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The Sun Won’t Come Out Tomorrow: The Dark History of American Orphanhood
By Kristen Martin
Revealing the ugly truth behind the pretty stories.
A rollicking if under-sourced look at mobsters in the Oval.
American Imperialist
By Arwen P. Mohun
King Leopold didn’t exploit the Congo all by himself.
The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story
By Pagan Kennedy
Why did trailblazer Marty Goddard get no credit for her own invention?
An unsatisfying portrait of little-known WWII heroes.
November 1942
By Peter Englund; translated by Peter Graves
An extraordinary chronicle of ordinary people caught up in battle.
The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne
By Kate Winkler Dawson
What should’ve been a page-turner is more of a slog.
Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II
By Elyse Graham
Too many tangents derail what could’ve been an intriguing wartime tale.
