Best Modern Mystery Authors - April 2024

To Kill a Mockingbird

Voted America's Best-Loved Novel in PBS's The Great American ReadHarper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South—and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatredOne of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the twentieth century by librarians across the country. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0060935464
• ASIN: 0060935464
• ISBN: 0060935464
• Brand: Harper Perennial
• Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel

• ASIN: B0017SWPXY
• ASIN: B0017SWPXY
• Manufacturer: HarperCollins e-books

The Best American Mystery Stories 1998 (The Best American Series)

This year's guest editor, Sue Grafton, has put together a wonderfully diverse collection of stories to surprise and satisfy all fans of the genre. In this volume, best-selling writers such as Mary Higgins Clark, Walter Mosley, Lawrence Block, Jay McInerney, and Donald E. Westlake stand alongside an impressive array of new talent. As Grafton writes in her introduction, "Nowhere is iniquity, wrongdoing, and reparation more satisfying to behold than in the well-crafted yarns spun by the writers represented here." Already a bestseller in its first year, this year's collection of The Best American ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0395835852
• UPC: 046442835855
• ASIN: 0395835852
• ISBN: 0395835852
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin

Best Short Stories of the Modern Age

The short-stroy form continues to be a rich and fertile vein of literary expression. Collected in this remarkable volume are twenty renowned writers of the modern age who brilliantly mastered the distinctive power and beauty of the form--each bringing his or her own unique vision to the page. This powerful collection includes the work of: Sherwood Anderson, Anton Chekov, Joseph Conrad, Shirley Jackson, D.H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, Lionel Trilling, and many more.

• ASIN: 0449300587
• ASIN: 0449300587
• ISBN: 0449300587
• Manufacturer: Fawcett

The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEA 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... [Read More]

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

Mystery: An Alex Delaware Novel

The closing of the grand old Fauborg Hotel in Beverly Hills is a sad occasion for longtime patrons Alex Delaware and Robin Castagna, who go there one last time for cocktails. But even more poignant—and curious—is a striking young woman in elegant attire and dark glasses, alone there and waiting in vain. Two days later, police detective Milo Sturgis comes seeking his psychologist comrade’s insights about a grisly homicide. To Alex’s shock, the brutalized victim is the same beautiful woman whose lonely hours sipping champagne at the Fauborg may have been her last. But when a sordid revel... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0345505700
• ASIN: 0345505700
• ISBN: 0345505700
• Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, NAMED BY THE TIMES AS ONE OF "6 BOOKS TO HELP UNDERSTAND TRUMP'S WIN" AND SOON TO BE A MAJOR-MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY RON HOWARD "You will not read a more important book about America this year."—The Economist "A riveting book."—The Wall Street Journal"Essential reading."—David Brooks, New York TimesHillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis—that of white working-class Americans. The disintegration of this group, a process that has been slowly occurring now for more than forty years, has been reported with growing freq... [Read More]

• ASIN: B079L5DDB4
• ASIN: B079L5DDB4
• Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout.#1 New York Times Bestseller The Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg,  now available as a beautifully packaged paperbackFrom a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #1 international bestseller—that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be “human.”One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062316117
• ASIN: 0062316117
• ISBN: 9780062316110
• Brand: Harper Perennial
• Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain (Modern Library Classics)

This unique collection of Twain’s essential short stories and semiautobiographical narratives is a testament to the author’s vast imagination. Featuring popular tales such as “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” and “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg,” as well as some delightful excerpts from The Diaries of Adam and Eve, this compilation also includes darker works written in the author’s twilight years. These selections illuminate the depth of Twain’s artistry, humor, irony, and narrative genius.

• ASIN: 0812971183
• ASIN: 0812971183
• ISBN: 0812971183
• Brand: Modern Library
• Manufacturer: Modern Library

The Eternal Husband and Other Stories (Modern Library Classics)

From Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, the highly acclaimed translators of War and Peace, Doctor Zhivago, and Anna Karenina, which was an Oprah Book Club pick and million-copy bestseller, The Eternal Husband and Other Stories brings together five of Dostoevsky’s short masterpieces. Filled with many of the themes and concerns central to his great novels, these short works display the full range of Dostoevsky’s genius. The centerpiece of this collection, the short novel The Eternal Husband, describes the almost surreal meeting of a cuckolded widower and his dead wife’s lover. Dostoe... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0812983378
• ASIN: 0812983378
• ISBN: 0812983378
• Manufacturer: Modern Library

The Banks Sisters

New York Times bestselling author Nikki Turner returns with her most spellbinding story to date: Meet the Banks sisters—Simone, Bunny, Tallhya, and Ginger. The four beauties are living under the same roof by force, but they can’t stand each other. Their only common denominator is their loving grandmother, Me-Ma. When she’s not at work trying to make ends meet, she’s home with her girls, trying to keep them from killing each other. Tragedy strikes when Me-Ma has a heart attack at church. The sisters are shocked to discover that Me-Ma left the house and all her money to the church. Now t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1622869478
• ASIN: 1622869478
• ISBN: 1622869478
• Manufacturer: Urban Books

Rules of Civility: A Novel

• ASIN: B004IYJDVG
• ASIN: B004IYJDVG
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

One Hundred Years of Solitude (P.S.) (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Inventive, amusing, magnetic, sad, and alive with unforgettable men and women -- brimming with truth, compassion, and a lyrical magic that strikes the soul -- this novel is a masterpiece in the art of fiction.

