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This historical fiction novel was a recent First Impressions book, and the author visited the BookBrowse Community Forum for a Q&A not that long ago. It's a dual timeline book, set in 1928 and 1978. In the earlier period, an explosion at a dance hall kills a number of young people. In the more recent story, a fifteen-year-old budding journalist investigates this decades-old crime.
Michelle Collins Anderson
2024
At the center of the book is a pair of twin sisters, one of whom is killed in the blast. The other twin has become the proprietor of a funeral home in 1978, and is hosting the fifteen-year-old - her granddaughter - for the summer.
The title of this 16th-century classic begins with "The Five Books of the Lives and Deeds of..." - but almost everyone only knows it by the three words that follow. Written by a man often called "The first great French prose author," it concerns the bawdy antics of two giants, a father and son.
François Rabelais
Published in five parts, 1532-1564.
The book was banned as obscene by the Roman Catholic Church and in France. Its author shows up in a song in the musical, The Music Man, along with Chaucer and Balzac.
This recently published book and current BookBrowse Book Club selection is by two popular female authors. Set in the 1930s, it features the unlikely partnership of two women on the opposite sides of the law who gather evidence against a mobster.
Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
2026
It's based on a real-life incident. Brothel owner Polly Adler and Eunice Carter, Manhattan's first Black female prosecutor, actually did team up to convict Lucky Luciano.
This is the 13th and last book (so far) in a very popular series by a Norwegian author. Originally published as Blodmåne, it features detective Harry Hole. The detective returns to Oslo to track down a serial killer.
Jo Nesbo
2022 in Norwegian; 2023 in English.
Other series by this writer include: Doctor Proctor (five books) Olav Johansen (two books) The Kingdom (two books) ... as well as nine standalone novels and one work of NF.
This recently-published novel by a Hugo Award-winning author was a BookBrowse Editor's Choice. It's the WWII story of four children hiding in a Lithuanian forest, trapped between the Russian and German front lines. They survive with the help of some very smart birds.
Ralph Nayler
2026
The birds in the title of the book are in the Corvidae family. The children are a Russian army deserter who lied about his age to enlist; a Jewish girl and an Roma girl, whose families were killed; and a mute boy.
This newly-released work of nonfiction was a recent First Impressions book. It's the author's account of his parents' time with The Weather Underground in the 1960s and 1970s. The title comes from a Jefferson Airplane song. (Note: Punctuation has been removed from the title for compatibility.)
Zayd Ayers Dohrn
2026
The author is visiting BookBrowse for a Q&A about this book right now!
This work of historical fiction is set in 11th-century Scotland. It's the account of the real-life noblewoman upon whom Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth is based.
Joel H. Morris
2024
The title is a line from Shakespeare's play Macbeth, and comes from the protagonists soliloquy - one of the most famous literary lines ever penned.
This novel won the British Book Award for Best Book in the Romance category. It features two writers who are each interested in authoring a book about a reclusive octogenarian. The subject - an heiress - hires them both for a one-month trial.
Emily Henry
2025
The twist is that each writer is only given pieces of the heiress's story, and they're not allowed to consult each other due to an NDA. The characters are Alice Scott, Hayden Anderson, and Margaret Ives.
This 19th-century Russian masterpiece chronicles the French invasion of Russia and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society. It's widely considered one of the longest books ever published, at around 600,000 words and about 1200 pages (depending on translation and edition).
Leo Tolstoy
1868-1869
Several members of the Community Forum are starting a months-long read of this work starting tomorrow!
This Oprah Winfrey pick won a BookBrowse Best of the Year designation as well as the Pen/Faulkner Award. In it, an immigrant from Cameroon living in New York becomes a chauffer for a senior executive at the Lehman Brothers. The story shows how both families, rich and poor, were impacted by the 2008 financial crash.
Imbolo Mbue
2016
The plot concerns two families: Jenda and Neni Jonga; and Clark and Cindy Edwards. Neni also becomes employed as a housekeeper for Cindy.
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