The Court Dancer Kyung-Sook Shin Translated by Anton Hur NOTE: While the names of the Korean characters are presented in the book with the family name listed first, I have…
Historical Fiction
15 Articles
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal Christopher Moore You’re off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be spoilers. I must say this story would never…
These Ghosts Are Family Maisy Card You’re off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be spoilers. I have mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, I…
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Stuart Turton You’re off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be major spoilers. If you loved Evelyn Hardcastle and are looking for…
Urhurgh. I’ve been dragged backwards through five kinds of hell this week and I’m not really feeling the whole blogging thing, so this seemed like an opportune moment to get…
The Lost Queen Signe Pike You’re off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be spoilers. If there’s one thing I can’t resist, it’s a good Arthurian retelling. This…
Ming’s Christmas Wishes Susan L. Gong Illustrated by Masahiro Tateishi NOTE: I received a free ecopy in exchange for a review. Also, spoilers. This was really cute. I don’t normally…
Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia You’re off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be spoilers. And just like that, it’s almost Halloween! I’m a teensy bit out of the…
How Much of These Hills Is Gold C Pam Zhang A note about the spoilers: While my usual practice is to spoil everything in sight, that’s not going to work…
A note about the spoilers: They are legion, but I haven’t included every aspect of every story because these books are about 600 pages each and if I wanted to…