ENGAGING, IMPECCABLY RESEARCHED account of a high-profile divorce trial that scandalized Victorian England.

MIND-BOGGLING TRUE STORY of a hoaxster who pretended to be a survivor of the 2001 World Trade Center attack.

INTRIGUING TRUE STORY of the daring teen thief, “Barefoot Bandit” Colton Harris-Moore. Lots of vivid detail!

CHARMING, DIFFIDENT META-ETIQUETTE guide from the ever delightful Henry Alford has good advice amid the laughs.

ENGROSSING, THOROUGHLY RESEARCHED look at Queen Victoria’s very public mourning for husband Prince Albert.

AN ARTIFICIAL ISLAND CITY wracked by class struggle and environmental threats in a future world; compelling.

HIGH-ENERGY FANTASY of an alternate England where a vampire Victoria has ruled for generations. Entertaining!

OFFBEAT, ENTERTAINING SCHOLARLY study of the US Jewish community’s role in our alcohol industry and culture.

COMPLEX, ENTERTAINING THRILLER follows a psychiatrist and a cop along the trail of a serial killer.

TROUBLING TRUE STORY of a South Carolina death row inmate’s conviction on shockingly scanty (at best) evidence.