In Valhalla’s Shadows: A Novel

An atmospheric Canadian thriller that subtly comments on institutional abuses and racism.

The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison’s Ten-Year Road Trip

This entertaining peek at two flawed titans makes for an ideal late-summer read.

Extreme Conservation

By Joel Berger

Extreme Conservation

This observant and witty book asks difficult questions about our role in saving species living in extreme climates.

John Woman

By Walter Mosley

John Woman

This postmodern, literary story has the potential to bewilder or delight.

Gravity Is the Thing: A Novel

This intelligent, quirky epic is multidimensional in its treatment of existential life crises.

The Catholic School: A Novel

By Edoardo Albinati; translated by Antony Shugaar

The Catholic School: A Novel

What might have been an engaging “fictionalized memoir" is buried under reams of self-indulgent, misogynistic lecturing.

Barnum: An American Life

A clear-eyed new look at the 19th-century huckster.

Endeavour: The Ship that Changed the World

A rich history of the vessel that voyaged far beyond her beam reach.