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  1. Feb 11, 2024 · Feb. 11, 2024. Anne Michaels has served as Toronto’s poet laureate, so it’s no surprise that her latest novel, HELD (Knopf, 240 pp., $27), turns a multigenerational family saga into a lyrical ...

  2. May 27, 2022 · Véronique Roux, one of many young virgins stolen from the slums to satisfy his sexual appetite, makes the mistake of growing fond of him — with dire consequences when she becomes pregnant and ...

  3. Dec 8, 2020 · THE EVERLASTING, by Katy Simpson Smith. (Harper, 352 pp., $28.99.) An ambitious novel that peels back the layers of history, moving from modern-day Rome to the times of the Medicis and the Romans ...

  4. The Nobel Prize-winning author Alice Munro, who died on May 14, specialized in exacting short stories that were novelistic in scope, spanning decades with intimacy and precision. “The Light ...

  5. Dec 3, 2021 · Plenty of high-profile authors are serving up historical fiction this season, ... BEETHOVEN (New York Review Books, 312 pp., paper, $17.95). ... but at all times food is foremost. “It seems to ...

  6. Honorable Mention(2-4 Weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List) The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent. The first book in the “Crowns of Nyaxia” series. Oraya enters a tournament held by the goddess of death. Upside Down by Danielle Steel.

  7. Jan 15, 2024 · As her characters’ hopes for salvation flicker and dim, they engage in ever more dangerous activities. A 16-year-old girl uses her body as bait for a soldier while a 12-year-old boy risks ...