Random House
Venetia Kelly’s Traveling Show
Venetia Kelly is talented and beguiling. With and without her ventriloquist’s dummy, Blarney, she charms audiences across the Irish countryside…
Unfinished Desires
As this novel opens, Mother Suzanne Ravenel, in her eighties in the year 2001 and the former headmistress of a…
Sphinx’s Princess
Aimed at a young adult audience, Friesner’s novel portrays Nefertiti as a dutiful, lively, and intelligent teenage girl, growing up…
War Games
This middle-grade novel explores coming of age in Greece during World War II, as seen from the viewpoint of 12-year-old…
The Book of the Maidservant
After young Johanna’s mother dies and her family falls apart, she is sent to be a serving girl to Margery…
The Gathering Storm
Set in 1791 at the height of British naval supremacy, this is a roller coaster of a nautical yarn liberally…
The Last Dickens
Charles Dickens has just died, and his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, is unfinished. Boston publisher James R…
Shanghai Girls
Editors' choice
Pearl and May are two sisters born in Shanghai, China, in the early 20th century. Raised in luxury with traditional…
The Invisible Mountain
The Invisible Mountain is Carolina De Robertis’s accomplished generational saga describing the fates of three women intertwined with those of…
The Devil’s Company
Editors' choice
Fans of David Liss’s Benjamin Weaver series will not be disappointed by his latest installment. Benjamin Weaver makes his living…
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