Hardcover Fiction

by Morton Thompson · Charles Scribner's Sons

by Norah Lofts · Doubleday

The house was built in the Old Queen's time - built for an Elizabethan pirate who was knighted for the plunder he brought home. It survived many eras, many reigns - it saw the passing of Cromwell and the Civil War. It became rich with an Indian Nabob and poor with a twentieth century innkeeper. It was wars, and lovers, and death. Children were born there, both heirs and bastards. It had ghosts and legends and a history that grew stranger with every generation. The house was Merravay - and its story stretched over four hundred years...

by James A. Michener · Random House

by Kenneth Dodson · Little, Brown and Company

Novelized history of World War 2 island-hopping aboard an attack transport.

by Davis Grubb · Harper and Brothers

by John Masters · Viking Press

Set amidst the turbulence of the British withdrawal from India. It is notable for its portrayal of the Eurasian (Anglo-Indian) community, who were caught in their loyalties between the departing British and the majority Indian population. The Anglo-Indian characters in the novel, like many members of their community, are closely involved with the Indian railway system.

by Samuel Shellabarger · Little, Brown and Co

by Ernest K. Gann · William Sloane Associates

by Joseph Hayes · Random House

Harrowing story about an escaped convict who breaks into a suburban home and takes a family hostage.

by Lawrence Schoonover · Macmillan

The young Prince was hated by his father, his powerful cousin, and challenged by a personal foe known only to his wife, his priest, and his alchemist. This is the story of the resolute dreamer Louis and his supporters, who saw a nations unrealized potential and its way to greatness. Renowned author Lawrence Schoonover weaves a vibrant story of an inspirational victory over tremendous odds.

by Margery Sharp · Little, Brown and Company

by Frank G. Slaughter · Doubleday and Co., Inc

by Philip Wylie · Rinehart and Company

by Paul Wellman · Doubleday

Novel of 6th-century Constantinople, with the Empress Theodora as the scheming heroine.

by Lucy Herndon Crockett · Farrar, Straus and Young

by Leon Uris · G.P. Putnam's Sons