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Sommer Schafer Author Of The Women

From Sommer's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Sommer Schafer Why Sommer loves this book

I loved this book because the writing is stunning and the plotline is fresh and sucked me in. Edugyan takes the typical slave narrative and opens it up, creating something new, enlightening, and, ultimately, beautiful.

By Esi Edugyan ,

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3 authors picked Washington Black as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018

WINNER OF THE GILLER PRIZE

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2020

FINALIST FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL AND THE ROGERS WRITERS TRUST FICTION PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE 2019
New York Times Top Ten Book of the Year 2018
Sunday Times Paperback of the Year 2019

'A masterpiece' Attica Locke
'Strong, beautiful and beguiling' Observer
'Destined to become a future classic ... that rare book that should appeal to every kind of reader' Guardian

When two English brothers take the helm of a Barbados sugar plantation, Washington Black - an…


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The High House by James Stoddard,

The Victorian mansion, Evenmere, is the mechanism that runs the universe.

The lamps must be lit, or the stars die. The clocks must be wound, or Time ceases. The Balance between Order and Chaos must be preserved, or Existence crumbles.

Appointed the Steward of Evenmere, Carter Anderson must learn the…

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Sommer Schafer Author Of The Women

From Sommer's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Sommer's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Sommer Schafer Why Sommer loves this book

I loved this epic novel because the writing is lush and evocative, and the plotline about the occult spanning generations in Argentina, is wild and incredibly intriguing! This book is chock full of fabulism and practically drips with the Argentinian jungle, full of magic and alternate realities.

By Mariana Enriquez , Megan McDowell (translator) , Pablo Gerardo Camacho (illustrator)

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2 authors picked Our Share of Night as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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“A masterpiece of supernatural horror.”—The Washington Post
“An enchanting, shattering, once-in-a-lifetime reading experience.”—The New York Times (Editors’ Choice)

ONE OF TIME AND THE ATLANTIC’S TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S TEN BEST HORROR BOOKS OF THE YEAR • LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK

A woman’s mysterious death puts her husband and son on a collision course with her demonic family in the first novel to be translated into English by the International Booker Prize–shortlisted author of The Dangers of Smoking in Bed—“the most exciting discovery I’ve…


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