A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
How to Dodge a Cannonball
By Dennard Dayle
This rollicking bildungsroman unfolds amid the Civil War.
A look at what’s steaming up the shelves this month.
The Killer’s Shadow: The FBI’s Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer
By John Douglas and Mark Olshaker
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A gripping look at the manhunt that helped put criminal profiling on the map.
The Adoption
By Zidrou and Arno Monin; translated by Jeremy Melloul
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The grandfather of an adopted girl travels halfway around the world to discover the meaning of family.
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Okay, it’s not always better to give than to receive, except when it comes to these favorite titles!
The Piano Student: A Novel
By Lea Singer; translated by Elisabeth Lauffer
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A nuanced, occasionally problematic imagining of a real-life virtuoso's long-ago forbidden affair.
Authors on Audio: A Conversation with H. Ripley Rawlings IV
By Stephen Usery
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
Memorial: A Novel
By Bryan Washington
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In this multilayered tale about a frayed same-sex couple in Houston, the quiet moments ring loudest.
An Interview with Holly Goldberg Sloan
By Ilana and Tyler Cymet
The screenwriter/author most wants to make her young readers feel things.
The Nazi Spy Ring in America: Hitler’s Agents, the FBI, & the Case that Stirred the Nation
By Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones
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A fascinating look at the 1938 trial that tipped the U.S. into the Allies’ corner.
