In Ronya Othmann’s captivating novel "The Summers", a German Yazidi girl comes of age in a time of political crisis. Syria is “found on maps, globes, and official documents,” but Leyla, who spends summers there with her... Read More

Memory, family, and generational trauma guide Marina Jarre’s steps in her Holocaust memoir "Return to Latvia". Jarre was young when her parents separated. She left Latvia and grew up in Italy with her Italian mother; she maintained no... Read More

Amused, sometimes annoyed, and always evolving, the land beneath an English village observes the habits of the generations who settle it in Tom Cox’s irresistible novel "Villager". The land beneath Underhill has seen it all: pagan... Read More

In the delightful, enthralling memoir "Justice Is Served", Leslie Karst describes her nine-month endeavor to plan an elegant, four-course dinner for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her husband Marty. When Karst’s father,... Read More

An enticing visitor spells doom—or a new beginning—for a distinguished but troubled family line in Marie Hélène Poitras’s novel "Sing, Nightingale". The Berthoumieux men have been caught in an endless cycle of control, lust,... Read More

Set in the era of the Revolutionary War, this satisfying historical novel follows a spy as she experiences delicate moments of genuine love and forgiveness. In Pamela R. Winnick’s beguiling historical novel The Spymaster’s Mistress,... Read More

A teenager forges new bonds with people who help her to survive her troubled times in the poignant novel "Eat and Get Gas". A teenager navigates life in "Eat and Get Gas", J. A. Wright’s endearing novel about love, family flaws, and... Read More

As much a tragic romance as it is a war drama, the historical novel "Wild with All Regrets" delves into sensitive topics with grace and tact. In E. L. Deards’s historical novel "Wild with All Regrets", an Irish World War I veteran is... Read More