World Best Novels List - May 2024

Surviving The Forest (A WW2 Historical Novel, Based on a True Story of a Jewish Holocaust Survivor)

Five shots on Saturday morning changed their fate …She was a beautiful and happy young woman who lived a fairytale life. Shurka, her beloved husband and their two small children lived in a pretty house in a village in Poland, surrounded by a little garden with lilies. This was their life and nothing could harm it, or so they thought…WWII broke out and though the happy family thought the Germans would never reach their idyllic village, they quickly understood they were wrong and their happiness came to a brutal end. The family had to flee their house and find shelter in a neighboring Ghetto... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1796269409
• ASIN: 1796269409
• ISBN: 1796269409
• Manufacturer: Independently published

We Were the Lucky Ones: A Novel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERInspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive—and to reunite—We Were the Lucky Ones is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds.    “Love in the face of global adversity? It couldn't be more timely.” —Glamour   It is the spring of 1939 and three generations of the Kurc family are doing their best to live normal lives, even as the shadow of war grows closer. The talk around the family Seder table is of new babies and budding romance, not of the increasing hardships... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01FRSZAUO
• ASIN: B01FRSZAUO
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

That Month in Tuscany

Bestselling, RITA Ⓡ Award Winning author Inglath Cooper writes you the perfect excuse to put down the to do list and get lost in a trip to Tuscany with resigned-to-her-life housewife Lizzy Harper and burnt-out rock star Ren Sawyer. . .If you had told me I would be heading off to Italy to celebrate my twenty-year anniversary without my workaholic husband, or that I would end up getting drunk on the plane ride over and falling on the lap of the rock star my daughter has a poster of hanging in her dorm room, I would have said oh, sure, right.But, well, that is exactly what happened. And when we... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0997341521
• ASIN: 0997341521
• ISBN: 0997341521
• Manufacturer: Fence Free Entertainment, LLC

Before We Were Yours: A Novel

THE BLOCKBUSTER HIT—A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly BestsellerFor readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale comes a “thought-provoking [and] complex tale about two families, two generations apart . . . based on a notorious true-life scandal.”*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. Wrenched from all tha... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01M14UN1J
• ASIN: B01M14UN1J
• Brand: Ballantine Books
• Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

Billionaires in Disguise: Rae: The Wulf and Rae Series, A Romance Novel

Everyone tells you that a reckless quickie at a party will ruin your life, but that’s sure not what happened.I’m just a small-town girl, and I messed up and lost my scholarship. I was broke. I couldn’t afford college. They were kicking me out.But then I met tall, ripped, tantalizing Wulf, whose sapphire-blue eyes that warmed when I was joking around while we waltzed, and I did something that anyone would tell you is stupid.I knew he was rich. I knew he was into some wild stuff. But he was more than I thought. So much more.And that was the problem.I fell in love with him that night, the n... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00HG5JL34
• ASIN: B00HG5JL34
• Manufacturer: Malachite Publishing LLC

An Orphan's War: One of the best historical fiction books you will read this year

War rages, but the women and children of Liverpool’s Dr Barnardo’s Home cannot give up hope. An Orphan’s War is a gripping saga about love and loss on the Home Front.LIVERPOOL, 1940When her childhood sweetheart Johnny is killed in action, Maxine Grey loses more than her husband – she loses her best friend. Desperate to make a difference in this awful war, Maxine takes a nursing job at London’s St Thomas’s Hospital.A BROKEN HEARTMaxine takes comfort in the attentions of a handsome surgeon, but Edwin Blake might not be all he seems. And as the Blitz descends on the capital, Maxine re... [Read More]

• ASIN: B076KFQTQD
• ASIN: B076KFQTQD
• Manufacturer: Avon

The Alice Network: A Novel

Featuring an exclusive excerpt from Kate Quinn's next incredible historical novel, THE HUNTRESS NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLER#1 GLOBE AND MAIL HISTORICAL FICTION BESTSELLEROne of NPR's Best Books of the Year!One of Bookbub's Biggest Historical Fiction Books of the Year!Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick!The 2017 Girly Book Club Book of the Year!A Summer Book Pick from Good Housekeeping, Parade, Library Journal, Goodreads, Liz and Lisa, and BookBub In an enthralling new historical novel from national bestselling author Kate Quinn, two women—a female spy recruited to the real-life Al... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062654195
• ASIN: 0062654195
• ISBN: 0062654195
• Brand: MORROW
• Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel

• ASIN: B01N4VW75U
• ASIN: B01N4VW75U
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

