A Diamond in the Desert

Part history, part memoir, part travel guide, this search for the mysteries behind one of the world’s richest cities is “the best book . . . on the Gulf coast…

Levi’s Children

Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard

…is a hilarious story of life, love, and family that tells the surprising and delightful story of a young man’s unusual path to fame in a small Northern Indian city…

City of the Mind

“Lively is a magical writer, and her sensuous prose tempers the metaphysical abstractions. . . . Her uncanny empathy and ability to evoke emotion make the reader feel more like…

River Road to China

“As exciting as it is historically illuminating . . . A tale of heroism that has seldom been duplicated, spurred by the continuing, fatal attraction of the “Great River.” ”…

For Mother’s Day Read Books on Mothers, Motherhood, and More

…in Kerala, India, and Ropshitz, Poland, to memoirs of mother-and-daughterhood that are both tender and raw, these eight books show the intensity, diversity, and wonder of motherhood across time, culture,…

What It Is Like to Go to War, by Karl Marlantes

From the author of the New York Times best seller Matterhorn, which has sold over 250,000 copies, What It Is Like to Go to War is a powerful nonfiction book…

A Refiner’s Fire

In the thirty-third installment of Donna Leon’s magnificent series, Commissario Guido Brunetti confronts a present-day Venetian menace and the ghosts of a heroism that never was

Grove at Home: December 6-12

…own lifelong fascination, and observing with clear and powerful vision, Levison Wood is the ideal author to write on these beautiful, vitally important animals. Code Blue, Mike Magee This list…