Library Goddesses Fiction for Adults

The Broken Eye by Brent Weeks

2014-10-10T17:38:00.001-04:00

This is the third book in the Lightbringer series. Gavin Guile has been enslaved by pirates and has lost the ability to draft. The Chromeria search for the lost Prism, to defend them. Meanwhile a secret war has broken out between noble houses.

Readers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed: The Skull Throne by Peter V. Brett, Tower Lord by Anthony Ryan, and Skybreaker by Brandon Sanderson.

Full Measure by T. Jefferson Parker

2014-10-10T17:28:00.003-04:00

Patrick Norris, a veteran newly returned from Afghanistan, returns home to find his parent's San Diego avocado farm has burned in a wildfire. Patrick decides to stay and help rebuild what his family had lost, but the destructive actions of his brother Ted force him to make a difficult decision.

Readers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed: Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera, The Silent Sister by Diane Chamberlain, and The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan by Jenny Nordberg.

The Accident by Chris Pavone

2014-10-10T17:22:00.000-04:00

Isabel Reed is a literary agent who just finished reading an anonymous manuscript full of explosive revelations; Hayden Gray is a veteran CIA agent who is determined to stop this story from being published; and the mysterious unnamed author is in hiding, trying to make up for a lifetime of lies. Over the course of one day, all of their lives will collide as the varied cast of interested parties make their play to either promote of squash the story.

Readers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed: The Tenth Witness by Leonard Rosen, The Cairo Affair by Olen Steinhauer, and Secretariat Reborn by Susan Klaus.

Five Days Left by Julie Lawson Timmer

2014-10-10T17:09:00.002-04:00

Mara Nichols is a successful lawyer, a loving wife and an adoptive mother, who has been diagnosed with a terminal disease. Scott Coffman is a middle school teacher who has been fostering a young boy while his mother serves a jail sentence. Scott and Mara both have five days left to be with the people that they love.

Readers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed: The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion, Rooms by Lauren Oliver, and We Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas.

Carnal Curiosity by Stuart Woods

2014-10-10T17:01:00.002-04:00

This is the twenty-ninth novel in the Stone Barrington series. Stone Barrington finds himself a material witness to a series of crimes committed on Manhattan’s elite. Stone must work with his former partner to discover who is using the world of high-end security to victimize the privileged few.

Readers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed: Robert B. Parker's Cheap Shot by Ace Atkins, Resistant by Michael Palmer (Dr. Lou Welcome series), and Bombshell by Catherine Coulter (FBI Thriller series).

The Secret Life of Violet Grant by Beatriz Williams

2014-10-10T16:56:00.000-04:00

Vivian Schuyler is a young woman who defied her parents by taking a job at Metropolitan magazine. One day, she receive in the mail a suitcase from her aunt Violet Schuyler Grant of whose existence she had never before known. Vivian begins to put together Violet's story: she was a physicist in prewar Germany who began in affair with Lionel Richardson, a captain in the British Army.

Readers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed: That Summer by Lauren Willig, The Beautiful American by Jeanne MacKin, and Goodnight June by Sarah Jio.

The Antiquarian by Gustavo Faveron Patriau

2014-10-10T16:44:00.003-04:00

Gustavo, a renowned psycholinguist, is contacted by Daniel, a former friend who has been confined to a psychiatric hospital for murdering his fiancée. Daniel says he wants to confess what really happened, but as the story unfolds, Gustavo is drawn into the mystery.

Readers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed: The Hunter and Other Stories by Dashiell Hammett, The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses by Kevin Birmingham, and I'll Be Right There by Kyung-sook Shin.

Etta Mae's Worst Bad-Luck Day by Ann B. Ross

2014-10-10T16:28:00.002-04:00

This is the sixteenth novel in the Miss Julia series. Etta Mae Wiggins, sick of her trailer-park life, hatches a scheme to marry her elderly, wealthy employer Howard Connard, Senior. Just as she is about to get what she wants, a host of characters from her past show up to ruin her plot.

Readers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed: The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin, Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah, and The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd.

Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi

2014-10-10T16:17:00.001-04:00

In 1953, Boy Novak leaves her life in New York City and moves to a small town in Massachusetts. She marries a widower and becomes stepmother to his daughter: Snow Whitman. But the birth of her daughter, Bird, reveals that the Whitmans are actually a family of African Americans passing for white.

Readers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed: All Our Names by Dinaw Mengestu, Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill, and The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld.

Alena by Rachel Pastan

2014-10-10T16:10:00.001-04:00

An aspiring curator from the Midwest is offered the job of a lifetime: chief curator at the Nauk, a cutting-edge art museum on Cape Cod. However, the staff and seemingly the museum itself are haunted by the memory of the former curator, Alena.

Readers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed: The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles by Katherine Pancol, The Swan Gondola by Timothy Schaffert, and What We've Lost is Nothing by Rachel Louise Snyder.

Nuts to You by Lynne Rae Perkins

2014-10-10T16:04:00.003-04:00

Jed, TsTs, and Chai are three good squirrel friends, but when Jed is snatched by a hawk his two friends decide to go on an adventure to bring him home. On the way, the encounter strange creatures, new friends, and many dangers.

Readers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed: Hello Love by Karen McQuestion, The Bees by Laline Paull, and El Deafo by Cece Bell.

The Directive by Matthew Quirk

2014-10-10T15:57:00.004-04:00

This is the second novel in the Mike Ford series. When Mike Ford's brother end up over his head in a scheme to steal secrets from a top New York trading firm, Mike must call on his criminal past to save him. But entangling himself in this conspiracy might be more than he can handle.

Readers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed: Retribution by Anderson Harp, Enemy of Mine by Brad Taylor (Pike Logan series), and RATS by Joe Klingler.

Kinder Than Solitude by Yiyun Li

2014-10-10T15:35:00.001-04:00

Set in both America today and China in the 1990s, this is the story of Moran, Ruyu, and Boyang, three friends whose lives are changed when their forth friend is murdered. Each adult tries to escape their haunted past. This remarkable story explores the impact the past on a person’s present and future.

Readers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed: I'll Be Right There by Kyung-sook Shin, Silence Once Begun by Jesse Ball, and The Last Illusion by Porochista Khakpour.

The Revenge of Seven by Pittacus Lore

2014-10-10T15:28:00.002-04:00

This is the fifth and penultimate novel in the I Am Number Four Series. The Garde have split up: Six, Nine, and Marina head to the Florida everglades to hunt down the traitorous Five and avenge Eight, Ella has been captured by the enemy, and in Chicago John has made an unlikely ally: a Mogadorian who turned his back on his people.

Readers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed: The Rule of Thoughts by James Dashner (The Mortality Doctrine series), The Forgotten Crown by Julie Kagawa (The Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten series), and False Future by Dan Krokos (False Memory series).

A Good Year for the Roses by Gil McNeil

2014-10-10T15:19:00.001-04:00

Molly Tanner is struggling to support her three sons in London, when her beloved Aunt Helena dies and leaves her a three-hundred-year-old bed-and-breakfast on the coast. Molly decides to move in and try to make the best of things while caring for her eccentric Uncle and his mean old parrot. But Molly's scheming brother had other plans.

Readers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed: Heroes Are My Weakness by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, He's So Fine by Jill Shalvis, and One Plus One by Jojo Moyes.

The Watchman: A Marc Portman Thriller by Adrian Magson

2014-10-10T14:58:00.003-04:00

This is the first novel in the Marc Portman series. Marc Portman is hired to protect two British Intelligence agents who are heading into Somalia to free a group of hostages. When they reach the unstable region, it becomes clear that the agents have been double crossed and Portman is their only hope for survival.

Readers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed: Personal by Lee Child (Jack Reacher series), Bones Never Lie by Kathy Reichs (Temperance Brennan series), and NOS4A2 by Joe Hill.

This Is the Water by Yannick Murphy

2014-10-10T14:51:00.004-04:00

Annie's two daughters are on the swim team and she is struggling to make sense of her life after the death of her brother. Paul, the husband of a friend begins flirting with her. After one of the girls on the team is murdered at a nearby rest stop, it appears a killer is on the loose and everyone's loyalties will be tested.

