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Culpability (Oprah’s Book Club)

A Novel

by Bruce Holsinger ...

Oprah’s Book Club Pick * A New Yorker Best Book of 2025 * 2026 Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlist * A Kirkus Best Book of 2025 * A Real Simple Best Book of 2025 * Washington Post Noteable Fiction 2025 * NPR’s 2025 “Books We Love”“I was riveted until the very last shocking sentence!”—Oprah Winfrey“The most of-the-moment novel I’ve read all year, and it’s the book of the summer.”—Real Simple</e... ... Read more

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Oprah’s Book Club Pick * A New Yorker Best Book of 2025 * 2026 Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlist * A Kirkus Best Book of 2025 * A Real Simple Best Book of 2025 * Washington Post Noteable Fiction 2025 * NPR’s 2025 “Books We Love”“I was riveted until the very last shocking sentence!”—Oprah Winfrey“The most of-the-moment novel I’ve read all year, and it’s the book of the summer.”—Real Simple</e...
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The Gifted School

A Novel

by Bruce Holsinger ...

**INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Wise and addictive... The Gifted School is the juiciest novel I've read in ages... a suspenseful, laugh-out-loud page-turner and an incisive inspection of privilege, race and class." –J. Courtney Sullivan, author of Friends and Strangers, in The New York TimesSmart and juicy, a compulsively readable novel about a previously happy group of friends and parents that is ... Read more

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**INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Wise and addictive... The Gifted School is the juiciest novel I've read in ages... a suspenseful, laugh-out-loud page-turner and an incisive inspection of privilege, race and class." –J. Courtney Sullivan, author of Friends and Strangers, in The New York TimesSmart and juicy, a compulsively readable novel about a previously happy group of friends and parents that is
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A Burnable Book

A Novel

by Bruce Holsinger ...

In Chaucer's London, betrayal, murder, royal intrigue, mystery, and dangerous politics swirl around the existence of a prophetic book that foretells the deaths of England's kings. Bruce Holsinger's A Burnable Book is an irresistible historical thriller reminiscent of the classics An Instance of the Fingerpost, The Name of the Rose, and The Crimson Petal and the White.London, 1385. Surrounded by ... Read more

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In Chaucer's London, betrayal, murder, royal intrigue, mystery, and dangerous politics swirl around the existence of a prophetic book that foretells the deaths of England's kings. Bruce Holsinger's A Burnable Book is an irresistible historical thriller reminiscent of the classics An Instance of the Fingerpost, The Name of the Rose, and The Crimson Petal and the White.London, 1385. Surrounded by
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The Displacements

A Novel

by Bruce Holsinger ...

**“Hypnotic.” – New York Times“Cinematic.” – USA Today"I gripped the covers of this book as though it might be blown from my hands. . .powerful." - Ron Charles, The Washington Post"A full-throttle page turner."– Miranda Cowley Heller, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Paper PalaceAn adrenaline-fueled story of lives upended and transformed by an unprecedented catastrophe, from the author ... Read more

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**“Hypnotic.” – New York Times“Cinematic.” – USA Today"I gripped the covers of this book as though it might be blown from my hands. . .powerful." - Ron Charles, The Washington Post"A full-throttle page turner."– Miranda Cowley Heller, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Paper PalaceAn adrenaline-fueled story of lives upended and transformed by an unprecedented catastrophe, from the author
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The Invention of Fire

A Novel

by Bruce Holsinger ...

The author of the acclaimed medieval mystery A Burnable Book once again brings fourteenth-century London alive in all its color and detail in this riveting thriller featuring medieval poet and fixer John Gower—a twisty tale rife with intrigue, danger mystery, and murder.Though he is one of England’s most acclaimed intellectuals, John Gower is no stranger to London’s wretched slums and dark corners ... Read more

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The author of the acclaimed medieval mystery A Burnable Book once again brings fourteenth-century London alive in all its color and detail in this riveting thriller featuring medieval poet and fixer John Gower—a twisty tale rife with intrigue, danger mystery, and murder.Though he is one of England’s most acclaimed intellectuals, John Gower is no stranger to London’s wretched slums and dark corners
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On Parchment

Animals, Archives, and the Making of Culture from Herodotus to the Digital Age

by Bruce Holsinger ...

**A sweeping exploration of the shaping role of animal skins in written culture and human imagination over three millennia“Richly detailed and illustrated. . . . An engaging exploration of book history.”—Kirkus Reviews**For centuries, premodern societies recorded and preserved much of their written cultures on parchment: the rendered skins of sheep, cows, goats, camels, deer, gazelles, and other ... Read more

$28.99 USD

**A sweeping exploration of the shaping role of animal skins in written culture and human imagination over three millennia“Richly detailed and illustrated. . . . An engaging exploration of book history.”—Kirkus Reviews**For centuries, premodern societies recorded and preserved much of their written cultures on parchment: the rendered skins of sheep, cows, goats, camels, deer, gazelles, and other
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Historical Fiction Now

by Mark Eaton, Bruce Holsinger ...

