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We invited bestselling author Chris Bohjahlian -- whose new novel, The Light in the Ruins, is a superb historical fiction whodunit -- to recommend a few of his current favorites. You can find the books that made the cut here.

Book Cover Image. Title: The Light in the Ruins, Author: Chris Bohjalian

Book Cover Image. Title: The Sandcastle Girls, Author: Chris Bohjalian

Book Cover Image. Title: The Double Bind, Author: Chris Bohjalian

Book Cover Image. Title: Midwives, Author: Chris Bohjalian

Book Cover Image. Title: Skeletons at the Feast, Author: Chris Bohjalian

Book Cover Image. Title: Before You Know Kindness, Author: Chris Bohjalian

Book Cover Image. Title: Secrets of Eden, Author: Chris Bohjalian

Book Cover Image. Title: The Law of Similars, Author: Chris Bohjalian

Book Cover Image. Title: Trans-Sister Radio, Author: Chris Bohjalian

Book Cover Image. Title: The Buffalo Soldier, Author: Chris Bohjalian

Book Cover Image. Title: Water Witches, Author: Chris Bohjalian

Sessalee, a voracious reader and fiction taste-maker, has been buying books for Barnes & Noble for more than two decades. Below are her top reads for the month. Click here for the NOOK Book editions.

The English Girl (Gabriel Allon Series #13)

African American Fiction

Book Cover Image. Title: On the Come Up: A Novel, Based on a True Story, Author: Hannah Weyer

Literary Fiction

Humorous Fiction

Ficci�n

Book Cover Image. Title: Cincuenta sombras m�s oscuras (Fifty Shades Darker), Author: E L James

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The Light in the Ruins

Hardcover

Brilliantly combining history and suspense, bestselling author Chris Bohjalian delivers a whodunit set in post-World War II Italy that plumbs the dark history of Nazi collaboration during the war years.

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