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The Daffodil Days: A Novel
By Helen Bain
An affectionate reimagining of Sylvia Plath’s domestic life.
How to Dodge a Cannonball
By Dennard Dayle
This rollicking bildungsroman unfolds amid the Civil War.
Behold the Bird in Flight
By Terri Lewis
A young girl’s impetuous decision alters the course of her life.
Looking for Frank Wills: A Novel
By Wesley Brown
A fresh perspective on Watergate’s forgotten hero.
Questions 27 & 28: A Novel
By Karen Tei Yamashita
The fallout from Japanese internment camps ripples across decades.
Tiodora’s Letters: An Enslaved Woman’s Fight for Family and Freedom
By Marcelo D’Salete; translated by Andrea Rosenberg
In 1860s Brazil, a slave attempts to find her loved ones.
Crucible: A Novel
By John Sayles
This curiously inert story might’ve worked better as nonfiction.
The Winter Warriors: A Novel
By Olivier Norek
A gripping portrayal of a brief but bloody WWII-adjacent clash.