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Thad Ziolkowski
Wichita
"Flat out intelligence, lucid prose, and a stunning sense of American tragedy, make Thad Ziolkowski's WICHITA a wild ride of a read and the perfect storm of a book."--Alice Sebold -
Michele Zackheim
Last Train to Paris
In this graceful and rewarding story, a girl from small-town Nevada moves to New York City in the 1930s to become a reporter -
Michele Zackheim
Broken Colors
An accomplished woman’s journey toward the making of great art and the nature of love. -
Atsuhiro Yoshida
Goodnight Tokyo
A symphony of interconnected lives that offers a compelling reflection on life in modern-day metropolises at the intersection of isolation and intimacy. -
Edwin M. Yoder, Jr.
Lions at Lamb House
A charming novel of intellectual heresy from a Pulitzer Prize winner. -
Jonathan Yardley
Second Reading. Notable and Neglected Books Revisited
Collected from a popular Washington Post column of the same name, Second Readings is an incisive and entertaining look at the career and times of an esteemed critic and the venerable books that shaped him. -
Guzel Yakhina
A Volga Tale
A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE The longest river in Europe, the Volga, divides the continent in two. On one side, mighty mountains, large Russian cities with white stone churches, translucent blue lakes of icy water, a cold wind blowing from the North Sea, and, in the early years... -
Aura Xilonen
The Gringo Champion
This is a migrants' story of deracination, loneliness, fear, and finally, love told in a sparkling, innovative prose. It's Million Dollar Baby meets The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, and a story of migration and hope that is as topical as it is timeless. -
Emily Woof
The Lightning Tree
United Kingdom circa the 1980s——Ursula and Jerry find themselves surrounded by hip hairdos and dominating parents. When both escape to separate places, they keep in touch through letters that are deep, political, and full of irony——but Jerry harbors a secret uncertainty. -
Charlotte Wood
The Natural Way of Things
The Natural Way of Things is at once lucid and illusory, a brilliantly plotted novel of ideas that reminds us of mankind's own vast contradictions—the capacity for savagery, selfishness, resilience, and redemption all contained by a single, vulnerable body. This gripping, provocative, and timely...