The Watermark

By Sam Mills

The Watermark

A remarkably ambitious, remarkably uneven tale.

The Franklin Stove

By Joyce E. Chaplin

The Franklin Stove

This excellent history covers far more than the Founder’s forays into home heating.

Undercity: A Novel

By Monte Schulz

Undercity: A Novel

Dystopian forces wreak havoc above — and below — ground.

Those Who Are About to Die: A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator

Russell Crowe was good, but this book is even better.

Strange People on the Hill: How Extremism Tore Apart a Small American Town

An oddly (and overly) personal account of tumult in West Virginia.

The Keeper: A Novel

By Tana French

The Keeper: A Novel

A superb, genre-defying conclusion to the author’s Cal Hooper trilogy.

Happy Land

By Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Happy Land

A DC woman discovers she’s heir to a long-ago, real-life Black kingdom.