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• The Librarian Spy

  a Novel of World War II

  Martin, Madeline,

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  As World War II rages in Europe, American librarian Ava is recruited as a spy and sent to Lisbon to gather intelligence using her research skills. At the same time, in occupied France, Elaine takes on a job with the Resistance, helping to run an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The High Mountains of Portugal

  a Novel

  Martel, Yann

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  Three interconnected stories of great love and great loss, all set in rural Portugal at three different points in the twentieth century. This is a tender and thought-provoking magical realism story of three men and their journeys through the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Night Train to Lisbon

  Mercier, Pascal, 1944-

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  Transfixed by the works of a Portuguese poet, a middle-aged professor leaves his lonely and dull life behind and journeys to Lisbon. Immersing himself in the streets of Lisbon and the footsteps of the poet’s life, the professor reflects deeply and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Weekend Away

  Alderson, Sarah

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  A twisty thriller about a vacation gone wrong. Best friends Orla and Kate travel to Lisbon for a long overdue girls weekend. But after a night out Orla wakes up to discover Kate is missing. As Orla frantically searches for her friend, she discovers…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Two Nights in Lisbon

  a Novel

  Pavone, Chris

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  Nothing is as it seems in this thrilling tale of a woman, Ariel, who wakes up in a hotel in Lisbon to discover her relatively new husband, John, has disappeared. As the tension mounts, secrets are revealed and Ariel must turn to someone from her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Portugal

  Pedrosa, Cyril, 1972-

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  A rich and beautiful graphic novel about a comic artist whose trip to Portugal helps him break free from the rut he has been living in. This is a dreamy and hopeful story about family, creativity, and coming alive again.

• The Wilds

  a Novel

  Pearse, Sarah

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  A remote national park in Portugal sets the scene for this atmospheric thriller about the disappearance of a young woman. A pair of siblings, on a trip to reconnect, get caught up in the mystery as they discover a mysterious map and a secretive…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Golden City

  a Novel

  Cheney, J. Kathleen

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  This is a historical fantasy novel, set in an alternate version of Portugal in the early 1900s. It tells the story of Oriana, a merfolk woman who is living among the humans, spying on them. When her only friend is kidnapped and killed, Oriana vows…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pardalita

  Estrela, Joana

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  A coming of age story of young love told through prose, poems, and illustrations. Set in a small town in Portugal, a struggling teenager develops a crush on an older, artistic classmate while coming to terms with her identity and figuring out who…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Guilt Trip

  a Novel

  Jones, Sandie

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  Three couples travel to the famous big-wave surfing town of Nazare for a destination wedding. What should be an idyllic getaway quickly devolves as secrets and suspicions come to a head, and marriages and friendships crash towards a fatal…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fallen Angel

  Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968-

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  Set in the Algarve region of southern Portugal, this psychological thriller focuses on a family with deep secrets. Sixteen years after their youngest family member mysteriously fell to her death while on holiday, the Temple family returns to the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Eyes Open

  Miller-Lachmann, Lyn, 1956-

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  Living in a dictatorship in 1967s Portugal, feisty teenager Sonia dreams of being a poet. But her life is upended when her family’s restaurant is shut down, her boyfriend is arrested, and she is forced to work a dangerous job. This novel-in-verse…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Book Spy

  Hlad, Alan,

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  Lisbon, 1942. The United States has assembled an unusual new task force - librarians and microfilm specialists, trained in espionage and sent to neutral Portugal to read and scan Axis publications for crucial information to aid the Allies. For one…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Baltasar and Blimunda

  Saramago, José

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  Author Jose Saramago is an influential Portuguese author and winner of a Nobel Prize in Literature. Baltasar and Blimunda was his international breakthrough novel. Set in the 18th century, it tells the intertwining stories of two young lovers, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation