Two years after the end of the Civil War, the people of Franklin, Tennessee are […]
The Secrets of Wishtide, by Kate Saunders
Five years after her archdeacon husband passed away, leaving her with a very small annuity, […]
Everfair, by Nisi Shawl
Eddie Izzard explains colonization in such a way that it highlights the absurdity of people […]
The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead
I read dark books. I know my tastes are not for everyone, and I am […]
The Hundred Secret Senses, by Amy Tan
It’s been so long since I read Amy Tan’s The Hundred Secret Senses that all I […]
The Rise of the Automated Aristocrats, by Mark Hodder
Time has been out of joint for a long time in Sir Richard Francis Burton’s […]
The Gentleman, by Forrest Leo
Lionel Savage married for the worst reason: money. He was out of funds and, in […]
The Female Detective, by Andrew Forrester
There is a not insignificant portion of the bookish world that seeks out the first […]
My Cousin Rachel, by Daphne du Maurier
In all of the novels I’ve read by Daphne du Maurier, the narrator was an outsider […]
The Kindness of Enemies, by Leila Aboulela
After 9/11, I feel like the western world got a crash course in Islam. The […]