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Click to Read an Excerpt on First Look. Listen to a Clip from the Audiobook. View or Download the Discussion Guide on ISSUU. Ninety-one-year-old Gretel Fernsby has lived in the same well-to-do mansion block in London for decades. She lives a quiet, comfortable life, despite her deeply disturbing, dark past. She doesn’t talk about her […]

From the Author

A November LibraryReads pick, John Boyne’s new novel is a seductive, unputdownable psychodrama following one brilliant, ruthless man who will stop at nothing in his pursuit of success. Sweeping across the late twentieth century, A Ladder to the Sky is a fascinating portrait of a relentlessly immoral man, a tour de force of storytelling, and the next great novel […]

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Click to request eGalleys of our favorite November titles, and if you love the books, please consider nominating them for LibraryReads! Remember, voting for the November list ends on September 20th. Click to Request eGalleys of These November Titles. A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne The next great novel from the acclaimed author of The Boy in the […]

Holds AlertWhat We're Reading

Click to request eGalleys of our favorite August titles, and if you love the reads, please consider nominating one (or more) for LibraryReads! Remember, voting for the August list ends on June 20th. Click to Request eGalleys of These August Titles. The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne  From the beloved bestselling author of The Boy in the […]