20th Century
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…
Velva Jean Learns to Fly
Velva Jean Hart, heroine of Niven’s debut novel, Velva Jean Learns to Drive, makes a welcome return in this sequel.…
The Kirilov Star
Beginning in November 1920, this novel follows the life and struggles of Lydia Kirilova, who leaves Russia as a small…
The Sweetest Thing
Elizabeth Musser’s eighth novel, set in Atlanta during the Great Depression of the 1930s, is a story of faith, friendship…
Promises to Keep
It is 1944. We are in rural Cornwall during the weeks preceding and the months immediately following D-Day. Most local…
The Astounding, the Amazing, and the Unknown
The author of The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril is off on another romp (the title refers to the three leading…
The FitzOsbornes in Exile
I was repeatedly drawn back to this book, only to remember (with a little shock of disappointment each time) that…
Sylvia and Aki
Aki Munemitsu’s life is about to undergo an amazing and undesirable change. For after Japan attacks the United States on…
Deathless
Catherynne Valente understands the power of threes, of repetition and incantation, the stuff of fairy tales. In Deathless, her powerful…
The Moonlight Brigade: A Millenial Novel
Nazi-hunting vampires, led by an undead Roman general bent on rescuing Italy from Fascism? Why not? You can’t fault Stratford…
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