Last Updated: July 19, 2024
Enlightenment
by Sarah Perry
Thomas Hart and Grace Macaulay have lived all their lives in the small Essex town of Aldleigh. Though separated in age by three decades, the pair are kindred spirits–torn between their commitment to religion and their desire to explore the world beyond their small Baptist community. Thomas and Grace will ask themselves what it means to love and be loved, what is fixed and what is mutable, how much of our fate is predestined and written in the stars, and whether they can find their way back to each other.
The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis
by Jeff Shaara
In 1961, the new president John F. Kennedy, inherited an ill-conceived, poorly executed invasion of Cuba that failed miserably and set in motion the events that put the U.S. and the Soviet Union on a collision course that nearly started a war that would have enveloped much of the world.
Lucky
by Jane Smiley
Jodie Rattler comes of age in recording studios, backstage, and on tour, and tries to hold her own in the wake of Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, and Joni Mitchell. Yet it feels like something is missing. Could it be true love? Or is that not actually what Jodie is looking for?
Clear
by Carys Davies
John, an impoverished Scottish minister, has accepted a job evicting the lone remaining occupant of an island north of Scotland–Ivar, who has been living alone for decades, with only the animals and the sea for company. Though his wife, Mary, has serious misgivings about the errand, he decides to go anyway, setting in motion a chain of events that neither he nor Mary could have predicted.
Your Presence is Mandatory
by Sasha Vasilyuk
In 2007 Ukraine, after Yefim Shulman, beloved husband, grandfather and World War II veteran, passes away, his widow Nina finds a letter to the KGB in his briefcase that reveals his lifelong secret, which forces them to reassess the man they thought they knew and the country he defended.
Splitting Gold
by Carmella Lowkis
Two estranged sisters–formerly celebrated (and fraudulent) spirit mediums–come back together for one last con in 19th century Paris.
The Silver Bone
by Andrey Kurkov
Rookie detective Samson Kolechko in Kyiv tackles his first case, set against real life details of the tumultuous early 20th century.