Saga
The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet
Whatever became of Mary Bennet, the middle sister of the five young ladies memorialized in Pride and Prejudice? Not nearly…
Adelsverein: The Gathering
In the 1840s, an “aristocrat’s society” or “Adelsverein” formed for the purpose of bringing German immigrants into 19th-century Texas. They…
16-3-3
The unusual title refers to Range 16, Township 3, Section 3 of Delaware County, Ohio, and is the story of…
Promise of the Wolves
Fourteen thousand years ago, a wolf cub named Kaala, born out of pack-lock, is spared the death her littermates share…
Life and Death are Wearing Me Out
Imagine living within a fifty-year span, from 1950 to 2000, in China, when revolutionary change is a constant rather than…
The Ancient Ship
Zhang Wei depicts a master plot in which the Chinese sense of community vies with individuals’ desire for wealth and…
Little Hut of Leaping Fishes
Editors' choice
This is the story of Minghzi, the first grandson of Master Chai, a feudal landlord and opium farmer who is…
The Glimmer Palace
It’s impossible not to wish Lilly Nelly Aphrodite well. The protagonist of The Glimmer Palace is a spirited, resourceful, and…
The Wednesday Sisters
When Frankie O’Mara moves to Palo Alto from Chicago in the late 1960s, she leaves behind everything she has ever…
Guernica
Editors' choice
In April 1937, the small Spanish town of Guernica, the center of Basque culture and tradition in Spain, was destroyed…
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