New York: Avon, (1998.). Set in 1972, this is the story of Ellen, who finds herself living with her in-laws, narrrow-minded, rigid, eccentric, former farmers, Catholics who live in a world 'as rigid, as precise as a church.' A quiet, intense novel, often poetic in its language - Amy Tan called the author ".a powerful storyteller with lyrical gifts and a wry, observant eye." 240 pp. ISBN: 0-670852538.

New York: Vintage Books, (1998.). Author's highly praised novel of a midwife in rural Vermont, who takes desperate steps to save a baby's life, and finds herself on trial for murder. Winner of the NEBA Discover Award. 372 pp. ISBN: 0-375-706771.

New York: Avon, 1998. African American writer's first novel, set in a "sleepy North Michigan community." 244 pp. ISBN: 0-380-79487x.

New York: Vintage Books, (1998). SIGNED - Young Haitian's first book - in 1996, Danticat was one of 2 African American writers who were included in the Granta magazine's list of the 20 most promising young writers in the United States. This title was also an Oprah selection. SIGNED by the author, 234 pp. ISBN: 0-375-70504x.

New York: Vintage Books, (1998). SIGNED - Young Haitian's first book - in 1996, Danticat was one of 2 African American writers who were included in the Granta magazine's list of the 20 most promising young writers in the United States. This title was also an Oprah selection. SIGNED by the author, 234 pp. ISBN: 0-375-70504x.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001. dj. SIGNED hardcover - Franzen's massive third novel, winner of the National Book Award winner, finalist for Pulitzer Prize and a controversial Oprah pick, when he declined to appear on the Oprah show. SIGNED on the tile page. 587 pp. ISBN: 0-374-129983.

New York: Hyperion, 1999. dj. Hardcover - Author's first book, a novel set in a small Mississippi town in the 1950s - dustjacket praise from Pat Conroy, Chita Divakaruni, Shelby Hearon and David Bradley - a varied and impressive list of authors. 445 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-66276.

New York: Hyperion, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover - Author's first book, a novel set in a small Mississippi town in the 1950s - dustjacket praise from Pat Conroy, Chita Divakaruni, Shelby Hearon and David Bradley - a varied and impressive list of authors. SIGNED on the title page. 448 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-66276.

New York: Pocket Books, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised first novel (Walter Kirn called it a 'powerful, heartbreaking monster of a novel) - one which became very sought after as an early choice on Oprah. A New York Times Notable book. This is the true first edition in the dust jacket with a burgundy spine and back cover and illustrated by Greg Ragland. 405 pp. ISBN: 0-671-759205.

New York: Pocket Books, (1992.) dj. First edition - Author's highly praised first novel (Walter Kirn called it a 'powerful, heartbreaking monster of a novel) - one which became very sought after as an early choice on Oprah. A New York Times Notable book. A surprisingly uncommon advance issue. 405 pp.

New York: Washington Square Press Books, (1996.). Author's highly praised first novel (Walter Kirn called it a 'powerful, heartbreaking monster of a novel) - one which became very sought after as an early choice on Oprah. A New York Times Notable book. 465 pp. Cover design by Jeanne M. Lee. ISBN: 0-671-003755.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. dj. Hardcover first edition - African American author's very highly praised first novel, the story of the children of the Great Migration in the 1920s. 243 pp. ISBN: 9780385350280.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1999. dj. Hardcover - The story of a strong Southern mountain woman. An Oprah selection with the seal on the front cover. 326 pp. ISBN: 1565122968.

New York: Penguin / Plume, (1982.). Second novel by this Nobel prize winning writer, originally published in 1974. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-452-263492.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel by this Nobel prize winning writer, the story of the friendship of two young women, who met as twelve year old girls - both smart, both poor, both black - in a small Ohio town, but whose lives took very different paths. A pre-publication copy -laid in is a short typed note from a Knopf representative to a New York based film agency dated in November 1973, two months before the book was published, saying that "Here is the copy you asked to see . . . It will be published in January" and emphasizing that this is not an official submission. 174 pp. Dust jacket art by Wendell Minor. ISBN: 0-394-480449.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. dj. Hardcover - Second novel by this Nobel prize winning writer, originally published in 1974, the story of the friendship of two young women, who met as twelve year old girls - both smart, both poor, both black - in a small Ohio town, but whose lives took very different paths. 174 pp. Dust jacket art by Wendell Minor. ISBN: 0-394-480449.

New York: Vintage Books, (1998.). Novel set in postwar Germany, a haunting and erotic tale of love and secrets, horror and compassion. A NY Times Notable book and a Los Angeles Times Book of the Year. Translated by Carol Brown Janeway. Basis for the movie of the same name. ISBN: 0-375-707972.

New York: Doubleday, 2000. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's highly praised first novel set on a remote farm in Wisconsin in the years after World War I. SIGNED on the title page by the author. ISBN: 0-385-502532.

New York: Doubleday, 2000. dj. SIGNED hardcover - The author's highly praised first novel set on a remote farm in Wisconsin in the years after World War I. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-385-49971X.

New York: Doubleday, 2000. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's highly praised first novel set on a remote farm in Wisconsin in the years after World War I. SIGNED on the title page. 338 pp. ISBN: 0-385-502532.