Riverhead
The Last Nude
In this stunningly intimate reimagining of an important year in the life of Tamara de Lempicka, we follow the young…
The Little Bride
Sixteen-year-old Minna Losk dreams of her new life as a mail-order bride in America. She’ll have a handsome young husband,…
The Secret History of Costaguana
Growing up during France’s disastrous attempt to construct a canal across Panama, José Altamirano’s young life is shaped by the…
Unfamiliar Fishes
Vowell’s latest foray into history examines “Hawaii’s bit part in the epic of American global domination,” from the first visit…
My Name is Memory
My Name Is Memory is the story of Daniel, a soul who has lived many lives for over a thousand…
The Little Stranger
Editors' choice
There is a fundamental enigma at the heart of this excellent novel set in England in the austere and grim…
The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite
Born to a cabaret singer but orphaned in scandalous circumstances, Lilly is alone in the world. She is brought up…
The Book of Night Women
Editors' choice
The Book of Night Women is a beautifully written, sweeping tale of Jamaican slavery set in the early 19th century.…
American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the “It” Girl and the Crime of the Century
Florence Evelyn Nesbit was born in the mid-1880s to a middle-class family, but her fortune took a turn upon the…
The Lazarus Project
History and literary narrative are inextricably interwoven in MacArthur “Genius Grant”-winner Hemon’s latest work. Two stories are told: one…
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