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Search Party by Valerie Trueblood
yes The beginning of this story collection starts with a quote by Penelope Fitzgerald: "If a story begins with finding, it must end with searching," and so we discover each story here to follow the...
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Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
yes Sweet Tooth is a brilliant play on the spy novel. Beautiful and booksmart, Serena Frome is tapped to work for the MI5 right out of college. Her job is disappointingly humdrum until she’s assigned...
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Secret History by Donna Tartt
yes This is one of the only books that I re-read, usually on rainy nights with a mug of tea. It’s a completely fascinating take on the murder mystery, in that you find out who the murderer is on the...
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Claire of the Sea by Edwidge Danticat
yes From the publication years ago of Danticat’s novel, Dew Breaker, I have long been a fan of Danticat’s writing. And oh, how this new novel surpassed my expectations and rekindled my awe of this...
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Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
yes Burial Rites is the kind of vividly atmospheric historical novel that makes you grateful for winter. Set in Iceland in 1829, the story centers around Agnes, a housemaid who has been charged with...
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Eleven Days by Lea Carpenter
yes Lea Carpenter’s beautiful and somber debut tells the story of a mother awaiting the fate of her son, a Navy SEAL deployed to Afghanistan. This literary war novel doesn’t linger on the front lines,...
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The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
yes New is paperback; this is the perfect Book Group read—I quickly fell under the spell of this memoir. Working in publishing for years, Schwalbe was always a devoted reader, but when his mother is...
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The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande
yes After publishing two acclaimed novels about the Mexican immigrant experience, Reyna Grande chose to reveal her own troubled and triumphant story as an illegal immigrant in this beautifully written...
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My Berlin Kitchen by Luisa Weiss
yes If I were in a book group, I would insist that we read this book. I would also insist that everyone pick a recipe and bring enough to share. Luisa Weiss grew up on two continents--her father lived...
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That’s That by Colin Broderick
yes I started reading this book because of a fascination I’ve recently developed with the Irish Troubles. Broderick grew up Catholic in Northern Ireland, and it seemed that everyone around him was...
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