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When you read the classics, you're reading books that have played a significant role in shaping the way we read and write today. Books aren't written by computers, with words haphazardly places in an aesthetically pleasing arrangement. They are stories, wrought from the imaginations,experiences, or both, of the authors who wrote them. They give us a preview into what life was like during their lifetime, yet they put these historical"facts" into a rousing means of entertainment so that we don't even realize we're learning more about the world around us and how that current world came to be. Whe... [Read More]

• ASIN: B075YG5DS2
• UPC: 712038196777
• ASIN: B075YG5DS2
• Brand: SolartUSA
• Size: 18 x 24 Inch
• Manufacturer: SolartUSA

Educated: A Memoir

• ASIN: 0399590501
• ASIN: 0399590501
• Brand: Manning
• Manufacturer: Random House

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

The Book Thief

DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.  The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul.  Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. When Death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence f... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0375842209
• ASIN: 0375842209
• ISBN: 9780375842207
• Brand: Alfred A. Knopf
• Manufacturer: Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• ASIN: B07DLCFLB4
• ASIN: B07DLCFLB4

The Hideaway

Now a USA TODAY and Amazon Charts Bestseller!“A story both powerful and enchanting: a don’t-miss novel in the greatest southern traditions of storytelling.” —Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling authorWhen her grandmother’s will wrenches Sara back home to Sweet Bay, Alabama, she learns more about Margaret Van Buren in the wake of her death than she ever knew in life.After her last remaining family member dies, Sara Jenkins goes home to The Hideaway, her grandmother Mags’s ramshackle B&B in Sweet Bay. She intends to quickly tie up loose ends then return to her busy life ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0718084225
• ASIN: 0718084225
• ISBN: 0718084225
• Brand: HarperCollins Christian Pub.
• Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson

Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Red Fern Grows is a beloved classic that captures the powerful bond between man and man’s best friend. This edition also includes a special note to readers from Newbery Medal winner and Printz Honor winner Clare Vanderpool.    Billy has long dreamt of owning not one, but two, dogs. So when he’s finally able to save up enough money for two pups to call his own—Old Dan and Little Ann—he’s ecstatic. It doesn’t matter that times are tough; together they’ll roam the hills of the Ozarks.   Soon Billy and his hounds become the finest hunting team in the valley. Stories of... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0440412676
• ASIN: 0440412676
• ISBN: 0440412676
• Brand: Random House
• Manufacturer: Yearling

Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II (Hardcover)

It is 1943, and thirteen-year-old Michael O'Shaunessey, son of the Irish ambassador to Nazi Germany in Berlin, is also a spy for the British Secret Service, so he has joined the Hitler Youth, and pretending

• UPC: 52705326
• Rating: 5.0

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 Lost World : A Novel

Crichton's thrilling #1 "New York Times" bestsellerNthe exciting follow-up to his blockbuster "Jurassic Park"Nis now available in a tall Premium Edition.

• UPC: 20467295
• Rating: 3.525

The Dinner List : A Novel

A Bustle Book Club Selection"I have five words for Rebecca Serle's The Dinner List wistful, delicious, romantic, magical, love." --Gabrielle Zevin, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry and Young

• UPC: 864619284
• Rating: 3.273

Murder List : A Novel

Agreeing to attend a seminar given by a psychologist with a shady reputation as a favor to a reporter friend, Regan Madison takes part in an exercise in which guests are asked to identify those

• UPC: 3062402
• Rating: 3.125

The Wettest County in the World : A Novel Based on a True Story

Bondurant weaves a compelling tale of violence, desperation, and greed, as three brothers run moonshine in Virginia during prohibition, in this story that is based on a true story about the author's grandfather and two

• UPC: 10972584
• Rating: 3.333

Hit List : An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel

The #1 "New York Times"-bestselling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series continues. Word has leaked to Anita Blake that hitmen are headed for St. Louis--and that she, Jean-Claude, and Richard are the

• UPC: 19422433
• Rating: 3.808

Hannah's List : A Romance Novel

Includes an excerpt from A turn in the

• UPC: 55746732
• Rating: 4.0

Sophie's World : A Novel About the History of Philosophy

A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought. In order to answer two existential questions, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning--but the truth turns out

• UPC: 5088983
• Rating: 3.53

Ghost Fleet : A Novel of the Next World War

Two authorities on future warfare join forces to create a taut, convincing novel—set in 2026—about a besieged America battling for its very

• UPC: 48587051
• Rating: 3.25