Mrs. Shim Is a Killer: A Novel
By Kang Jiyoung; translated by Paige Morris
Rumors of a middle-aged female assassin roil Seoul’s underworld.
A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
Authors on Audio: A Conversation with Chanelle Benz
By Stephen Usery
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
Children of the Ghetto: My Name Is Adam
By Elias Khoury; translated by Humphrey Davies
A haunting, sometimes muddled tale of Palestinian defeat.
In the Neighborhood of True
By Susan Kaplan Carlton
In the 1950s South, an expat New Yorker teen strives to hide her Jewishness.
How a physician/author brought a blinding scandal into public view.
Accommodations
By Wioletta Greg; translated by Jennifer Croft
A young woman comes of age in post-Communist Poland.
A Terrible Country
By Keith Gessen
This timely story, set in Russia, takes on the politics of belonging with humor and compassion.
The Fall of Wisconsin
By Dan Kaufman
When and how, exactly, did the blue Badger State turn red?
The German Midwife: A Novel
By Mandy Robotham
This story, narrated from behind Axis lines, captures the enduring strength of women.