Readers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed: Guardian of Deceit by William H. Coles, Monday, Monday by Elizabeth Crook, and The Day After Yesterday by Kelly Cozy.

Florence Gordon by Brian Morton

2014-10-10T14:46:00.000-04:00

Just as Florence Gordon is beginning, at last, to write her memoir at the age of seventy-five, her son and his family show up in her life. Despite her attempts to free herself, Florence becomes caught up in the drama of their lives.

Readers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed: How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran, How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran, and The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman.

To Dwell in Darkness by Deborah Crombie

2014-10-10T13:54:00.003-04:00

This is the sixteenth novel in the Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James series. Duncan Kincaid, newly transferred to the London borough of Camden from Scotland Yard, is investigating a deadly bombing. The bomb went off at a protest, but the organization responsible claims it was only supposed to be a smoke bomb.

Readers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed: Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King (Bill Hodges Trilogy), A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George (Inspector Lynley series), and Still Life by Louise Penny (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series).

The Orphans of Race Point by Patry Francis

2014-10-10T13:45:00.000-04:00

Hallie Costa and Gus Silva are best friends as children and they are beginning to develop more complex feelings for one another when they are pulled apart by painful memories. Year later, Gus is accused of murder and Hallie must try and save him.

Readers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed: This Is the Water by Yannick Murphy, The Pearl that Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi, and All That Is Solid Melts into Air by Darragh McKeon.

Any Other Name by Craig Johnson

2014-10-10T13:38:00.001-04:00

This is the tenth novel in the Longmire Mystery series. Sheriff Walt Longmire is sent to investigate the apparent suicide of Detective Gerald Holman. It seems that the detective may have suppressed evidence concerning the disappearances of three women, but as the investigation continues the truth becomes increasingly dangerous.

Readers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed: the Longmire television series, Heartshot by Steven F. Havill, and Stone Cold by C.J. Box (Joe Pickett series).

By Its Cover by Donna Leon

2014-10-10T13:28:00.003-04:00

This is the twenty-third novel in the Commissario Brunetti Mystery series. Commissario Guido Brunetti is investigating a theft at the Venetian library. Several pages from various rare books were stolen. When another scholar is found murdered, Brunetti begins to question everything he thought about the case.

Readers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed: Saints of the Shadow Bible by Ian Rankin (Inspector Rebus series), The Outcast Dead by Elly Griffiths (Ruth Galloway series), and The Crowded Grave by Martin Walker (Bruno, Chief of Police series).

The Mangle Street Murders by M.R.C. Kasasian

2014-10-10T13:21:00.001-04:00

This is the second novel in the The Gower Street Detective series. Sidney Grice, London's most famous personal detective, is investigating a grisly murder in London's slums with the help of his new ward, March Middleton. The two of them must work together to solve this dangerous mystery.

Readers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed: Fatal Enquiry by Will Thomas (Barker & Llewelyn series), Dying In the Wool by Frances Brody (Kate Shackleton series), and Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough (Mayhem series).

Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta

2014-10-10T13:13:00.003-04:00

After witnessing a brutal murder, 13-year-old Jace Wilson is taken into protective custody and hidden in a wilderness survival program for troubled teens in the mountains of Montana. But the Blackwell Brothers will stop at nothing to find him and silence him.

Readers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed: The Directive by Matthew Quirk (Mike Ford series), Invisible City by Julia Dahl, and The String Diaries by Stephen Lloyd Jones.

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid

2014-10-10T12:51:00.001-04:00

Bestselling author Mohsin Hamid rose to prominence with his last two radically inventive novels. Now, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia tells the story of a nameless boy from the country who rises rapidly in the water business, all the while chasing his love over the years. Written in the style of one of the business self-help books popular among ambitious youths all over “rising Asia,” this novel captures the drama and the violence of a time of immense upheaval.

Readers who enjoyed this book also enjoyed: At Night We Walk in Circles by Daniel Alarcón, Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif, and Five Star Billionaire by Tash Aw.