Back Bay Books
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Woe to Live on
$17.99 Add to cartSet in the border states of Kansas and Missouri, Woe to Live On explores the nature of lawlessness and violence, friendship and loyalty, through the eyes of young recruit Jake Roedel. Where he and his… [more below]
- Author: Woodrell, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 19 2012
- ISBN10: 0316206164
- Language: English
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Skylight Confessions
$21.99 Add to cartWriting at the height of her powers, Alice Hoffman conjures three generations of a family haunted by love.
Cool, practical, and deliberate, John is dreamy Arlyn’s polar opposite. Yet the two are draw- Author: Hoffman, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 06 2016
- ISBN10: 0316017876
- Language: English
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Fortune’s Rocks
$24.99 Add to cartThis magnificent novel transports readers to the world of a prominent Boston family summering on the New Hampshire coast, and to the social orbit of a spirited young woman who falls into a passionate,… [more below]
- Author: Shreve, Anita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: January 02 2001
- ISBN10: 0316678104
- Language: English
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Ways to Disappear
$21.99 Add to cartFor fans of Robin Sloan’s Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore and Maria Semple’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette, an inventive, brilliant debut novel about the disappearance of a famous Brazilian novelist and… [more below]
- Author: Novey, Idra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 17 2017
- ISBN10: 0316298476
- Language: English
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The Keys of the Kingdom
$21.99 Add to cartA Scottish priest on a mission in China, is torn between practical values and doctrines of the Catholic Church.
- Author: Cronin, A. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: April 30 1984
- ISBN10: 0316161845
- Language: English
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A Question of Blood
$24.99 Add to cartWhen a former soldier and recluse murders two 17-year-old students at a posh Edinburgh boarding school, Inspector John Rebus immediately suspects there is more to the case than meets the eye.
- Series: Inspector Rebus Mysteries #14
- Author: Rankin, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 13 2010
- ISBN10: 0316099244
- Language: English
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The Thin Place
$21.99 Add to cartThe prize-winning author of Versailles tells the story of a small New England village unsettled by a young girl’s unearthly gift.
- Author: Davis, Kathryn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 15 2016
- ISBN10: 0316014249
- Language: English
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Youngblood Hawke
$33.99 Add to cartHailed as “a tremendous novel, full of wisdom and pain” by the Los Angeles Times, Youngblood Hawke is Pulitzer Prize winner Herman Wouk’s classic portrait of a rising literary star in New York and Hol… [more below]
- Author: Wouk, Herman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 800
- Publish Date: May 15 1992
- ISBN10: 316955175
- Language: English
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The Ice Queen
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of The Rules of Magic, a miraculous, enthralling tale of a woman who is struck by lightning, and finds her frozen heart is suddenly burning.
Be careful what you wish for.- Author: Hoffman, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 03 2006
- ISBN10: 0316154385
- Language: English
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The Naming of the Dead
$20.99 Add to cartThe leaders of the free world descend on Scotland for an international conference, and every cop in the country is needed for front-line duty…except one. John Rebus’s reputation precedes him, and hi… [more below]
- Series: Rebus Novel #16
- Author: Rankin, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 15 2010
- ISBN10: 0316099260
- Language: English
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The Traitor’s Wife
$21.99 Add to cartIn the harsh wilderness of colonial Massachusetts, Martha Allen works as a servant in her cousin’s household, taking charge and locking wills with everyone. Thomas Carrier labors for the family and is… [more below]
- Author: Kent, Kathleen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 26 2011
- ISBN10: 0316068640
- Language: English
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Spoiled Brats (Including the Story That Inspired the Major Motion Picture an American Pickle Starring Seth Rogen): Stories
$17.99 Add to cartThe “hilarious” (New York Times Book Review) collection of short stories from the award-winning humorist Simon Rich includes the story that inspired the Seth Rogen comedy An American Pickle.
Twenty- Author: Rich, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 26, 2015
- ISBN10: 0316368652
- Language: English
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The Man in My Basement
$21.99 Add to cartThis masterpiece by celebrated New York Times bestselling author Walter Mosley is the mysterious story of a young Black man who agrees to an unusual bargain to save the home that has belonged to his f… [more below]
- Author: Mosley, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 02 2005
- ISBN10: 031615931X
- Language: English
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The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight
$19.99 Add to cartIt was a big bestseller when it was originally published in 1969. It became a major motion picture that provided Robert DeNiro with his first film role. Its title has entered into the language as a ca… [more below]
- Author: Breslin, Jimmy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 13 2005
- ISBN10: 0316111740
- Language: English
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The Age of Light
$16.99 Add to cartOne of the Best Books of the Year: Parade, Glamour, Real Simple, Refinery29, Yahoo! Lifestyle
Journey back to 1930’s Paris with this “startlingly modern love story and a mesmerizing portrait of a wom- Author: Scharer, Whitney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 22 2019
- ISBN10: 031652414X
- Language: English
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This Bird Has Flown
$21.99 Add to cartThis delightfully funny and steamy novel about music, fate, and love from beloved songwriter and Bangles co-founder Susanna Hoffs is “a total knockout” and “the smart, ferocious rock-star redemption r
- Author: Hoffs, Susanna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0316409413
- Language: English
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For a Little While
$24.99 Add to cartLong considered one of the most gifted practitioners of the short story, Rick Bass is unsurpassed in his ability to perceive and portray the enduring truths of the human heart. Now, at last, we have t… [more below]
- Author: Bass, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 21 2017
- ISBN10: 0316381144
- Language: English
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Even Dogs in the Wild
$21.99 Add to cartRebus comes out of retirement…to save his nemesis.
Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is feeling the heat. She’s investigating the death of a senior government prosecutor, David Minton, who has fri- Series: Rebus Novel #20
- Author: Rankin, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 13 2016
- ISBN10: 0316342548
- Language: English
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The Visionist
$15.00 Add to cartAn enthralling first novel about a teenage girl who finds refuge — but perhaps not — in an 1840s Shaker community.
After 15-year-old Polly Kimball sets fire to the family farm, killing her abusive- Author: Urquhart, Rachel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 17 2015
- ISBN10: 0316228109
- Language: English
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Officers and Gentlemen
$21.99 Add to cartThe “wise, amusing, and beautifully written” (Commonweal) second installment in Evelyn Waugh’s masterful trilogy of World War Two novels.
Fueled by idealism and eagerness to contribute to the war effo… [more below]- Author: Waugh, Evelyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: December 11 2012
- ISBN10: 0316216623
- Language: English
