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The Slaughterman’s Daughter: A Novel
By Yaniv Iczkovits; translated by Orr Scharf
A fable-like tale of a Jewish woman who dared to defy an entire empire.
Gerta: A Novel
By Kateřina Tučková; translated by Véronique Firkusny
The quiet, wrenching tale of a Czech-German woman grappling with guilt and nihilism in the aftermath of WWII.
Remembrance
By Rita Woods
This moving debut puts a metaphysical spin on emancipation in America.
Yellow Wife: A Novel
By Sadeqa Johnson
A sobering, graphically violent story of a light-skinned slave struggling to survive in the 19th-century South.
The Chanel Sisters: A Novel
By Judithe Little
A sweeping story of two women who overcome destitution to create an iconic French fashion brand.
Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey: A Novel
By Kathleen Rooney
A winning, fictionalized account of a real-life homing pigeon’s heroism in WWI.
The Piano Student: A Novel
By Lea Singer; translated by Elisabeth Lauffer
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A nuanced, occasionally problematic imagining of a real-life virtuoso's long-ago forbidden affair.
The Cold Millions: A Novel
By Jess Walter
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This extraordinary story of an early 1900s class struggle cements the author’s place among America’s finest writers.
