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Historical Fiction

No One Is Here Except All of Us by Ramona Ausubel
The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian
Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier
Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas
Bride of New France by Suzanne Desrochers
The Wild Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
A Separate Country by Robert Hicks
The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
Fever by Mary Beth Keane
The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent
The Devil's Company by David Liss
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Roses by Leila Meacham
The Last Empress by Anchee Min
Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
Walking to Gatlinburg by Howard Frank Mosher
The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen
The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl
Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
A Hundred Flowers by Gail Tsukiyama
Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland
A Dangerous Inheritance by Alison Weir
The Ashford Affair by Lauren Willig

Gone Girl Readalikes

The Perfect Ghost by Linda Barnes
Faithful Place by Tana French
A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
Threats by Amelia Gray
The Silent Wife by A.S.A. Harrison
Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
Creep by Jennifer Hillier
The Dinner by Herman Koch
Defending Jacob by William Landay
Sister by Rosamund Lupton
Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan
Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross
Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
Die for You by Lisa Unger
The Birthday Present by Barbara Vine
The Breaker by Minette Walters
Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson

Audiobooks

The King's Deception by Steve Berry
The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Room by Emma Donohue
Bossypants by Tina Fey
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
Death in the City of Light by David King
Defending Jacob by William Landay
The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Killing Kennedy by Bill O'Reilly
Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls by David Sedaris
The English Girl by David Silva
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Confession by Charles Todd
The Age of Miracles by Karen T. Walker
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

Jewish Literature

The Middlesteins by Jami Attenberg

Hope: A Tragedy by Shalom Auslander

A Town of Empty Rooms by Karen E. Bender

Lola Bensky by Lily Brett

Margot by Jillian Cantor

What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander

The Elixir of Immortality by Gabi Gleichmann

Honest Deceptions by Hannah Hess

The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman

A Guide for the Perplexed by Dara Horn

Suddenly, A Knock on the Door by Etgar Keret

I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits

Jacob's Folly by Rebecca Miller

The Midwife of Venice by Roberta Rich

The Imposter Bride by Nancy Richler

The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman

The Innocents by Francesca Segal

The Tin Horse by Janice Steinberg

The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

50 Shades of Grey Readalikes

L. Marie Adeline
Susan Andersen
Maya Banks
Gemma Bruce
Jacqueline Carey
Alan Cumyn
Jessica Cutler
Slyvia Day
Lori Foster
Nikki Gemmell
Erin McCarthy
Shannon McKenna
J.R. Ward

The Man for Me by Gemma Bruce

Female sportswriter J.T. wants out of the locker room until star pitcher Tommy walks in. He's tall, a terrific kisser, and hiding a secret that he doesn't want in the press! Will she uncover the story, or just herself?

Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey

Sold into indentured servitude at the exotic Night Court as a child, Pháedre Delaunay faces a difficult choice between honor and duty as she deals with a world of conspiracy and betrayal.

Losing It by Alan Cumyn

Middle-aged English professor Bob Sterling finds his marriage and career on the brink of ruin after he takes a trip with a young poetry student who brings him face-to-face with a previously unexplored sexual fetish.

The Washingtonienne by Jessica Cutler

A young woman in Washington hops from a paid lunchtime tryst with a married bureaucrat to an encounter with a staff counsel with a taste for spanking and other sexual shenanigans of the power elite.

Bared to You by Sylvia Day

The first book in the Crossfire trilogy features recent college graduate Eva Tramell and billionaire businessman Gideon Cross. Eva accepts her first job at an advertising firm owned by Gideon. Both Eva and Gideon bear emotional scars, but when they first meet, the chemistry is overwhelming and instantaneous.

Seven Years to Sin by Sylvia Day

When Lady Jessica Sheffield makes a transatlantic voyage on Alistair Caulfield's ship, she decides to act upon the fantasies she has been having about this scandalous man whom she encountered years earlier in a compromising position.

Too Much Temptation by Lori Foster

Innocent in the ways of love and desire, Grace Jenkins finds herself fantasizing about Noah Harper, a devastatingly sexy man whose engagement has just ended in disgrace. When Grace offers him her support and friendship, her fantasies soon become a reality.

Temptation and Spontaneous by Brenda Jackson

Millionaire rancher Zeke Travers is an expert in security matters. He always separates emotion from work, until this case, and a woman, tempt him to break all the rules.

Hard and Fast by Erin McCarthy

Grad student Imogen Wilson realizes she's hit on the perfect thesis for her sociology degree. If she follows the so-called "rules" on how to get a man, can she steer her way into the world and hearts of stock race car drivers, and establish their dating- and mating-patterns?

WWII Thrillers

Deerfield Adult Fiction and NonFiction

Fiction

A Game of Spies by John Altman
HHhH by Laurent Binet
Red Inferno by Robert Conroy
Lehrter Station by David Downing
Jackdaws by Ken Follett
Spies of the Balkans by Alan Furst
Red Gold: a novel by Alan Furst
A Code for Tomorrow by John J. Gobbell
Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard
Death and Honor by W.E.B. Griffen
Semper Fi by W.E.B. Griffin
Fatherland by Robert Harris
Flight of Eagles by Jack Higgins
A Gathering of Saints: a novel by Christopher Hyde
Black Cross by Greg Iles
Los Alamos by Joseph Kanon
Hart's War by John Katzenbach
Hitler's Peace by Philip Kerr
The Alibi Club by Francine Mathews
The Man from Berlin by Luke McCallin
The Sands of Sakkara by Glenn Meade
The Advocate by Bill Mesce, Jr. and Steven G. Szilagyi
The Information Officer by Mark Mills
Killing Rommel by Steven Pressfield
The Runner by Christopher Reich
The Unlikely Spy by Daniel Silva
Five Past Midnight: a novel by James Stewart Thayer
Orders From Berlin by Simon Tolkien
Coup D'Etat by Harry Turtledove
The Company of Strangers by Robert Wilson

Nonfiction

The Monuments Men by Robert Edsel
Operation Storm by Robert Geoghegan
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
The Secret Rescue by Kate Lineberry
Double Cross by Ben Macintyre
The Secret Lives of Codebreakers by Sinclair McKay