Best International Novels Of All Time - April 2024

Beneath a Scarlet Sky: A Novel

Soon to be a major television event from Pascal Pictures, starring Tom Holland.Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, the USA Today and #1 Amazon Charts bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours. Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He’s a normal Italian teenager—obsessed with music, food, and girls—but his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews esc... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1503943372
• ASIN: 1503943372
• ISBN: 1503943372
• Brand: Lake Union Publishing
• Manufacturer: Lake Union Publishing

Ready Player One: A Novel

Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American ReadThe worldwide bestseller—now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg.In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines—puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them. But when Wade stu... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307887448
• ASIN: 0307887448
• ISBN: 0307887448
• Brand: Brand: Broadway Books
• Manufacturer: Broadway Books

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

• ASIN: B004J4WNL2
• ASIN: B004J4WNL2
• ISBN: 0307452204
• Manufacturer: Broadway Books

The Bluest Eye (Vintage International)

Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to finally fit in.Yet as her dream grows more fervent, her life slowly starts to disintegrate in the face of adversity and strife. A powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity, Toni Morrison’s virtuosic first novel asks powerful questions about race, class, and gender with the subtlety and grace that have always characterized ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307278441
• ASIN: 0307278441
• ISBN: 0307278441
• Brand: Vintage Books USA
• Manufacturer: Vintage

Red Queen

The #1 New York Times bestselling series!Red Queen, by #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Aveyard, is a sweeping tale of power, intrigue, and betrayal, perfect for fans of George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones series. Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood—those with common, Red blood serve the Silver-blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare is a Red, scraping by as a thief in a poor, rural village, until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court. Before the king, princes, and all the nobles, she discovers she has an ability of her own.To cover... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00KFG156C
• ASIN: B00KFG156C
• Manufacturer: HarperTeen

The Secret

In 2006, a groundbreaking feature-length film revealed the great mystery of the universe—The Secret—and, later that year, Rhonda Byrne followed with a book that became a worldwide bestseller. Fragments of a Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions and philosophies throughout the centuries. For the first time, all the pieces of The Secret come together in an incredible revelation that will be life-transforming for all who experience it. In this book, you’ll learn how to use The Secret in every aspect of your life—money, health, relationships, happ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1582701709
• ASIN: 1582701709
• ISBN: 1582701709
• Brand: Atria Books/Beyond Words
• Manufacturer: Atria Books/Beyond Words

Things Fall Apart (African Trilogy, Book 1)

• ASIN: B004478AS4
• ASIN: B004478AS4
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

The Fog Seller: The 4-time Gold Medal Mystery from the Creator of the Emmy® Winning Neverwinter NightsTM

Gold Medal, Best Mystery of 2016, Readers' Favorite -- Best Novel & Best Mystery of the Year, TopShelf Book Awards -- Gold Medal, Ind. Book Publishers Assn. -- "Unique, moving, poetic," a book club favorite that ignites discussionsA novel with a unique hero, an unlikely love story, and more twists than San Francisco’s Lombard St. It doesn't follow the same old formulas. It's not cozy but it's intimate. It will make you think, with multiple honors both as a mystery and as literary fiction. Its influences include Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep, the Coen Brothers' The Big Lebowski and J.D. Sa... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01867TXOC
• ASIN: B01867TXOC
• Manufacturer: Sausalito Media LLC

Hamilton: The Revolution

A backstage pass to the groundbreaking, hit musical Hamilton, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Eleven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, including the award-winning libretto, behind-the-scenes photos and interviews, and exclusive footnotes from composer-lyricist-star Lin-Manuel Miranda.Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical Hamilton is as revolutionary as its subject, the poor kid from the Caribbean who fought the British, defended the Constitution, and helped to found the United States. Fusing hip-hop, pop, R&B, and the best traditions of theater, this once-in-a-generati... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1455539740
• UPC: 710308291108
• ASIN: 1455539740
• ISBN: 1455539740
• Brand: Jeremy McCarter Lin Manuel Miranda
• Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

Salt to the Sea

#1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the Carnegie Medal! "A superlative novel . . . masterfully crafted."--The Wall Street JournalBased on "the forgotten tragedy that was six times deadlier than the Titanic."--TimeWinter 1945. WWII. Four refugees. Four stories.Each one born of a different homeland; each one hunted, and haunted, by tragedy, lies, war. As thousands desperately flock to the coast in the midst of a Soviet advance, four paths converge, vying for passage aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a ship that promises safety and freedom. But not all promises can be kept . . .This paperback... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0142423629
• ASIN: 0142423629
• ISBN: 0142423629
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

The Road (Vintage International)

