Jane Gloriana Villanueva“Just the thing for a cold winter’s night between episodes.” —The Washington Post Book World“Fans of the show will undoubtedly enjoy the chance to read Jane’s book in...

Jane Gloriana Villanueva “Just the thing for a cold winter’s night between episodes.” —The Washington Post Book World“Fans of the show will undoubtedly enjoy the chance to read Jane’s book...

David Guterson Penguin Readers is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed...

Lisa SeeIn nineteenth-century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the tender age of seven, is paired with a laotong, “old same,” in an emotional match...

Lisa See Lily is haunted by memories–of who she once was, and of a person, long gone, who defined her existence. She has nothing but time now, as she recounts...

Pete HamillSet in a working-class Brooklyn neighborhood in 1947, this poignant tale revolves around two of the most endearing characters in recent fiction: an 11-year-old Irish Catholic boy named Michael...

Author: William Maxwell On an Illinois farm in the 1920s, a man is murdered, and in the same moment the tenous friendship between two lonely boys comes to an end....

Gene Wolfe Latro forgets everything when he sleeps. Writing down his experiences every day and reading his journal anew each morning gives him a poignantly tenuous hold on the world...

Javier CercasIn the final moments of the Spanish Civil War, a writer and founding member of Franco's Fascist Party is about to be shot, and yet miraculously escapes into the...

Hans Hellmut Kirst An extraordinary novel about the Officers' attempt on Hitler's life. August 1, 1967 by Bantam Books

Graham Masteron Barney Blitz's obsession for a huge flawless diamond called the Natalia Star blots out every other love and loyalty January 1, 1982 by William Morrow & Co

Mordecai RichlerMoses Berger is very young when he first hears the name that will obsess him and drive him on a quest across Canada and Europe. His life becomes consumed...