Set during China’s forced removals to reeducation camps, this novel illuminates one family’s struggle to adjust when a young father is swept away.

• Historical Fiction,

A moving novel spotlighting the silent dignity of Japanese-Canadians interned during World War II.

• Historical Fiction,

Like Stephen Crane’s Maggie, this novel set in the Bowery of Manhattan examines the horrors and hopes of the poor young women sold into sexual slavery in the 1870s.

• Historical Fiction,

The life of Peggy Shippen, Benedict Arnold’s wife, is brought into focus in this new biography.

• Historical Fiction,

Despite barriers to professional advancement for women scientists in the mid-1900s, Marie Tharp was a pioneer in the mapping of ocean-floor territory.

• Historical Fiction,
• Science,

This chillingly realistic novel depicts a tragedy similar to what many Chileans endured after Gen. Pinochet overthrew the democratically elected government in 1973.

• Historical Fiction,
• Literary,

In a retelling of a classic Chinese novel about women in the Qing Dynasty, the author offers a more modern twist to the ending.

• Contemporary,
• Historical Fiction,

In his reimagining of the president’s fate, the author explores the relations of the races in postwar Washington — and creates a murder mystery.

• Historical Fiction,