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Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Hilary Mantel
★★★★★· Published 2009· 653 pages
Thomas Cromwell's rise in Henry VIII's court, told from inside his head. Dense but brilliant — stick with it.
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Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
Hilary Mantel
Mantel's second Cromwell novel, following the fall of Anne Boleyn. Even better than Wolf Hall, I think.
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr
A blind French girl and a German boy whose paths cross in occupied France. The writing is luminous, if occasionally too pretty. Beautiful and sad.
★ 5Absolution
Alice McDermott
American wives in early-'60s Saigon and the good intentions that curdle. McDermott looking hard at who gets to feel virtuous.