Best Modern Novels Of All Time - April 2024

For All Time: A Nantucket Brides Novel (Nantucket Brides Trilogy Book 2)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Jude Deveraux returns to the magnificent, sunny island in For All Time, the second novel in her Nantucket Brides trilogy—this time featuring the next generation of her beloved family of Montgomery-Taggerts. The wedding of Alix Madsen and Jared Montgomery is a glorious affair at an elegant little chapel in the woods, followed by dinner and dancing, all while moonlight blankets the festivities in a romantic glow. While most guests are fixed on the happy couple, Jared’s cousin Graydon can’t look away from a bridesmaid, Toby Wyndam. It’s not just her quiet be... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00HP3POC4
• ASIN: B00HP3POC4
• ISBN: 0345541839
• Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book, National Book Award finalist, more than two and a half years on the New York Times bestseller listFrom the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the stunningly beautiful instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie-Laure lives in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where her father works. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the w... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501173219
• ASIN: 1501173219
• ISBN: 1501173219
• Brand: Scribner
• Manufacturer: Scribner

The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

A young New Yorker grieving his mother's death is pulled into a gritty underworld of art and wealth in this "extraordinary" and beloved Pulitzer Prize winner that "connects with the heart as well as the mind" (Stephen King, New York Times Book Review).Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don't know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by a longing for his mother, he clings t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316055441
• ASIN: 0316055441
• ISBN: 0316055441
• Brand: Back Bay Books
• Manufacturer: Back Bay Books

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

• ASIN: B00ICN066A
• ASIN: B00ICN066A
• Manufacturer: Harper

CyberStorm (Cyber Series Book 1)

The incredibly realistic story of one family's struggle to survive the destruction of New York in a massive terror attack. Million-copy bestseller now in development for film by 20th Century Fox."I couldn't put it down...shows how dangerous our transition to an interconnected infrastructure has become." Karic Allega, Joint Military Cyber Command, US NAVYNEW YORK GOES DARK IN THE DEAD OF WINTER...A TERRIFYING MYSTERY BEGINS...BUT WHO IS THE ENEMY? AND WILL THEY STRIKE AGAIN?Mike Mitchell is an average New Yorker struggling just to keep his family together when a string of disasters shreds the b... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00BT4QRHG
• ASIN: B00BT4QRHG
• Manufacturer: Matthew Mather ULC

The Best American Short Stories of the Century (The Best American Series ®)

Since the series' inception in 1915, the annual volumes of The Best American Short Stories have launched literary careers, showcased the most compelling stories of each year, and confirmed for all time the significance of the short story in our national literature. Now THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES OF THE CENTURY brings together the best of the best - fifty-five extraordinary stories that represent a century's worth of unsurpassed accomplishments in this quintessentially American literary genre. Here are the stories that have endured the test of time: masterworks by such writers as Ernest He... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0395843677
• UPC: 046442843676
• ASIN: 0395843677
• ISBN: 0395843677
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

The Great American Read: The Book of Books: Explore America's 100 Best-Loved Novels

A blockbuster illustrated book that captures what Americans love to read, The Great American Read: The Book of Books is the gorgeously-produced companion book to PBS's ambitious summer 2018 series. What are America's best-loved novels? PBS will launch The Great American Read series with a 2-hour special in May 2018 revealing America's 100 best-loved novels, determined by a rigorous national survey. Subsequent episodes will air in September and October. Celebrities and everyday Americans will champion their favorite novel and in the finale in late October, America's #1 best-loved novel will b... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316417556
• ASIN: 0316417556
• ISBN: 0316417556
• Manufacturer: Black Dog & Leventhal

An American Marriage (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel

A NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK A 2018 BEST OF THE YEAR SELECTION OF NPR  * TIME  * BUSTLE  * O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE  * THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS  * AMAZON.COM OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB 2018 SELECTIONWINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONWINNER OF THE 2019 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE  WINNER OF THE 2019 NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK—FICTIONLONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION“A moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young African-American couple.” —Barack Obama “Haunting . . . Beautifully written.” —The ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1616208686
• ASIN: 1616208686
• ISBN: 1616208686
• Brand: Algonquin Books
• Manufacturer: Algonquin Books

