A CHINESE EXPATRIATE in wartime Saigon seeks security and a safe future for his son. Exquisite, touching novel.

THE SHOCKING TRUE STORY of a man’s escape from the brutal North Korean prison camp where he was born.

INGENIOUSLY TWISTED MYSTERY about a dysfunctional marriage and a missing wife. Breathtakingly suspenseful!

SLY, GRIMLY CHARMING prep-school thriller: part HARRIET THE SPY, part THE SECRET HISTORY, entirely engrossing.

INTRICATE, DETAIL-RICH MYSTERY set in 1845 New York paints a vivid picture of the changing city. Haunting!

ELEGAIC, MOVING RE-IMAGINING of the lives of Emmett Till, the girl who loved him, and her family. A triumph.

ENTHRALLING RECREATION OF the Nixon administration’s Watergate scandal, with vivid characterizations, detail.

WRENCHINGLY HONEST, BRUTALLY eloquent, a novelist’s memoir of losing her sight and her way in life astounds.

FASCINATING, DEEPLY RESEARCHED account of the creation of “heterosexuality” as a medical and legal category.

LYRICAL, TROUBLING NOVEL follows a girl dreaming of escape from generations of grueling poverty and abuse.