Browsing Books by Books Like The Shaking Woman Or A History of My Nerves

Let the Great World Spin (2009)
In a tale set in Manhattan of 1974, a radical young Irish monk struggles with personal demons while ...

Defending Jacob (2012)
His happy life and long-time respectability as a suburban Massachusetts assistant district attorney ...

Nightwoods (2011)
Named the guardian of her murdered sister's troubled twins, Luce struggles to build a family with th...

Dark Places (2009)
After witnessing the murder of her mother and sisters, 7-year-old Libby Day testifies against her br...

The Cost of Hope (2012)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of In Memoriam documents her marriage to the eccent...

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2008)
Gloriously honest, enchanting and funny, this is a moving tale of post-war friendship, love and book...

Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake (2012)
Presents a candid and personal account that explores what matters to middle-aged women and how they ...

Solar (2010)
Nobel Prize-winning scientist Michael Beard coasts through his professional life as his fifth marria...

Gemini (2014)
"A medical mystery wrapped in a contemporary love story, GEMINI is a stand out new novel from the Ca...

Kids Who See Ghosts (2010)
Is my child psychic? Do all psychic children see ghosts? Are stress and seeing ghosts related? How c...

Direct Red (2009)
In the tradition of Atul Gawande and Sherwin B. Nuland comes an eloquent and piercing account of a y...

Mary Ann in Autumn (2010)
A hilarious and touching new installment of Armistead Maupin's beloved Tales of the City series Twen...

Iodine (2008)
Living a highly functional if impoverished existence after running away from her abusive home, uncon...