FICTION

GOD LOVES HAITI

by Dimitry Elias Léger

With shimmering, lyrical prose, Léger conjures an incisive vision of Haiti’s complex heritage, tortured soul and dauntless... Full review >

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BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

CRUCIBLE OF COMMAND

by William C. Davis

A fresh look at the sources and a careful eye to leadership and character places this book high atop the list of recent... Full review >

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BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

THE PARTNERSHIP

by Pamela Katz

With a novelist’s eye for telling details, Katz offers a colorful, perceptive and riveting portrait of a remarkable artistic... Full review >

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FICTION

HUSH HUSH

by Laura Lippman

Tess' constant worry about whether she's a good mother dovetails ironically with Dawes' fight to win her daughters back.... Full review >

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BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

LINCOLN'S BODY

by Richard Wightman Fox

An original, brightly written and well-researched cultural history certain to have wide appeal. Full review >

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TEENS & YOUNG ADULT

HOLD TIGHT, DON'T LET GO

by Laura Rose Wagner

An insightful disaster-survival story with far-reaching emotional resonance. (brief history notes, glossary) (Fiction. 14... Full review >

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FICTION

MY SUNSHINE AWAY

by M.O. Walsh

Celebrate, fiction lovers: The gods of Southern gothic storytelling have inducted a junior member. Full review >

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NONFICTION

ELEANOR MARX

by Rachel Holmes

A full-fleshed, thrilling portrait, troubling and full of family secrets. Full review >

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