01 Apeirogon: A Novel This is beautiful, powerful, illuminating, and heart-wrenching. The first part felt a little slow, but I'm so very...

Rees does an excellent job of taking us through Edith's amateur spy struggle and provides fascinating details of life in WWII Germany.

This is a spooky, atmospheric, gothic Victorian ghost story perfect for the season.

Donoghue immersed me so fully in this world that everything else fell away for me. Set in Ireland in 1918, The Pull of the Stars follows...

What I'm reading 9/22/20: 01 Deadly Waters 02 Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook 03 The Silent Companions

I love Jiles's richly imagined historical fiction, and I'm in for her other books.

01 The Pull of the Stars Set in Ireland in 1918, The Pull of the Stars follows a nurse, Julia, doctor, Kathleen, and a young volunteer,...

This first book in the Lady Janies trilogy is funny, and smart, with clever asides, wonderful character development, and fantastic banter.

I was desperate for Ceelie to listen to her own needs after cancer treatment and take care of herself a little bit.

In The Vanishing Half, Bennett explores the complicated implications of perception as reality when it comes to race.

Mitchell expertly builds the band members into rich characters you're rooting for. More very welcome David Mitchell universe madness.

Kidd offers a creepy, dark mystery gloriously steeped in details of Victorian London and seedy, sordid characters, and heroes with heart.

Lu layers a fantastical alternate fairy world over a framework of the imagined point of view of Wolfgang Mozart’s real sister.

This story imagines a wife for Jesus, questions gender roles, and offers adventure.

A smart master thief who bends time and finds her loyalties dividded in turn-of-the-century New York.

Atlantic City before WWII, with its giant hotels, piers, and hubbub, is the backdrop for this summer in the life of an extended family.

Veronica is a strong and unorthodox main protagonist who finds herself entangled in a dangerous set of circumstances.

I loved the vivid setting and the strong women who find themselves in the middle of this early seventeenth century witch hunt.

I loved the early twentieth century Arizona Territory setting and details, as well as Mary Pearl’s spirit, grit, and determination.

This is beautiful, powerful, illuminating, and heart-wrenching.