Helene Wecker’s rich follow-up to her 2013 debut novel, The Golem and the Jinni.

Hanna Halperin draws on her career experiences to create a detailed and engrossing depiction of the complicated dynamics that fuel violence within one fractured family.

The backdrop to Kristin Harmel’s latest novel is war-torn France; its backbone is the heroism of ordinary people during times of undue duress.