English literature / American and Canadian literature

Ruled Britannia

by Harry Turtledove

In this alternate England during the Elizabethan era, William Shakespeare must write a play that will incite the citizens to rise against the Spanish Monarchy that rules them...

Southern Cross

Andy Brazil Series #2

by Patricia Cornwell

Police chief Judy Hammer, deputy chief Virginia West, and West's love interest, roving reporter Andy Brazil, once again take the stage in this follow-up to HORNET'S NEST. After the death of Hammer's spineless...

The Second Chair

Dismas Hardy #10

by John Lescroart

In the latest of his acclaimed novels featuring Dismas Hardy, John Lescroart skillfully and subtly weaves together a story of a privileged youth on trial for murder, and an entire city on the brink of panic,...

Count Zero

Sprawl trilogy #2

by William Gibson

A corporate mercenary wakes in a reconstructed body, a beautiful woman by his side. Then Hosaka Corporation reactivates him, for a mission more dangerous than the one he's recovering from: to get a defecting...

Path of Blood

The Path books #3

by Diana Pharaoh Francis

""One of fantasy's promising new voices.""-David B. Coe, Author of the Winds of the Forelands Series Hailed by her peers as "promising" (David Coe),"talented" (Kristin Britain), and "masterful" (Carol Berg),...

Xombies: Apocalypso: Apocalypso

by Walter Greatshell

A group of women have been discovered who are immune to the Agent X plague. The secret of their immunity can provide a cure for human and inhuman alike-unless the Xombies find them first.

Harrowing the Dragon

by Patricia McKillip

A fantasist without equal, Patricia A. McKillip has created worlds of intricate beauty and unforgettably nuanced characters. For 25 years, she's drawn readers into her spell, spinning modern-day fables with...

Sorcerer's Moon

Boreal Moon #3

by Julian May

The conclusion of the Boreal Moon Tale.

The Boreal Moon Trilogy concludes as Orion, the heir to the kingdom, prepares to fulfill his destiny before the magical realm is torn apart by war.

Just Murdered

Dead-End Job #4

by Elaine Viets

Helen Hawthorne's new job at a bridal salon becomes downright funereal when a bride-to-be's mother is murdered. Now, Helen must find the killer before this turns into another dead-end position for her-literally....

Silent Mercy

Alexandra Cooper #13

by Linda Fairstein

New York Times bestselling author Linda Fairstein is at her explosive best as she plunges into the byzantine world of New York City’s most powerful and sacred institutions—and unearths the most sinister...

Shoot to Thrill: A Monkeewrench Novel

by P. J. Tracy

The FBI asks the ingenious Monkeewrench crew to help them find the chilling link between a dead bride found floating in the Mississippi and a series of gruesome murder videos posted anonymously on the Web- before...

The Last Light of the Sun

by Guy Gavriel Kay

From the multiple award-winning author of Tigana, A Song for Arbonne, and the three-book Fionavar Tapestry that "can only be compared to Tolkien's masterpiece" (Star-Phoenix), this powerful, moving saga evokes...

The Uncoupling: A Novel

by Meg Wolitzer

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Ten- Year Nap--a funny, provocative novel about female desire.

When the elliptical new drama teacher at Stellar Plains High School chooses Lysistrata as the...

Runner

Jack Rebo #1

by William Dietz

In a crumbling futuristic society, Earth is only a myth, the technological advances of centuries have faded into distant memory, and space travel depends on a fleet of run-down, unreliable ships. Only the brave—or...

Old Twentieth

by Joe Haldeman

The twentieth century lies hundreds of years in humanity’s past. But the near-immortal citizens of the future yearn for the good old days—when people’s bodies were susceptible to death through disease...

Murder of a Small -Town Honey

Scumble River Mysteries #1

by Denise Swanson

Advance praise for Murder of a Small Town Honey: ""A delightful mystery that bounces along with gently wry humor and jaunty twists and turns."" --Earlene Fowler When Skye Denison left Scumble River years ago,...

Cursed Towers

The Witches of Eileanan series #3

by Kate Forsyth

A new age has dawned in the kingdom of Eileanan. But the flame-haired twins-Iseult the Scarred Warrior and Isabeau the apprentice-witch-must face their oldest fears...in the epic series that's not only "vividly...

Ghosts & Echoes

Shadows Inquiries #2

by Lyn Benedict

The new urban fantasy series that has readers jumping at shadows.

Chicago cop Adam Wright has picked up a spiritual hitchhiker, the ghost of a dead man who desperately wants to live again. So he turns to...

Back Roads

by Tawni O'Dell

"One day you're that guy who's happy he managed to survive high school and get that almighty piece of paper, and you're thinking you might try to get a job at Redi-Mix concrete where your dad's worked since...

Remote Control

Alan Gregory #5

by Stephen White

In the midst of his most challenging and dangerous case, clinical psychologist Dr. Alan Gregory's wife-associate district attorney, Lauren Crowder-is arrested on suspicion of murder. Alan's desperate investigation...