{"product_id":"secondhand-literary-fiction-bargain-book-box-sp2682","title":"Secondhand Fiction Bargain Book Box SP2682","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eEighteen novels spanning the full glorious range of romantic and commercial fiction — from Jackie Collins at her most unapologetic to Anita Shreve at her most searching, from Becky Bloomwood discovering she has a secret sister to a medieval queen being \"better than Philippa Gregory.\" There's Venice at Carnival, Tang Dynasty China, rural Australia, and Gore Vidal writing a satirical fantasy in which the Smithsonian's exhibits come to life after closing time. Glamorous, warm, funny, and occasionally devastating — this box covers every mood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. The Smithsonian Institution — Gore Vidal\u003c\/strong\u003e A teenager is summoned to the Smithsonian one evening in 1939 — and discovers that after closing time, the exhibits come alive and history becomes disturbingly malleable. Gore Vidal's satirical fantasy is unlike anything else he wrote, and unlike anything else, full stop. Playful, subversive, and very funny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. Court of the Lion — Eleanor Cooney \u0026amp; Daniel Altieri\u003c\/strong\u003e 8th-century Tang Dynasty China — the reign of Emperor Minghuang, the legendary concubine Yang Guifei, and the glittering, treacherous world of the imperial court. A sweeping historical epic that brings one of China's most dramatic dynasties to vivid, sensory life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. The Islanders — Meg Mitchell Moore\u003c\/strong\u003e Summer visitors and year-rounders on an island — the tensions between those who belong and those who arrive, and what happens when the lines between the two begin to blur. Moore writes with warmth and a sharp eye for the dynamics of closed communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. Shopaholic \u0026amp; Sister — Sophie Kinsella\u003c\/strong\u003e Becky Bloomwood is back — and this time discovers a secret sister. Kinsella is the undisputed queen of comic fiction, and the Shopaholic series remains the gold standard of the genre. Pure pleasure from first page to last.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5. Fire on the Hill — Gretta Curran Browne\u003c\/strong\u003e An epic of Irish history from the author of \u003cem\u003eTread Softly on My Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e — Browne writes about Ireland's past with passion and sweep, bringing the landscapes and struggles of a defining era to life with real emotional power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6. A Change in Altitude — Anita Shreve\u003c\/strong\u003e A young American couple go to Kenya, join a mountain-climbing expedition, and something goes terribly wrong on the descent. Shreve writes about the moments that fracture relationships permanently with quiet intensity — a novel about guilt, marriage, and the altitude at which everything changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e7. The Life Swap — Barbara Hannay\u003c\/strong\u003e Two people, two lives, one irresistible premise — Australian romance from one of the genre's warmest and most emotionally intelligent writers. Hannay writes about the lives people construct and the ones they secretly dream of with real understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e8. Devil's Consort — Anne O'Brien\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Bookseller\u003c\/em\u003e said it was \"better than Philippa Gregory\" — high praise for a novel about England's most ruthless queen and the world of medieval power politics. O'Brien brings the past to life with authority and fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e9. Amber Road — Boyd Anderson\u003c\/strong\u003e \"As an empire is swept away, a young person's world is ripped apart.\" A sweeping historical novel set against the collapse of an empire — Anderson writes with real atmospheric power about navigating an extraordinary moment in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e10. Time\/Steps — Charlotte Vale Allen\u003c\/strong\u003e From Broadway to Hollywood — the novel of a performer who becomes a legend, told with the glamour and heartbreak that Charlotte Vale Allen has always brought to stories about people who refuse to be ordinary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e11. The House on Burra Burra Lane — Jennie Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e A dilapidated house, a city transplant looking for a tree change, and a rugged vet with a complicated past. Australian rural romance at its most irresistible — Jones writes with warmth, humour, and a genuine feel for the landscapes that make this corner of the genre so appealing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e12. Till We Meet Again — Judith Krantz\u003c\/strong\u003e A romantic saga spanning decades and continents — Judith Krantz was the reigning voice of the glamorous, sweeping romance, and this novel has everything her readers love: beauty, ambition, passion, and a love that refuses to be extinguished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e13. The Stud — Jackie Collins\u003c\/strong\u003e The original — the novel that launched a career and a cultural phenomenon. \"There's no such thing as an impossible fantasy,\" says the cover, and Collins made a very good living proving it. Compulsive, unapologetic, and enormous fun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e14. Carnevale — M.R. Lovric\u003c\/strong\u003e Venice during Carnival — masks, intrigue, and a love story played out against the most theatrical city in the world. \"A dazzling baroque tale\" — Lovric writes about Venice with obsessive intimacy and the novelist's gift for making history breathe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e15. The Last Summer (of You and Me) — Ann Brashares\u003c\/strong\u003e From the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants\u003c\/em\u003e — a more literary, more melancholy novel about two sisters and the summer that changes everything. Brashares writes about the end of youth and the weight of love with a grace that lifts this well above its beach-read covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e16. Perfect Happiness — Kristyn Kusek Lewis\u003c\/strong\u003e A researcher who studies happiness professionally discovers that their partner has been having an affair — and has to rebuild their understanding of their own life from scratch. Lewis writes about the gap between the lives we perform and the lives we actually have with wit and real emotional honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e17. RSVP — Helen Warner\u003c\/strong\u003e Four seasons, one wedding, and the question of who will actually say I do. Irish commercial fiction with heart and comedy — Warner writes about love, family, and the chaos of weddings with warmth and a sharp ear for how people actually talk to each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e18. Where You Belong — Barbara Taylor Bradford\u003c\/strong\u003e A war photographer, a love that won't stay buried, and the question of where home actually is. Barbara Taylor Bradford writes romantic epics with the conviction and craftsmanship of someone who has spent a lifetime understanding what readers want — and delivering it perfectly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48751302246619,"sku":"SP2682","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/IMG_0629.jpg?v=1778118751","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/secondhand-literary-fiction-bargain-book-box-sp2682","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}