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 and Munster’s Case by Hakan Nesser Ever since the success of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, publishers are translating Nordic crime novels into English as […]
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 […]
The Improbability of Love
The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild In The New York Times review of her novel The Improbability of Love, author Hannah Rothschild (yes, those Rothschilds) said, “I don’t know […]
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot When Henrietta Lacks died of cancer in 1951, she left behind five young children and the most famous cells in the […]
The Imperfectionists
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman The newspaper was a loser, even before the internet. The decision by an otherwise savvy Atlanta businessman to publish an international English-language newspaper in Rome […]
The House at Sugar Beach
The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper The House at Sugar Beach by journalist Helene Cooper is the story of her privileged childhood in Liberia, her twenty-three-year exile, and […]
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride I am turning into my mother, and when I recently caught myself deep in a Southern Windup (SWU) I knew the […]
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson Like many young women in post WWI England, Constance Haverhill is unemployed. Having taken a job as an estate manager […]
The Guncle
The Guncle by Steven Rowley Patrick O’Hara, a once-famous gay sitcom star, quite enjoys his niece and nephew’s brief visits to his stylish home in Palm Springs. But when their […]