Historical Fiction Now brings together prominent authors, scholars, and critics of historical fiction to explore the genre's character, fortunes, and potential in the twenty-first century. Gathering together the voices of novelists, critics, academics, and several authors writing across these categories, the volume explores the nature of reading, writing, and writing about historical fiction in ... Read more

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Historical Fiction Now brings together prominent authors, scholars, and critics of historical fiction to explore the genre's character, fortunes, and potential in the twenty-first century. Gathering together the voices of novelists, critics, academics, and several authors writing across these categories, the volume explores the nature of reading, writing, and writing about historical fiction in
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Culpability

A Novel

by Bruce Holsinger ...

Narrated by Stacy Carolan, January LaVoy ...

Unabridged

10 hours 21 min

Oprah’s Book Club Pick * New Yorker Best Books of 2025 * 2026 Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlist * Kirkus Best Books of 2025 * Real Simple Best Books of 2025 * Washington Post Noteable Fiction 2025 * NPR's 2025 "Books We Love" * Minnesota Star Tribune 20 Best of 2025 *“I was riveted until the very last shocking sentence!”—Oprah WinfreySet at a summer rental on the Chesapeake Bay, a riveting ... Read more

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Oprah’s Book Club Pick * New Yorker Best Books of 2025 * 2026 Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlist * Kirkus Best Books of 2025 * Real Simple Best Books of 2025 * Washington Post Noteable Fiction 2025 * NPR's 2025 "Books We Love" * Minnesota Star Tribune 20 Best of 2025 *“I was riveted until the very last shocking sentence!”—Oprah WinfreySet at a summer rental on the Chesapeake Bay, a riveting
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History in the Comic Mode

Medieval Communities and the Matter of Person

Edited by Rachel Fulton Brown, Bruce Holsinger ...

In this groundbreaking collection, twenty-one prominent medievalists discuss continuity and change in ideas of personhood and community and argue for the viability of the comic mode in the study and recovery of history. These scholars approach their sources not from a particular ideological viewpoint but with an understanding that all topics, questions, and explanations are viable. They draw on a ... Read more

$67.99 USD

In this groundbreaking collection, twenty-one prominent medievalists discuss continuity and change in ideas of personhood and community and argue for the viability of the comic mode in the study and recovery of history. These scholars approach their sources not from a particular ideological viewpoint but with an understanding that all topics, questions, and explanations are viable. They draw on a
... Read more
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The Gifted School

A Novel

by Bruce Holsinger ...

Narrated by January LaVoy ...

Unabridged

13 hours 53 min

**INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Wise and addictive... The Gifted School is the juiciest novel I've read in ages... a suspenseful, laugh-out-loud page-turner and an incisive inspection of privilege, race and class." –J. Courtney Sullivan, author of Friends and Strangers, in The New York TimesSmart and juicy, a compulsively readable novel about a previously happy group of friends and parents that is ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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**INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Wise and addictive... The Gifted School is the juiciest novel I've read in ages... a suspenseful, laugh-out-loud page-turner and an incisive inspection of privilege, race and class." –J. Courtney Sullivan, author of Friends and Strangers, in The New York TimesSmart and juicy, a compulsively readable novel about a previously happy group of friends and parents that is
... Read more

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The Displacements

A Novel

by Bruce Holsinger ...

Narrated by Austenne Grey ...

Unabridged

13 hours 35 min

**“Hypnotic.” – New York Times“Cinematic.” – USA Today"I gripped the covers of this book as though it might be blown from my hands. . .powerful." - Ron Charles, The Washington Post"A full-throttle page turner."– Miranda Cowley Heller, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Paper PalaceAn adrenaline-fueled story of lives upended and transformed by an unprecedented catastrophe, from the author ... Read more

$22.50 USD

Also available as: eBook

**“Hypnotic.” – New York Times“Cinematic.” – USA Today"I gripped the covers of this book as though it might be blown from my hands. . .powerful." - Ron Charles, The Washington Post"A full-throttle page turner."– Miranda Cowley Heller, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Paper PalaceAn adrenaline-fueled story of lives upended and transformed by an unprecedented catastrophe, from the author
... Read more

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A Burnable Book

A Novel

by Bruce Holsinger ...

Narrated by Simon Vance ...

Unabridged

13 hours 59 min

In Chaucer's London, betrayal, murder, royal intrigue, mystery, and dangerous politics swirl around the existence of a prophetic book that foretells the deaths of England's kings. Bruce Holsinger's A Burnable Book is an irresistible historical thriller reminiscent of the classics An Instance of the Fingerpost, The Name of the Rose, and The Crimson Petal and the White.London, 1385. Surrounded by ... Read more

$32.99 USD

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In Chaucer's London, betrayal, murder, royal intrigue, mystery, and dangerous politics swirl around the existence of a prophetic book that foretells the deaths of England's kings. Bruce Holsinger's A Burnable Book is an irresistible historical thriller reminiscent of the classics An Instance of the Fingerpost, The Name of the Rose, and The Crimson Petal and the White.London, 1385. Surrounded by
... Read more

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