Editors' Choice

They Were Like Family to Me

By Helen Maryles Shankman - Published 2016Published 2016-02-02

Genres:

LiteraryShort Stories

A compelling blend of folktales, magical realism, Nazi barbarity, and family history, They Were Like Family to Me offers a series of interconnected ...Read Review

Let Me Tell You About a Man I Knew

By Susan Fletcher - Published 2016

Genres:

Biographical FictionLiterary

In 1889, the painter Vincent Van Gogh is expelled from the Provençal town of Arles after being caught walking through the town with ...Read Review

A Coin for the Hangman

By Ralph Spurrier - Published 2016

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Capital punishment seems so alien to modern Britain that it is a shock to be reminded that just over fifty years ago there ...Read Review

That Bright Land

By Terry Roberts - Published 2016

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In the mountains and small towns of western North Carolina in 1866, returning soldiers from both sides have settled into uneasy peace—but, for ...Read Review

The Gustav Sonata

By Rose Tremain - Published 2016

Genres:

Literary

Switzerland in the years just after the end of the Second World War. Gustav Perle is a young boy living a bleak and ...Read Review

Windmill Point

By Jim Stempel - Published 2016

Genres:

Military

The grit, tragedy and bold strategy of the American Civil War play out in Jim Stempel’s Windmill Point. Am I glad I ...Read Review

The Versions of Us

By Laura Barnett - Published 2016

Genres:

In 1958 England, Eva, a talented writer, and Jim, a gifted painter, are strangers. When a nail (or a rock or a dog) stops ...Read Review

A Country Road, A Tree

By Jo Baker - Published 2016

Genres:

Literary

This is the story of an Irish writer’s bleak WWII years in German-occupied France. “A Country Road, a Tree” is the setting ...Read Review

We Love You, Charlie Freeman

By Kaitlyn Greenidge - Published 2016

Genres:

Literary

In her debut novel, Kaitlyn Greenidge sets a high bar for future books. This unusual novel about a chimp and a human family ...Read Review

The House at the Edge of Night

By Catherine Banner - Published 2016

Genres:

Saga

An island can be a secluded place of refuge. For those who spend their lives there, islands can also turn claustrophobic and isolating. ...Read Review

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