Harper
The Sea Queen
Editors' choice
Hartsuyker’s re-imagining of the founding of Norway in the 9th century captures all the glory of its source material, the…
The Lost Family
Peter Rashkin is the handsome owner and chef of Masha’s, the place to eat, and be seen eating, in 1965…
What Should Be Wild
What Should Be Wild intertwines stories of several women, spanning millennia, all part of the Blakeley family—women connected by tragic…
Not Our Kind
A fun, absorbing read, Kitty Zeldis’ Not Our Kind takes place in post-WWII New York City. Two women of opposite…
The Dying of the Light
The only way to save Saratoga, the grand Virginia estate that has been in the Cooke family for five generations,…
Only Killers and Thieves
Two Australian teenagers, Billy and Tommy McBride, return to their parents’ cattle ranch one afternoon in 1885 to find their…
The Magnificent Esme Wells
In her novel told in alternating parts set in Los Angeles (1939-41) and Las Vegas (1945-53), Sharp portrays the dark…
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The Holocaust will surely be an endless source of inspiration for creative artists of all disciplines. We take for granted…
The Wife’s Tale: A Personal History
As Yetemegn lay dying, she was anxious to leave and yet worried that she had not fasted and prayed enough.…
To Die But Once
Although WW2 has broken out, in London it is the lull before the storm when everyone is prepared for attack…
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