The 7 books on this stack
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Snow Falling on Cedars
David Guterson · 1997
Contemporary / British English It is 1954 and Kabuo Miyamoto is on trial for murder. He is a Japanese American living on the island of San Piedro, off the north-west coast of America. The Second World War has left an atmosphere of anger and suspicion in this small community. Will Kabuo receive a fair trial? And will the true cause of the victim's death be discovered?
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Empire Falls
Richard Russo · 2001
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The bestselling author of Nobody's Fool and Straight Man delves deep into the blue-collar heart of America in a work that overflows with hilarity, heartache, and grace. “Rich, humorous ... Mr. Russo’s most seductive book thus far.” — The New York Times Welcome to Empire Falls, a blue-collar town full of abandoned mills whose citizens surround themselves with the comforts and feuds provided by lifelong friends and neighbors and who find humor and hope in the most unlikely places, in this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Richard Russo. Miles Roby has been slinging burgers at the Empire Grill for 20 years, a job that cost him his college education and much of his self-respect. What keeps him there? It could be his bright, sensitive daughter Tick, who needs all his help surviving the local high school. Or maybe it’s Janine, Miles’ soon-to-be ex-wife, who’s taken up with a noxiously vain health-club proprietor. Or perhaps it’s the imperious Francine Whiting, who owns everything in town–and seems to believe that “everything” includes Miles himself. Look for Richard Russo's new book, Somebody's Fool , coming soon.
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Beartown
Fredrik Backman · 2017
Now an HBO Original Series “You’ll love this engrossing novel.” — People Named a Best Book of the Year by LibraryReads , BookBrowse , and Goodreads From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anxious People, a dazzling and profound novel about a small town with a big dream—and the price required to make it come true. By the lake in Beartown is an old ice rink, and in that ice rink Kevin, Amat, Benji, and the rest of the town’s junior ice hockey team are about to compete in the national semi-finals—and they actually have a shot at winning. All the hopes and dreams of this place now rest on the shoulders of a handful of teenage boys. Under that heavy burden, the match becomes the catalyst for a violent act that will leave a young girl traumatized and a town in turmoil. Accusations are made and, like ripples on a pond, they travel through all of Beartown. This is a story about a town and a game, but even more about loyalty, commitment, and the responsibilities of friendship; the people we disappoint even though we love them; and the decisions we make every day that come to define us. In this story of a small forest town, Fredrik Backman has found the entire world.
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The God of the Woods
Liz Moore · 2024
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’ S NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR A NEW YORK TIMES " BEST THRILLER" and "BEST CRIME NOVEL" OF THE YEAR PEOPLE MAGAZINE’S #1 BOOK OF THE YEAR “Extraordinary . . . Reminds me of Donna Tartt’s 1992 debut, The Secret History . . . I was so thoroughly submerged in a rich fictional world, that for hours I barely came up for air.” —Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air, NPR “This expertly paced thriller …has the kineticism of a well-crafted miniseries.” — The New Yorker When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found. As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore’s most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.
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The Invisible Guardian
Dolores Redondo · 2013
"A police inspector [reluctantly returns] to her hometown in Basque Country--a place engulfed in mythology and superstition--to solve a series of eerie murders"--Amazon.com.
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The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
Joël Dicker · 2012
Instant New York Times Bestseller “Unimpeachably terrific.” — The New York Times Book Review For fans of Ruth Ware, Shari Lapena, and Donna Tartt: a twisty, fast-paced, cinematic literary thriller, and an ingenious book within a book, by the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Enigma of Room 622 Marcus Goldman is riding high. The twenty-eight-year-old writer is the new darling of American letters, whose debut novel has sold two million copies. But when it comes time to produce a new book, he is sidelined by a crippling case of writer’s block. He travels to Somerset, New Hamprshire, to see his mentor, Harry Quebert, one of the country’s most respected writers, hoping to jar his creative juices as his publisher’s deadline looms. But Marcus’s plans are upended when Harry is sensationally implicated in a cold-case murder: Fifteen-year-old Nola Kellergan went missing in 1975, and Harry admits to having had an affair with her. Following a trail of clues through the backwoods and isolated beaches of New Hampshire, Marcus must answer two questions, which are mysteriously connected: Who killed Nola Kellergan? And how do you write a book to save someone’s life? Translated from the French by Sam Taylor Named a Best Book of the Summer by CBS This Morning , Us Weekly , The Hollywood Reporter , Minneapolis Star Tribune , Parade , Houston Chronicle , New York Post , Tampa Bay Times , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , and The Daily Beast Now a 10-part TV series on EPIX, starring Patrick Dempsey, Ben Schnetzer, Damon Wayans Jr., and Virginia Madsen
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Mentira ES
Juan Gómez-Jurado · 2026
We only have this synopsis in Spanish.
DUDAR DE TODO NUNCA FUE TAN ADICTIVO. EL AUTOR MÁS LEÍDO EN ESPAÑOL DESLUMBRA CON SU PRIMER THRILLER INDEPENDIENTE TRAS EL UNIVERSO REINA ROJA. «Mi trabajo es mentir, pero contigo no voy a hacerlo. Respeto demasiado tu inteligencia. O quizás es el miedo a la muerte inminente lo que hace que te diga la verdad. A ti no voy a mentirte, aunque vas a observarme mentir a otras personas. Te garantizo que no has visto nunca nada igual. NO ME LLAMO EVA RAMOS. TÚ VAS A LLAMARME ASÍ. » Los lectores y la crítica se rinden ante "la mejor novela de Gómez-Jurado»: «Gómez-Jurado lo ha conseguido: ésta es, sin duda, su mejor novela». ABC «Desde la primera página, el autor da un salto creativo que sorprende. Me ha gustado todavía más que la saga Reina Roja». Diez Minutos «Lleva al límite la figura del narrador no fiable, eje de un sofisticado dispositivo literario que sostiene la intriga». Cadena SER «Mezcla varios subgéneros con homenajes a clásicos. Hay juego y hay ironía. Decir más sería estropearlo». El País «Esto es escribir bien: lograr que el lector avance rápido, pero sabiendo que en cada línea está pisando literatura». laSexta «El abrazo de los lectores a Mentira no ha podido ser más apabullante». El Debate «Traducido a más de 47 idiomas y con numerosos premios internacionales a sus espaldas, el autor explora los mecanismos de manipulación y resortes de la mente humana». El Mundo «Mentira contiene cuatro libros en uno: un thriller, una historia de supervivencia, un quién-lo-hizo y una novela de iniciación». El Periódico «Gómez-Jurado domina el thriller sin renunciar a la inteligencia ni al pulso narrativo». Zenda «El punto de partida de Mentira es subvertir la convención más importante del thriller: la mentira no es el accidente, es el tablero». COPE «Juega con la percepción del lector, obligándole a cuestionar cada párrafo, ya que la propia narradora admite que su trabajo es, precisamente, falsear la realidad». TVE «Une varias novelas en una: la intriga se hace camaleónica». El Correo