Doubleday
The Winter Palace
When shy Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst arrives at the Russian court to marry Empress Elizabeth Petrovna’s nephew and heir, Peter,…
The Dressmaker
A light romance released for the centennial anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, Kate Alcott’s tale of plucky Tess…
The Healing
Granada is an enslaved girl, torn from her mother’s arms on a whim to be raised in a mansion as…
The Devil All the Time
Pollock returns to southern Ohio, the setting for his collection of short stories, Knockemstiff, and unleashes a bizarre and compelling…
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President
James A. Garfield didn’t want to be president; he didn’t seek the nomination and didn’t campaign after being nominated against…
Escape from Germany
The stories of escapes from POW camps in the Second World War are familiar, but how many know of the…
The Night Circus
Editors' choice
Le Cirque des Rêves arrives unannounced. No posters, no parade, no invitations. Overnight, black and white striped circus tents appear…
Disaster Was My God: A Novel of the Outlaw Life of Arthur Rimbaud
While most readers can probably identify Rimbaud as a decadent French poet and many will be aware of his scandalous…
The Things We Cherished
The Things We Cherished is a mesmerizing read in the vein of Geraldine Brooks’ People of the Book. Instead of…
Jamrach’s Menagerie
Sometimes a novel comes along that one reads simply for the pleasure of enjoying the skill (or is it magic?)…
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