In Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice, Mary Fulbrook concentrates on the […]
The Book of Dirt, by Bram Presser
Unless a family is particularly close knit, garrulous, and practice good document management, the histories […]
The Winter Soldier, by Daniel Mason
If Gavrilo Princip had not fired the shot that started World War I, Lucius Krzelewski […]
Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik
In Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik has woven together a handful of fairy tales to tell the […]
Swallowing Mercury, by Wioletta Greg
The stories in Wioletta Greg’s Swallowing Mercury (translated by Eliza Marciniak into crisp British English) offer […]
Mischling, by Affinity Konar
I can understand why twins fascinate scientists. Watching them can reveal much about how personality […]
Time’s Arrow, by Martin Amis
In physics, the “arrow of time” is a metaphor for time and entropy first coined […]
Salt to the Sea, by Ruta Sepetys
Based around the real sinking of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff, Ruta Sepetys’s novel, Salt to the Sea, […]
The Upright Heart, by Julia Ain-Krupa
I think authors write about the Holocaust and readers keep reading about the Holocaust because […]
Uprooted, by Naomi Novik
Every now and then, I get a book that has all the things I’ve wanted […]