Shira Gorshman’s piquant historical novel Hannah’s Sheep and Cattle nestles an abiding love story amid the interwar upheavals of Soviet Russia. In 1930, on a Jewish commune on the wide Crimean steppe, Hanah is twenty-three, the... Read More

An intriguing thriller that follows consequential judges through the centuries, "The Book of Judges" rests on exciting conspiracies. A mysterious, world-shattering secret relating to historical judges across millennia initiates a... Read More

A capable woman forges a new life while traveling to California by sea in the adventure-filled historical novel "Kismet". In J. James Wheeling’s exciting historical novel "Kismet", a woman undertakes a sea voyage to prove her courage.... Read More

A fleeing man has grandiose adventures on his way out west in the eventful novel "The Gantlet". In J. James Wheeling’s entrancing historical novel "The Gantlet", a man undertakes a fevered quest to refashion his life in California. In... Read More

Two musicians form an immeasurable bond that sees them through wartime preparations in the atmospheric historical novel "Cover for Me". Steven Schindler’s nostalgia-piquing historical novel "Cover for Me" is about an unusual plot to... Read More

Nineteenth-century gender restrictions are portrayed with focused eloquence in the startling historical novel "Silent Cauldron". In E. B. Moore’s disquieting historical novel "Silent Cauldron", a Quaker girl disguises herself as a boy... Read More

With scathing insights into America’s commodification of tragedies, Ben Wickey’s "More Weight" is a humane, absorbing graphic novel. With dual storylines set in the 1860s and 1690s, this sobering text vivifies the Salem witch trials... Read More

A nascent warrior uses sex in a subversive manner in the piquing historical novel "The Tao of Poison". Isham Cook’s wild, erotic historical novel "The Tao of Poison" concerns a young woman with an odd physical condition. The White... Read More