The Man Who Ate Too Much
The Man Who Ate Too Much by John Birdsall In 1938, thirty-five-year-old James Beard, college dropout and struggling actor, returned to New York City from his home in Oregon to […]
The Maid
The Maid by Nita Prose Molly is the maid every hotel wishes they had on their payroll. Obsessively tidy, punctual, and methodical, Molly cleans each room at the Regency Grand […]
The Lowland
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri The latest novel from Jhumpa Lahiri, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies and The Namesake, concerns Subhash and Udayan, two brothers growing up […]
The Long Way Home
The Long Way Home by Louise Penny (Book 10) Despite her gothic prose, the new Louise Penny is also reliably gratifying. (I have forgiven Penny for her transgressions in The […]
The Lincoln Highway
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles Amor Towles’ newest novel, The Lincoln Highway, is an engaging combination of Boys’ Own magazine and Homeric epic, and decidedly different from either of […]
The Library Book
The Library Book by Susan Orlean No surprise–I loved The Library by Susan Orlean. But it is not a typical narrative non-fiction like Orlean’s earlier books. The book’s chapters are […]
The Keeper of Lost Causes
The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen I’m always on the lookout for a new mystery series, so I was thrilled when my cousin Harriet suggested the Department Q […]
The Jane Austen Society
The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner In 1945, the tiny village of Chawton is coping with the after effects of WWII. Its most famous resident, Jane Austen, who lived […]
The Inspector and Silence
The Inspector and Silence (Book 5) and Munster’s Case (Book 6) by Hakan Nesser Ever since the success of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, publishers are translating Nordic crime […]
The Ink Black Heart
The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith (Book 6) Under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling writes mysteries that have more in common with Dickens than DeMille. With intricate plotting […]