• ASIN: B000OI0G1Q
• ASIN: B000OI0G1Q
• Manufacturer: Vintage

Looking for Alaska

The award-winning, genre-defining debut from John Green, the #1 international bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist A New York Times Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller NPR’s Top Ten Best-Ever Teen Novels TIME magazine’s 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time A PBS Great American Read Selection Millions of copies sold! First drink. First prank. First friend. First love. Last words. Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words—and tired of his safe life at home. He lea... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0142402516
• ASIN: 0142402516
• ISBN: 0142402516
• Brand: Speak
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

The Cardinal of the Kremlin (A Jack Ryan Novel Book 5)

• ASIN: B001QEAQPI
• ASIN: B001QEAQPI
• Manufacturer: Berkley

Noble Beginnings: A Jack Noble Thriller (Jack Noble #1)

THE CIA UNLEASHED HIM...NOW THEY WANT HIM DEAD.The first pulse-pounding, action-packed novel in the USA Today & Amazon million plus copy bestselling Jack Noble Thriller Series.In March of 2002, while the eyes of the world focused on Afghanistan, Jack Noble finds himself on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq. A Marine in name only, Jack is on-loan to the CIA. Normally an integral part of the team, he finds that he is nothing more than a security detail in Iraq.Jack and his partner Bear have a run-in with four CIA special agents over the treatment of an Iraqi family. Within hours Jack and Bear are d... [Read More]

• ASIN: B009K8RHNQ
• ASIN: B009K8RHNQ

A Fatal Grace: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

Winner of the 2007 Agatha Award for Best Novel!Welcome to winter in Three Pines, a picturesque village in Quebec, where the villagers are preparing for a traditional country Christmas, and someone is preparing for murder.No one liked CC de Poitiers. Not her quiet husband, not her spineless lover, not her pathetic daughter―and certainly none of the residents of Three Pines. CC de Poitiers managed to alienate everyone, right up until the moment of her death. When Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, of the Sûreté du Quebec, is called to investigate, he quickly realizes he's dealing with someone q... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0312541163
• ASIN: 0312541163
• ISBN: 9780312541163
• Brand: Minotaur Books
• Manufacturer: Minotaur Books

Until the End of Time : A Novel

Includes excerpt from the forthcoming hardcover title "Power

• UPC: 29271752
• Rating: 3.692

The 100 Best Poems of All Time

An anthology of poetry from around the world includes works by Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Keats, Poe, both Brownings, Dickinson, Eliot, Neruda, Plath, and Angelou, as well as poems and songs that have entered popular

• UPC: 1071285
• Rating: 4.0

The Mammoth Book Best International Crime - eBook

Leading anthologist Maxim Jakubowski presents the very best in crime writing from around the world - 40 short stories from an all-star line-up of international writers.They cover the full spectrum of crime fiction, from noir

• UPC: 317126132
• Rating: 5.0

For All Time : A Nantucket Brides Novel

When Graydon meets Toby at his brother's wedding, he becomes enthralled with her, despite his destiny to marry a noblewoman, and asks her to help him hide on Nantucket away from his regal

• UPC: 43298011
• Rating: 3.76

The International: ‘The best book about the Troubles ever written’ - eBook

Saturday, 28 January 1967. It is a day like any other for eighteen-year-old Danny, pulling pints behind the bar of the International Hotel in Belfast, watching the comings and goings of the eccentric clientele. But

• UPC: 372386609
• Rating: 4.0

The Best of All Possible Worlds : A Novel

When their homeland is destroyed, the survivors of a proud and aloof alien society struggle to reach out to the rest of the galaxy for aid and understanding while striving to preserve their cherished way

• UPC: 25942572
• Rating: 4.286

The Call of the Wild (Centaur Classics) [The 100 greatest novels of all time - #69] - eBook

Buck, a sturdy crossbreed canine (half St. Bernard, half Shepard), is a dog born to luxury and raised in a sheltered Californian home. But then he is kidnapped and sold to be a sled dog

• UPC: 289186284
• Rating: 3.867

Sons and Lovers (Centaur Classics) [The 100 greatest novels of all time - #34] - eBook

«Sons and Lovers» is a 1913 novel by the English writer D. H. Lawrence. The Modern Library placed it ninth on their list of the 100 best novels of the 20th century. While the novel

• UPC: 737439534
• Rating: 3.41

Persuasion (Centaur Classics) [The 100 greatest novels of all time - #100] - eBook

Twenty-seven-year old Anne Elliot is Austen's most adult heroine. Eight years before the story proper begins, she is happily betrothed to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she precipitously breaks off the engagement when persuaded

• UPC: 205914744
• Rating: 4.126

The Sorrows of Young Werther (Centaur Classics) [The 100 greatest novels of all time - #83] - eBook

"Nature has endowed [Goethe] more generously than anyone since Shakespeare." —Friedrich Schiller"[In] 'Werther', all the richness of [Goethe’s] gift was apparent… The extreme, nerve-shattering sensitivity of the little book… evoked a storm of applause which

• UPC: 403475120
• Rating: 3.944