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"FAT" Books
Good, long books to sink your teeth into!
Anderson, Paul. Hunger’s Bride
In a tale inspired by the life of Mexican nun Sor Juana Inâes de la Cruz, a
college professor commits an act of violence against a former lover and examines
the contents of a box he has stolen from her, which contains a strange
manuscript about Sor Juana. Fic And (Main)
Banks, Russell. Cloudsplitter
Based on historic fact, John Brown preaches against slavery, and he plans to
overtake the arsenal at Harper's Ferry. Fic Ban (Main)
Delaney, Frank. Ireland
An epic tale-within-a-tale based on the history of Ireland finds a traditional
wandering Storyteller revealing his life experiences while forging a poignant
new relationship in the home of an eight-year-old boy. Fic Del (Main)
Eco, Umberto. The Name of the Rose
In the early 14th century, the English monk William, visiting at a Clunic abbey
in Italy, solves a murder. Fic Eco (Main); PB Eco (West)
Faber, Michel. The Crimson Petal and the Rose
Yearning to escape her life of prostitution in 1870s London, Sugar finds her
fate entangled in the complicated family life of patron William, an egotistical
perfume magnate. Fic Fab (Main)
George, Margaret. Helen of Troy
Married at a tender age to the Spartan king Menelaus, the beautiful Helen bears
him a daughter and anticipates a passionless marriage before falling in love
with the Trojan prince Paris, with whom she flees to Troy with devastating
consequences. Fic Geo (Main)
Helprin, Mark. A Soldier of the Great War
An old man, Alessandro Giuliani, leaves a streetcar when a boy without a fare is
denied entry and, while walking with the boy, tells him about the wealthy life
he led until World War I altered it. Fic Hel (Main)
Iles, Greg. Black Cross
A physician from Georgia and a German Jew, in a risky maneuver, attempt to
destroy a poison nerve gas laboratory in Hitler's Germany. Fic Ile (Main)
Jakes, John. Charleston: a novel
Follows the experiences of an aristocratic family from the turbulent antebellum
years through the Civil War, during which they harbor dark secrets and jealously
guard their privilege and power. Fic Jak (Main)
Kanon, Joseph. The Good German
This compelling thriller is both a touching love story and a masterful portrayal
of the struggle for geopolitical control of postwar Germany. Network
correspondent Jake Geismar, who covered Berlin before the war, has returned to
the devastated city, ostensibly to cover the Potsdam Conference but actually to
find the woman he loves. When the bullet-ridden body of an American soldier
washes up on the shores of Potsdam, Jake is plunged into a maelstrom of
intrigue, corruption, and betrayal. Fic Kan (Main)
King, Stephen. The Stand
A monumentally devastating plague leaves only a few survivors who, in a desert
world, experience dreams of good and evil in confrontation and, through their
choices, move toward an actual confrontation. Fic Kin (Main & West)
Kingsolver, Barbara. The Poisonwood Bible
The family of a fierce evangelical Baptist missionary--Nathan Price, his wife,
and his four daughters--begins to unravel after they embark on a 1959 mission to
the Belgian Congo, where they find their lives transformed over the course of
three decades. Fic Kin (Main & West)
Kostova, Elizabeth. The Historian
Discovering a medieval book and a cache of letters, a motherless American girl
becomes the latest in a series of historians, including her late father, who
investigate the possible surviving legacy of Vlad the Impaler. Fic Kos (Main)
Ludlum, Robert. Icarus Agenda
When his part in the settlement of a hostage crisis is revealed, congressman
Evan Kendrick becomes the pawn of those who wish to make him president and the
target of terrorists seeking revenge. Fic Lud (Main)
Martin, William. Annapolis
The Stafford family sends its sons to sea and battles the Parrish family's
desire to recover their Annapolis home, lost to the Staffords during the
Revolution. Fic Mar (Main & West)
McCullough, Colleen. The Touch
Scottish-born Alexander Kinross writes home from the gold fields of 1860s Sydney
for a bride and marries young cousin Elizabeth, who struggles with Alexander's
rowdy ex-madam mistress and illegitimate son. Fic McC (Main & West)
McMurtry, Larry. Lonesome Dove
Former Texas Rangers leave their unsuccessful cattle business when they hear of
good opportunities in newly opened territory. Fic McC (Main)
Michener, James A. Caribbean
An epic tale of Caribbean history from the 15th century to the present,
following the Rastafarians, Cuban revolution, and nationalism. Fic Mic (Main)
Morris, Mary McGarry. Songs in Ordinary Time
A novel set in a small town in Vermont in 1960 offers the story of lonely and
vulnerable Marie Fermoyle, her three children, and a dangerous con man. Fic McG
(Main & West)
Naslun, Sena Jeter. Four Spirits
In the wake of racial tensions in 1960s Alabama, sheltered white college student
Stella participates in her first freedom movement and finds her life changed in
several ways when she develops friendships with local African Americans. Fic Nas
(Main)
Russo, Richard. Empire Falls
Milo Roby tries to hold his family together while working at the Empire Grill in
the once-successful logging town of Empire Falls, Maine, with his partner, Mrs.
Whiting, who is the heir to a faded logging and textile legacy. Fic Rus (Main &
West)
Rutherfurd, Edward. Sarum: The Novel of England
The town of Salisbury, England, reveals five families residing in its environs
who have lived there from the last Ice Age to the present. Fic Rut (Main)
Siddons, Anne Rivers. King’s Oak: a novel
aristocratic Georgia town and falls in love with a young teacher determined to
protect the surrounding wilderness from a nearby nuclear plant. Fic Sid (Main)
Stephenson, Neal. Cryptonomicon
More than fifty years after Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse and Sergeant Bobby
Shaftoe are assigned to Detachment 2702, a secret cryptographic mission, their
grandchildren--Randy and Amy--join forces to create a "data haven" in the South
Pacific, only to uncover a massive conspiracy with roots in Detachment 2702. Fic
Ste (Main)
Tartt, Donna. The Little Friend
Growing up in a small Mississippi town in a family haunted by the murder of her
brother, Robin, Harriet Cleve Dusfresnes lives in a world of her imagination,
until, at the age of twelve, she decides to find Robin's murderer and exact her
revenge. Fic Tar (Main & West)
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