Spiegel & Grau
Darwin’s Ghosts
Darwin was famously troubled by his discovery of evolution by survival of the fittest, which set him at odds with…
Next to Love
Editors' choice
Babe, Grace, and Millie are three lifelong friends, living in South Downs. They share more than their hopes and dreams;…
Leaving van Gogh
Editors' choice
In his 37 years, Vincent van Gogh produced hundreds of paintings and letters; but there is still much we do…
Anthropology of an American Girl
Literature is riddled with coming-of-age stories. The drama of adolescence lends itself to gripping narrative – first love, first heartbreak,…
Map of the Invisible World
Adam is an orphan, several times over. First, he and his older brother were left at an Indonesian orphanage; then…
Ruby’s Spoon
Small, landlocked, and economically depressed in 1933, the English town of Cradle Cross isn’t a place one goes for an…
Stone’s Fall
The story straddles the 19th and 20th centuries, and, like the author’s An Instance of the Fingerpost, is narrated by…
The Coral Thief
Young Daniel Connor travels on a career-expanding venture to the post-Napoleonic Paris of 1815. A medical student from Scotland, Daniel…
Blindspot: By a Gentleman in Exile and a Lady in Disguise
Editors' choice
Academics Kamensky and Lepore have produced a deliciously entertaining novel of pre-Revolutionary Boston. By turns bawdy, poignant, satirical, and patriotic,…
Ghostwalk
This is a strange and intriguing book, part detective mystery, part love story, part ghost story. It is set in…
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