Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
1982 novel by Anne Tyler, set in Baltimore, Maryland
Novel
Kristin Lavransdatter
Trilogy of historical novels written by Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset
The Dying Earth
Collection of fantasy short fiction by American writer Jack Vance, published by Hillman in 1950. Vance returned to the setting in 1965 and thereafter, making it the first book in the Dying Earth series
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Classic science fiction adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne
Elizabeth and Her German Garden
Novel by the Australian-born writer Elizabeth von Arnim, first published in 1898. It was very popular and frequently reprinted during the early years of the 20th century.The book earned over 10,000 in the first year of publication, with 11 reprints during 1898; by May 1899, it had been reprinted 21 times.The book is the first in a series about the same character, “Elizabeth”. It is noteworthy for originally being published without a named author
Slaughterhouse-Five
Science fiction infused anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut, first published in 1969. It follows the life and experiences of Billy Pilgrim, from his early years, to his time as an American soldier and chaplain’s assistant during World War II, to the post-war years, with Billy occasionally traveling through time
The Color Purple
1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction
Among Others
2011 fantasy novel written by Welsh-Canadian writer Jo Walton, published originally by Tor Books
The Boxcar Children
Children’s book series originally created and written by the American first-grade school teacher Gertrude Chandler Warner
All the King’s Men
1946 novel by Robert Penn Warren