“Lone Women,” a novel by Victor LaValle, is set in 1915. Its protagonist is Adelaide Henry, who for the first time in her life is away...

The World War II historical novel “The Golden Doves,” by Martha Hall Kelly, grabs you from the beginning and keeps you engaged to the...

It’s hard to define what exactly All That Is Mine I Carry With Me by William Landay is - a legal thriller? A mystery? A family drama?...

In 2016, Maggie Smith (the American poet, not the English Dame) started trending on the internet following the publication of her poem...

The Richmond, Virginia theater fire of December 26, 1911, caused a significant loss of life for a young United States of America....

“Homecoming,” by Kate Morton, will grab you from the beginning. It’s a murder/mystery set in South Australia. The first chapter opens...

I was enthralled with Timothy Egan’s “A Fever in the Heartland,” a history of the rise and fall of the Ku Klux Clan in 1920s Indiana....

I laughed, I cried, and I contemplated my entire life. Emily Henry knows exactly how to tear out my heart and put it back together again....

“Beyond That the Sea,” by Laura Spence-Ash, is a historical fiction novel told in three parts. It begins in 1940 then advances into 1965...

Many readers remember Jeanette Walls from her popular memoir, The Glass Castle. Her newest book, a work of historical fiction, is set...

Among the peculiar metaphoric images of U.S. culture is bootstrapping, a reference to leather flaps at the top of tall, tight boots,...

“Seven Faceless Saints,” a young adult novel by M.K. Lobb, isn’t your typical enemies to lovers, us against the world book. Damian and...

Alex Prud’homme’s entertaining and often surprising book, “Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at...

I have read and enjoyed many of Barbara Kingsolver’s books but her latest, Demon Copperhead, is my favorite. Loosely based on the...

“House of Cotton,” by Monica Brashears, is written in the mode of the Southern Gothic genre with its characteristics of transgressive...

Clover knows about problems that arise when we turn our backs on “Our Big Wonderful World.” While we’ve made some efforts in bettering...

“It is the summer of 1855, and you are free,” Sarah, the narrator of “The Lost Wife,” states with relief, at the beginning of a searing...

The world would be a nicer place if there were more Arthur Masons around. Readers might remember Arthur from Elizabeth Berg’s novel “The...

Lore has always looked out for herself, working as a poison runner with an ability for necromancy she has to fight to keep secret. When a...

“A Most Intriguing Lady,” by Sarah Ferguson is a historical fiction novel of the Victorian Era in England. It is the story of Lady Mary...