General/Historical

Beloved by Toni Morrison

About Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is…
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

About Esther Greenwood is a bright, beautiful, enormously talented young woman, but she’s slowly going under—maybe…
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri

About Nuri is a beekeeper and Afra, his wife, is an artist. Mornings, Nuri rises early…
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

About Khaled Hosseini, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, has written…
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

About Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History where he…
Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler

About For twenty-six-year-old Adelaide Williams, an American living in dreamy London, meeting Rory Hughes was like…
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

About No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine. Meet Eleanor Oliphant:…
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

About Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest has left an indelible…
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

About Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens,…
The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis

About Eight year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is,…