The Weekend Retreat: A Novel

This engaging whodunit embraces familiar tropes to great effect.

Artifice

By Sharon Cameron

Artifice

A Dutch teen risks her life selling forged art to the Nazis.

The Village Idiot

By Steve Stern

The Village Idiot

A mad genius makes art — and provokes his patrons — in pre-WWII France.

Tali Girls

By Siamak Herawi; translated by Sara Khalili

Tali Girls

Evil takes many shapes in this harrowing story of religious fundamentalism.

Everything Is Not Enough: A Novel

By Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström

Everything Is Not Enough: A Novel

Women of color face prejudice and patriarchy in majority-white Sweden.

Now Is Not the Time to Panic

Teens’ shake-up of their small town has lifelong repercussions.

The Sea Elephants: A Novel

A queer Indian teen escapes to the theater in this earnest coming-of-age tale.

The Prospectors: A Novel

By Ariel Djanikian

The Prospectors: A Novel

This adventure falls short on likable characters but boasts an addictive plot.