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The Six Wives of Henry VIII
by Alison Weir“Impeccable research . . . Entertaining . . . The story of England’s second Tudor monarch and his rather sordid marital life has been told often. But never has it…
Scourge
by Jonathan Tucker“A well-written, informative history of the eradication of smallpox disease. The author’s authoritative command of the intrigue surrounding the ‘stay of execution” of the virus itself and its potential use…
Salvage
by Tom Stoppard“A Dickensian portrait of the fractious émigré community.” —Michael Billington, Guardian (UK)…
Rush of Blood
by Mark Billingham“Mark Billingham takes us on a very unhappy holiday in this sizzling thriller that starts in Florida and moves back to Britain . . . Billingham is brilliant with both…
Rockaby & Other Short Pieces
by Samuel Beckett“In love with the aside, the tangential comment, the footnote and the mathematical calculation . . . Beckett has fashioned a vehicle for himself in drama and prose that allows…
Return to Glory
by Matthew DeBordFifty years after Ford’s landmark victory at Le Mans, a veteran journalist chronicles the creation, racing, and triumph of a new Ford GT….
The Refugees
by Viet Thanh NguyenFrom the author of The Sympathizer, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, The Refugees is a collection of stories imbued with Nguyen’s extraordinary gift for writing, exploring questions…
The Raymond Chandler Papers
by Tom Hiney“Chandler, the premiere practictioner of the American hard-boiled detective novel, elevated the wisecrack into a rhetorical figure somewhere between sarcasm and simile. For the Chandler fan, The Raymond Chandler Papers…
The Best of It
by Kay Ryan“Melancholy lucidity is Ryan’s greatest gift, and it can be heard in all her most successful poems. But her most startling discovery is that melancholy, with its tendency to brood…
