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The Siege

by Helen Dunmore

“The best historical fiction delivers emotional truth through the lives of imaginary but ordinary people, making it possible to feel the texture of events that have been smoothed out by…

Shrouds of Glory

by Winston Groom

“Groom peoples his history with vivid characters. Shrouds of Glory effectively evokes the overwhelming momentousness of war.” –Christopher Lehmann–Haupt, The New York Times…

The Retreat

by Patrick Rambaud

“In The Retreat, a novel much praised for its level of historical detail, French writer Patrick Rambaud locates little grandeur in the ghastly carnage of Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow. ….

Mr. Spaceman

by Robert Olen Butler

“A novel of surprising poignance . . . Amusingly quirky . . . [Portrays] a human world that’s both in thrall to a tabloid culture of quick money and in…

The Master and Margarita

by Mikhail Bulgakov

“I fell in love with it. . . . I reread it often . . . for me it’s one of those magical books that hits you with something new…

Leisureville

by Andrew D. Blechman

“Engaging . . . [Blechman] confronts the troubling trend toward isolation and escapism.” —Publishers Weekly…

I, Lucifer

by Glen Duncan

“Duncan’s witty and perverse, yet somehow life-affirming. Readers . . . won’t want to put [I, Lucifer] down.” –Brendan Driscoll, Booklist…

The Grove Book of Hollywood

by Christopher Silvester

“For anyone who enjoys the rich folklore, strange tribal rites, and tarnished idols of the celluloid jungles, the book is a feast.” –Entertainment Weekly…

Great Apes

by Will Self

“A high-powered satirical weapon . . . with Great Apes, his most satisfying book so far, Will Self establishes himself as an alpha male in the British literary hierarchy.” –The…

Give War a Chance

by P. J. O'Rourke

“Mocking on the surface but serious beneath, sharply attuned to quotidian hypocrisy and contradiction…this book contains some of O’Rourke’s best work to date. When it comes to scouting the world…