Malka Kaganoff Preparing for married life is the most important thing a bride can do, but this entails far more than learning how to cook and run a household. The...

Alice Munro   Suffused with Munro's clarity of vision and her unparalleled gift for storytelling, these tales about departures and beginnings, accidents and dangers, and outgoings and homecomings both imagined...

Joseph GallianoThese nuggets of wisdom are offered by an Academy Award–nominated actor (James Woods), a popular comedian (Aasif Mandvi), and a world-famous novelist (Jodi Picoult) to their sixteen-year-old selves. No...

Beverly Cleary Second grader Leigh Botts adores a book about dog training by author Mr. Boyd Henshaw. To fulfill a school assignment, Leigh painstakingly writes to Mr. Henshaw and tells...

Herman Koch   The tour-de-force, hair-raising new novel from Herman Koch, New York Times bestselling author of The Dinner and Summer House with Swimming PoolOnce a celebrated writer, M's greatest...

AJ PearceLondon, 1941. Amid the falling bombs Emmeline Lake dreams of becoming a fearless Lady War Correspondent. Unfortunately, Emmy instead finds herself employed as a typist for the formidable Henrietta...

Mari Yoshihara Much has been written about Leonard Bernstein, a musician of extraordinary talent who was legendary for his passionate love of life and many relationships. In this work, Mari...

Rabbi Abner Weiss Of all the books on the Jewish outlook on death and bereavement, probably none is as complete as this one. It offers the comforting, caressing hand of...

Lily Pincus A profound exploration of grief, loss, and familial bonds through the lens of mortality. Lily Puncus examines how death reshapes family dynamics, offering thoughtful insights into the emotional...

Andrey Kurkov Viktor is an aspiring writer with only Misha, his pet penguin, for company. Although he would prefer to write short stories, he earns a living composing obituaries for...

Jose SaramagoHow do you catch a killer when you're the number one suspect?A man is caught on CCTV, shooting dead a cashier at a bank. Detective Harry Hole begins his...

Author: Donna Leon There is little violent crime in Venice, a serenely beautiful floating city of mystery and magic, history and decay. But the evil that does occasionally rear its...