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Fabienne Josaphat’s novel “Kingdom of No Tomorrow” sets a love triangle amid late-1960s Oakland and Chicago.

Frances Hardinge’s “Island of Whispers” is lush and poetic, and holy moly is it eerie.

An exhibition of what-ifs, designed to be seen, not read, will be on display through February.

In her memoir, the former German chancellor reflects on her political rise and defends her record as the outlook for her country turns grim.

Her own rags-to-riches story mirrored those of many of her resilient heroines, and her dozens of novels helped her amass a fortune of $300 million.

Orhan Pamuk’s illustrated notebooks lead us to the great writer’s mind, then ask us to remain outside.

As Paul French argues in a new biography, the future Duchess of Windsor’s year in China was less lurid — and more interesting — than her critics knew.

“Us Fools,” by Nora Lange, is a tale of two sisters living through the diseased expanse of the country’s recent history.

In “Freedom Braids” and “The Magic Callaloo,” young girls follow cornrowed maps to escape slavery.

Tom Clavin’s “Bandit Heaven” takes us down the “Outlaw Trail” with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.