Book of the Week for December 23, 2021

Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham

Book of the Week for December 19, 2021

An Orphan In History by Paul Cowan

A Jewish writer rediscovers his religious and cultural heritage.

Book of the Week for December 12, 2021

Patrimony by Philip Roth

The writer’s father is diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor, and his son–full of anxiety, love, and fear–lives through each...

Book of the Week for December 03, 2021

Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier

A sixteen year old girl is painted by Vermeer.

Book of the Week for November 26, 2021

Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell

The bitter and impoverished John Barton commits a murder.

Book of the Week for November 20, 2021

The Lawgiver by Herman Wouk

When he turned ninety-seven the author satisfied his lifelong wish of writing an epistolary novel about Moses.

Book of the Week for November 12, 2021

The Four Of Us by Elizabeth Swados

A household is trounced by tragedy.

Book of the Week for November 07, 2021

Zlata’s Diary by Zlata Filipovic

The journal of a ten-year-old records the bombings, snipers, gas, and food shortages during the 1990s.

Book of the Week for November 01, 2021

An American Childhood by Annie Dillard

A memoir-paean to Pittsburgh—the childhood home to the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.

Book of the Week for October 24, 2021

Shelley: Also Known As Shirley by Shelley Winters

From Brooklyn to Hollywood and Monroe; Brando, Flynn, Holden; stardom.

Book of the Week for October 15, 2021

Between The Lines by Claudia Whitsitt

Three Detroit girls from different backgrounds become best friends during the racial tensions of the 60s.

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Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham

An Orphan In History by Paul Cowan

Patrimony by Philip Roth

Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier

Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell

The Lawgiver by Herman Wouk

The Four Of Us by Elizabeth Swados

Zlata’s Diary by Zlata Filipovic

An American Childhood by Annie Dillard

Shelley: Also Known As Shirley by Shelley Winters

Between The Lines by Claudia Whitsitt