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 Taylor Caldwell · McGraw Hill

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 James A. Michener · Random House

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

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 Harriette Arnow · Macmillan

Gertie Nevels and her husband Clovis are untouched by city life until the outbreak of World War II. They are forced to abandon their Kentucky mountain home and travel to Detroit so that Clovis can participate in the war effort by repairing heavy machinery. Gertie's survival techniques are useless in an urban milieu. In spite of the debasing effect of city life, Gertie maintains her faith in her fellow beings.

by Margery Sharp · Little, Brown and Company

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 Ernest K. Gann · William Sloane Associates

by Randall Jarrell · Alfred A. Knopf

Beneath the unassuming surface of a progressive women's college lurks a world of intellectual pride and pomposity awaiting devastation by the pens of two brilliant and appalling wits. Randall Jarrell's classic novel was originally published to overwhelming critical acclaim in 1954, forging a new standard for campus satire -- and instantly yielding comparisons to Dorothy Parker's razor-sharp barbs. Like his fictional nemesis, Jarrell cuts through the earnest conversations at Benton College -- mischievously, but with mischief nowhere more wicked than when crusading against the vitriolic heroine herself.

by Joseph Hayes · Random House

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

by William March · Dodd, Mead

by Samuel Shellabarger · Little, Brown and Co