Knopf
The Red Chamber
Pauline Chen brings new life to the Chinese classic work of literature, Dream of the Red Chamber or The Story…
History of a Pleasure Seeker
Editors' choice
Amsterdam, 1907. The protagonist of Mason’s silky bildungsroman (after Natural Elements, 2010), is determined to rise in the world. Handsome…
The Picture Book
‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ has a considerable following on TV as well-known people delve into family history. Author…
Death Comes to Pemberley
Following the current fashion for new fictions derived from the works of Jane Austen, P.D. James has combined her love…
Kearny’s March
The subtitle of Kearny’s March is “The Epic Creation of the American West, 1846-1847.” For a reader who is weak…
Eva Braun: Life with Hitler
This meticulously-researched and documented biography is far more than the story of Eva Braun, Hitler’s longtime mistress and, very briefly,…
The Revenant
The year is 1896, and 17-year-old Willemina Hammond finds herself on a train headed to her new teaching position at…
The Buddha in the Attic
This slim, elegant novel is written from an unusual group perspective. We follow the thoughts and life events of the…
The FitzOsbornes in Exile
I was repeatedly drawn back to this book, only to remember (with a little shock of disappointment each time) that…
Newspaper Titan
Eleanor Josephine “Cissy” Medill Patterson was the first female editor and publisher to run the Chicago Tribune empire, which frequently…
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