Close to Home: A Novel

By Michael Magee

Close to Home: A Novel

Young adults in a broken West Belfast try to move past the Troubles.

A Union Like Ours

By Scott Bane

A Union Like Ours

Recalling a forbidden midcentury romance.

The Facemaker

By Lindsey Fitzharris

The Facemaker

An affecting yet disorderly account of a pioneering doctor’s life-changing work.

In Sardinia: An Unexpected Journey in Italy

A worthy corrective to the island’s unfairly tarnished reputation.

American Ending: A Novel

By Mary Kay Zuravleff

American Ending: A Novel

A young woman seeks to transcend her Russian-immigrant family’s world.

The Late Americans: A Novel

Twentysomethings try to make sense of the world and their place in it.

The World: A Family History of Humanity

A staggering work of scholarship that also delights in the naughty bits.