• ASIN: 0060883286
• ASIN: 0060883286
• ISBN: 9780060883287
• Brand: Gabriel Garc 237 a M 225 rquez
• Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Modern Classics

Hula Done It?: A Passport to Peril Mystery

In the 4th book of the bestselling Passport to Peril series by Maddy Hunter, Emily cruises to Hawaii and a hunt for a long-lost treasure turns deadly.

• ASIN: 1451612893
• ASIN: 1451612893
• ISBN: 1451612893
• Brand: Brand: Pocket Books
• Manufacturer: Gallery Books

Mystery and the Minister's Wife series: The Best is Yet to Be

About the Mystery and the Minister's Wife series: Escape to the charming town of Copper Mill, Tennessee. Nestled in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, Copper Mill is a place of tradition and tranquility. But when Kate Hanlon and her husband Paul move in, they discover that small town life is anything but boring. The mysteries Kate uncovers are puzzling, but she always uses her quick mind and the help of her dear friends to figure out the answer. See how faith can solve life's mysteries in the Mystery and the Minister's Wife series. With summer just around the bend, Kate is delighted t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0824947681
• ASIN: 0824947681
• ISBN: 0824947681
• Manufacturer: GuidepostsBooks

Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English - eBook

Somewhere in the Other World, where there are books and pictures and plays and shop windows to look at, and thousands of men who spend their lives in building up all four, lives a gentleman

• UPC: 392130944

The Best American Mystery & Thriller Short Stories - eBook

Timeless collection of selected American mystery & thriller short stories.Finding time for reading can often be a difficult task for many people with hectic and busy schedules. Committing oneself to a novel often involves a

• UPC: 359955399

The Lock And Key Liberary : Classic Mystery And Detective Stories: Modern English - eBook

Books for All Kinds of Readers Read HowYouWant offers the widest selection of on-demand, accessible format editions on the market today. Our 7 different sizes of EasyRead are optimized by increasing the font size and

• UPC: 560909547

True Heroes : A Treasury of Modern-day Fairy Tales Written by Best-selling Authors

Presents short stories by twenty-one bestselling authors to accompany Jonathan Diaz's fantastical photographs of children who are battling

• UPC: 44714794

Evil and Evolution : An Attempt to Turn the Light of Modern Science to the Ancient Mystery of Evil, by the Author of the Social Horizon.

Evil and Evolution

• UPC: 494620546

The New Dictionary of Thoughts - A Cyclopedia of Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern, Alphabetically Arranged by Subjects

This antiquarian volume contains Tryon Edwards s 1877 work; The New Dictionary of Thoughts . It is a carefully compiled, intellectually edited, and properly arranged collection of quotes, maxims, and aphorisms. The book is designed

• UPC: 13320599

The New Torchlight List : In Search of the Best Modern Authors

Writers' festivals, TV book shows, radio interviews, book clubs, TED Talks-today's novelists are a travelling roadshow. New books and their authors are thrown to the wolves, aka reviewers, to be savaged, praised to the skies,

• UPC: 54974799

A Catalogue of Modern Books on Architecture, Theoretical, Practical, and Ornamental : ... Which, with the Best Ancient Authors, Are Constantly on Sale at I. and J. Taylor's Architectural Library, No. 56, High Holborn, London. ...

A Catalogue of Modern Books on Architecture, Theoretical, Practical, and

• UPC: 463158693

Bibliotheca Selectissima : Or a Catalogue of Books Among Which Are Many of the Fathers in Greek and Latin of the Best Editions: And Most of the Classick Authors, Likewise a Collection of Modern Divinity, History, Philosophy and Poetry, 1718

Bibliotheca Selectissima

• UPC: 462505097

Bibliotheca Selectissima : Or a Catalogue of Books Among Which Are Many of the Fathers in Greek and Latin of the Best Editions: And Most of the Classick Authors, Likewise a Collection of Modern Divinity, History, Philosophy and Poetry, 1718

Bibliotheca Selectissima: Or a Catalogue of Books Among Which Are Many of the Fathers in Greek and Latin of the Best Editions: And Most of the

• UPC: 851509794

Books~Patricia Cornwell Three Complete Novels From #1 New York Times Best Author

• UPC: 174239099576
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 80 USD

Better Off Thread by Amanda Lee (author)

• UPC: 333508217177
• Category: Fiction
• Price: 6 GBP