details and some magic.
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 | Monkeewrench by P. J. Tracy
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 A mystery that I couldn't put down! Wonderful characters, interesting Internet and gaming background. The next two books in the series are just as good.
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 | Summit Avenue by Mary Sharratt
Buy used from: $0.10 Beautiful story about a young German immigrant girl carving a life for herself in Minneapolis early in the 20th century.
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 | The Olive Farm: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Olive Oil in the South of France by Carol Drinkwater
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.94 Engaging story of the actress's attempt to renovate a home and farm in southern France.
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 | Plain Language: A Novel by Barbara Wright
Buy new: $13.00 / Used from: $0.01 Moving novel about a couple's attempt to build a life together in Eastern Colorado during the Depression.
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 | Meeting Luciano (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Anna Esaki-Smith
Buy used from: $0.01 Story of a Japanese-American college graduate who moves back home, and comes to appreciate her mother, despite what she thinks are the odd decisions her mother makes.
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 | Scare the Light Away by Vicki Delany
Buy new: $17.90 / Used from: $18.60 A myustery set in present-day Canada that explores family relationships. Like the other books on this list, I couldn't put it down.
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 | Graven Images (The Averillan Chronicles) (Bk. 2) by Barbara Reichmuth Geisler
Buy new: $14.00 / Used from: $0.96 Fascinating medieval mystery, set in England in the 12th century. Start with "Other Gods," the first book in the series.
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 | The Year the Music Changed: The Letters of Achsa McEachern & Elvis Presley by Diane Thomas
Buy new: $17.21 / Used from: $0.01 Correspondence between a not-yet famous Elvis Presley and a 14 year old, precocious fan. Enchanting book, even if you aren't a Presley fan.
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 | The Rock Orchard: A Novel by Paula Wall
Buy used from: $0.01 Tale of some slightly zany Southern women. Wonderful writing.
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 | The Keeners by Maura D. Shaw
Buy new: $19.72 / Used from: $0.04 Another historical novel, set in Ireland and Troy, NY in the mid 1800s.
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 | Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper by Harriet Scott Chessman
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $0.01 Enchanting novel about Mary Cassatt and her sister Lydia, set in Paris in the 1870s and 1880s.
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 | The Preservationist by David Maine
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $0.01 Vividly brings to life the story of Noah and the Ark.
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 | Becoming Finola by Suzanne Strempek Shea
Buy new: $22.95 / Used from: $0.01 Sophie accompanies her friend on a trip to Ireland, but while the friend turns right around and goes home, Sophie has some lovely adventures.
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 | Beethoven's Hair: An Extraordinary Historical Odyssey and a Scientific Mystery Solved by Russell Martin
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $0.01 A fascinating book about the fate of a lock of Beethoven's hair, tied in with the rescue of Danish Jews in WWII
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 | Accidental Journey: A Cambridge intern's memory of World War II by Mark Lynton
Buy used from: $2.97 Another book about WWII, and the incredible adventures of the author.
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 | A Bike Ride: 12,000 Miles Around the World by Anne Mustoe
Buy used from: $22.34 The adventures of a courageous 54 year old woman who decides to bike around the world.
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 | Learning to Drive by Mary Hays
Buy new: $13.95 / Used from: $0.80 Beautifully written novel set in the 1950s with an interesting backdrop of the Christian Science religion.
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 | Our Lady of the Lost and Found: A Novel of Mary, Faith, and Friendship by Diane Schoemperlen
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 Lovely novel about appearances of the Virgin Mary to a Canadian woman, also interspersed are pieces about other sightings over the years.
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 | Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
Buy used from: $5.95 Absolultely delightful Cinderella tale about a dowdy woman who applies for a job as a nanny but ends up getting to enjoy herself! Do yourself a favor and read this feel-good book!
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 | Letters from Yellowstone by Diane Smith
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $0.01 Wonderful novel told through the letters of the lone woman to accompany a botanical expedition to Yellowstone in 1899.
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 | The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less by Terry Ryan
Buy new: $11.90 / Used from: $0.01 Inspiring story of an incredible woman and her family.
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