| Every Rising Sun by Jamila AhmedIn this atmospheric and character-driven adaptation of One Thousand and One Nights, canny Shaherazade uses her storytelling abilities to survive her husband's rage and later, during the Third Crusade, to make an unforgettable impression on Saladin. Read-alikes: Learwife by R.J. Thorp and House of Names by Colm Tóibín. |
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| The Madwomen of Paris by Jennifer Cody EpsteinWorking in a 19th-century Parisian asylum where she recovered from her own breakdown, Laure Bissonet will be forced to reckon with her employers' cruelty and exploitation after being assigned to care for Josephine, an enigmatic new patient in the hysteria ward. For fans of: Ann Leary's The Foundling. |
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| Disobedient by Elizabeth FremantleIn this lyrical story of Italian art prodigy Artemisia Gentileschi, she becomes the first woman to be admitted to the Accademia di Arte del Disegno in Florence, produces some of the most important paintings of the Baroque era (including Judith Slaying Holofernes), and survives public and private traumas that indelibly shape her life and work. |
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| The Queen of the Valley by Lorena HughesAfter months without receiving the usual shipments of cacao beans from her friend Martin's plantation, nun Sor Puri travels from Ecuador to Colombia, arriving at the same time as the 1925 Cali earthquake. Both the valley and so is Sor Puri are devastated, especially once she starts digging for the truth about Martin's mysterious death months before. |
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| Trinity by Zelda LockhartBeginning in the 1940s, this haunting saga follows three generations of an African American family in Mississippi and North Carolina as they survive and work to untangle the traumas of enslavement and racism inherited from their ancestors. For fans of: magical realism and character-driven literary fiction. |
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| The Continental Affair by Christine ManganIn this 1960s caper, two strangers on a train from Belgrade to Istanbul navigate a tangled web of connections between them and the high-stakes cat-and-mouse game they've been thrust into. The Continental Affair is the latest by the author of the stylish suspense novels Palace of the Drowned and Tangerine. |
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| The Witching Tide by Margaret MeyerInspired by a true story, this well-researched and intricately plotted novel follows a mute village midwife who is accused of witchcraft during a wave of witch hunting fever during the English Civil War. Recommended for readers who enjoyed Kathleen Kent's The Heretic's Daughter or TaraShea Nesbit's Beheld. |
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| Women of the Post by Joshunda SandersIn this reflective and compelling World War II novel, four African American women support the war effort sorting backlogged mail to boost troop morale. Though they form a strong unit, their friendship will be tested when a delayed letter with personal implications for one of them creates upheaval that could effect all of them. |
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| The Sunset Crowd by Karin TanabeIn 1970s Hollywood, photographer Bea Dupont forms an unlikely friendship with Evra Scott, a prominent director's daughter. Their connection and careers face an even more unlikely threat from Paramount assistant Theodora Leigh, a magnetic, ambitious aspiring producer willing to do anything to achieve her dreams. |
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| The Bookbinder by Pip WilliamsIn the waning days of World War I, young bookbinder Peggy Jones meets, gets to know, and falls in love with a Belgian refugee while weighing options for her future that could include attending the women's college at Oxford. For fans of: Laura WIllig, Kate Quinn, and Beatriz Williams. |
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