Literary
Tree. Table. Book.
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This small masterpiece makes a moving, subtle statement. In her latest middle-grade novel, Lois Lowry, a two-time Newbery Award winner (for Number the ...Read Review
The Melancholy of Untold History
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It’s hard to put a label on this playful, moving narrative by a professor of history, but fans of time-hopping historical novels ...Read Review
The Volcano Daughters
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In 1914 El Salvador, Graciela is born into a coffee plantation community. It’s a hardscrabble but cozy childhood surrounded by her four friends ...Read Review
Interpretations of Love
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Agnes Stacey’s daughter is getting married and, as happy as she is, the coming wedding celebrations fill her with anxiety. She will ...Read Review
Butcher
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One of America’s most prolific authors returns with a harrowing tale of a demented “doctor” who preys upon women neglected by the ...Read Review
The Blue Maiden
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For the residents of Sweden’s Berggrund Island in 1825, the Blue Maiden is a fearful place. An uninhabited neighboring isle, its appearance shifts ...Read Review
Their Divine Fires
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Yunhong grows up poor but happy in the Chinese countryside in the early years of the 20th century. An unexpected encounter with a ...Read Review
The Formidable Miss Cassidy
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1895: Miss Cassidy arrives in Singapore from Scotland. It is very, very hot. Her flame-red hair glows in the equatorial sun. She and her ...Read Review
The Colonel and the Eunuch
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Mai Jia is China’s best-selling author, whose books have sold over 10 million copies. So what is it that the Chinese read, and ...Read Review
Elaine
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From the first paragraph onward, close readers know they are in the mind of a master writer, in the intellectual housing of a ...Read Review