An Inconvenient Widow: The Torment, Trial, and Triumph of Mary Todd Lincoln
By Lois Romano
The famously volatile figure is cast in a sympathetic light.
It All Felt Impossible
By Tom McAllister
A man takes annual stock of his life in this unique collection.
Vixen: A Nameless Detective Novel
By Bill Pronzini
Imagine “La Belle Dame sans Merci” reborn in San Francisco noir.
A Thousand Miles to Freedom: My Escape from North Korea
By Eunsun Kim with Sébastien Falletti; translated by David Tian
A gripping glimpse into the horrors of life under the Kim regime and the dangers facing those who flee.
Afterwar: Healing the Moral Wounds of Our Soldiers
By Nancy Sherman
A philosophical examination of the toll emotional pain takes on service members.
Newport: A Novel
By Jill Morrow
A lack of mystery largely derails this otherwise promising ghost story.
What do book lovers have queued up on their nightstands and ready to read before lights-out? We asked a few of them, and here’s what they said.
God and Jetfire: Confessions of a Birth Mother
By Amy Seek
An honest, unflinching look at the unhealed wounds from adoption.
Run You Down
By Julia Dahl
This page-turner of a mystery, set in an ultra-orthodox Jewish community, brings a mother and daughter together at last.
An Interview with Ellen Crosby
By Joye Shepperd
A murder-mystery sends a Washington photojournalist on a quest for a killer — and the Independent for a conversation with its author.
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