The Godmother: Murder, Vengeance, and the Bloody Struggle of Mafia Women

The lady gangsters of Italy don’t mess around.

Real Estate

By Deborah Levy

Real Estate

A master of the philosophical memoir ponders the concept of “home.”

In All Good Faith

By Liza Nash Taylor

In All Good Faith

Two very different women discover their own strength in the Depression-era South.

The Fifth Act: America’s End in Afghanistan

A painful, essential read from perhaps the only author who could’ve written it.

War and Me: A Memoir

By Faleeha Hassan; translated by William Hutchins

War and Me: A Memoir

A heartfelt if impersonal recollection of life in Iraq.

The Bone Flower

By Charles Lambert

The Bone Flower

A racing plot and imaginative details deliver uneven results in this supernatural saga.

Dark Voyage: An American Privateer’s War on Britain’s African Slave Trade

The hunt for immoral yet lucrative cargo during the Revolutionary War.