By Tie Ning | Reviewed by Jaclyn Trop | Chinese novelist Tie Ning tells of four friends who come of age during the Cultural Revolution and wrestle with the fallout as adults in the ’90s. Sisters Tiao and Fan...
By Emily Giffin | Reviewed by Jaclyn Trop | Television producer Marian Caldwell lives a self-scripted, picture-perfect New York life. All that’s missing is a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Peter, the...
By Anita Amirrezvani | Reviewed by Jaclyn Trop | Princess Pari assumes control of late-16th-century Iran after the sudden death of her father, the Shah. While she waits for her brother to return from exile to rule...
By Jack Hitt | Reviewed by Jaclyn Trop | Whether they were flying a kite in a storm or building a computer in a garage, people like Ben Franklin and Steve Jobs have driven American progress for centuries. Author Jack...
This Lower Peninsula town embraces its natural wonders, reveling in fine wine, locally sourced food and breathtaking scenery. Traverse City is a Northern Michigan paradise, especially this time of year, when millions...
By Jennifer Miller | Reviewed by Jaclyn Trop | Iris Dupont begins her freshman year at elite Massachusetts prep school Mariana Academy with a mission: to kick-start her journalism career by ferreting out the truth...
By Jennifer DuBois | Reviewed by Jaclyn Trop | Harvard grad Irina Ellison is 30 years old and facing certain death. Diagnosed with the same debilitating disease that killed her father, she has given up on a future....
Old and new blend seamlessly on this beautiful boulevard in Buffalo, N.Y. Once known as Millionaires’ Mile, Delaware Avenue in Buffalo, N.Y., pays homage to a time when the industrial town boasted more...
By Cristina Alger | Reviewed by Jaclyn Trop | The Darlings are just as they sound — a picture-perfect family led by hedge-fund tycoon Carter Darling. Socialite wife Ines and daughters Merrill and Lily flit...
By Alex George | Reviewed by Jaclyn Trop | This energetic work of historical fiction traces three generations of the Meisenheimer family through the eyes of James, the grandson of German immigrants. Eager to escape...
The best things to see, eat and do when you’re visiting this alluring waterfront town. Baltimore is more than just crabcakes and the birthplace of HBO’s The Wire. Though it isn’t Maryland’s...
In MWF Seeking BFF, one woman learns that making new friends doesn’t have to be as hard as it seems. Making friends as an adult — sans sandbox, camp bunk or classroom — can be a challenge. Journalist...
By Bill Vlasic | Reviewed by Jaclyn Trop | New York Times Detroit bureau chief Bill Vlasic’s strong, fly-on-the-wall account of the recent dire days of Detroit’s automotive industry is an eye-opener. ...
By Michael Ondaatje | Reviewed by Jaclyn Trop | Deposited at the dock by his family, 11-year-old Michael begins a journey across the Indian Ocean from Sri Lanka to England aboard the Oronsay, a microcosm of high...
By Chuck Klosterman | Reviewed by Jaclyn Trop | In essayist Chuck Klosterman’s second novel, a self-aggrandizing but otherwise meek man known as Y_____ develops the ability to turn invisible and uses the power...
By Erin Morgenstern | Reviewed by Jaclyn Trop | It’s the late 19th century and the circus is coming to town, bringing with it a sublime and theatrical fantasy. But Le Cirque des Rêves is no ordinary...
By Haley Tanner | Reviewed by Jaclyn Trop | Vaclav and Lena, Russian immigrants transplanted to Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach, meet as kindergartners and instantly hit it off. Vaclav, an aspiring magician, and...
By Laura Dave | Reviewed by Jaclyn Trop | Charming, chatty Annie Adams has just been left by her boyfriend of six years. But Annie rebounds quickly, letting a handsome gourmet chef sweep her off her feet — all...
Is there anything better than curling up with a good read in front of the fireplace after a day on the slopes? These works of art, crime, literature and film will feed your mind and warm your heart. Crime By...
By Téa Obreht | Reviewed by Jaclyn Trop | In The Tiger’s Wife, Natalia, a 24-year-old doctor in a Balkan province under perpetual siege, dissects the village folklore her grandfather imparted to her as...
By Karen Russell | Reviewed by Jaclyn Trop | The Bigtree clan of alligator wrestlers is falling apart, and 13-year-old Ava is caught in the middle. After the untimely death of her mother, the famous wrestler Hilola...