The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, Book 1)

• ASIN: B003P2WO5E
• ASIN: B003P2WO5E
• Manufacturer: Tor Books

Before We Were Yours: A Novel

THE BLOCKBUSTER HIT—Over two million copies sold! A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller“Poignant, engrossing.”—People • “Lisa Wingate takes an almost unthinkable chapter in our nation’s history and weaves a tale of enduring power.”—Paula McLain Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge—until strangers arrive in force. Wren... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0425284700
• ASIN: 0425284700
• ISBN: 0425284700
• Brand: WaterBrook Press
• Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

To Kill a Mockingbird (Harperperennial Modern Classics)

• ASIN: B00K0OI42W
• ASIN: B00K0OI42W
• Manufacturer: Harper

The Most Fun We Ever Had: A Novel

• ASIN: B07H72D3ZX
• ASIN: B07H72D3ZX
• Manufacturer: Doubleday

The Lord of the Rings: One Volume

• ASIN: B007978OY6
• ASIN: B007978OY6
• Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

A Man Called Ove: A Novel

Read the New York Times bestseller that has taken the world by storm! In this “charming debut” (People) from one of Sweden’s most successful authors, a grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door.Meet Ove. He’s a curmudgeon—the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him “the bitter neighbor from hell.” But must Ove be bitter just because he doesn’t walk around with a ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1476738025
• ASIN: 1476738025
• ISBN: 9781476738024
• Brand: Washington Square Press
• Manufacturer: Washington Square Press

The Great Gatsby

• ASIN: B000FC0PDA
• ASIN: B000FC0PDA
• ISBN: 0743273567
• Manufacturer: Scribner

The Transformers Best of the UK 3: Time Wars

A clash of future and present-day threatens to tear apart the fabric of time itself! Events come full circle, as Autobots and Decepticons from two eras unite against a common foe--the time-twisting Decepticon known as

• UPC: 10724333

The 13 Best Horror Stories of All Time

This essential Halloween companion contains some of the creepiest, eeriest, and most horrifying stories ever written by the greatest writers in the genre. These stories that surprise reflect readers' innermost fears and go to places

• UPC: 51333306
• Rating: 3.0

The Way of All Flesh - eBook

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all timeSamuel Butler was among the most wide-ranging of the accomplished crew of late Victorian writers to which be belonged -- a

• UPC: 720730265
• Rating: 3.3

Tom Sawyer: The Complete Collection (The Best Fictional Characters of All Time) - eBook

This book contains the Tom Sawyer complete collection. - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Tom Sawyer Abroad - Tom Sawyer, Detective The Adventures of Tom Sawyer remains a

• UPC: 795464988

The Best Guitarist of All Time - (A Space Odyssey) - eBook

An epic science fiction farce across a couple of trillion parsecs with galactic gangsters, cosmic drug dealers and reluctant extraterrestrials just trying to make a

• UPC: 901208698

A New General History of the World : Comprehending Both the Ancient and Modern History of Its Several Empires, Kingdoms, and States: From the Creation, to the Present Time: Collected from the Best Authors in All Languages Volume 6 of 6

New General History of the

• UPC: 174618234

A New General History of the World : Comprehending Both the Ancient and Modern History of Its Several Empires, Kingdoms, and States: From the Creation, to the Present Time: Collected from the Best Authors in All Languagesvolume 5 of 6

New General History of the

• UPC: 984516265

A New General History of the World : Comprehending Both the Ancient and Modern History of Its Several Empires, Kingdoms, and States: From the Creation, to the Present Time: Collected from the Best Authors in All Languages Volume 4 of 6

New General History of the

• UPC: 827028579

A New General History of the World : Comprehending Both the Ancient and Modern History of Its Several Empires, Kingdoms, and States: From the Creation, to the Present Time: Collected from the Best Authors in All Languages. Volume 3 of 6

New General History of the

• UPC: 852327269

The Way of All Flesh

"One of the time bombs of all literature" (V.S. Pritchett). Written in the 1880s and not published until 1903 after Butler's death, the semi-autobiographical story of the Pontifex family savages the bourgeois Victorian family and

• UPC: 25675410
• Rating: 3.3