Covered with Night by Nicole Eustace
Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America, a finalist for the 2021 National Book Award for nonfiction, was published in that year by Liveright/W.W. Norton...
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Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia
Of Women and Salt is a work of fiction published by Flatiron Books in 2021 and authored by Gabriela Garcia (not to be confused with the athlete Gabi Garcia or the...
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
The English edition of A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende (Translated by Nick Caistor and Amanda Hopkinson) was published in 2020 by Ballantine Books. Born in Lima, Peru...
The End of Bias by Jessica Nordell
The End of Bias: A Beginning: The Science and Practice of Overcoming Unconscious Bias, by Jessica Nordell, was published in the U.S. in 2021 by Metropolitan Books (a division of Henry...
A Shot in the Dark by Lynne Truss
This mystery did not receive a high rating on Goodreads, but I loved it and thought it was hilarious. I now plan to read everything I can get my hands on...
The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson
In an interview, Diane Wilson stated that, “At its heart, this novel is a tribute and a prayer and a gesture of gratitude to the seeds that have sustained indigenous communities...
Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin (translator Hildegarde Serle)
Published in 2020, by Europa Editions UK, Fresh Water for Flowers is Valérie Perrin’s English debut. It is one of the best novels I have read in 2021; a triumph that...
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
At the end of my fourth-grade year, in 1956 when I was ten, my father borrowed money from my grandfather to purchase the former Homelawn Hotel and convert it to a...
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Recently, I’ve met a few individuals who have been inspired to start reading mysteries after watching terrific PBS Masterpiece series such as Unforgotten, The Bletchley Circle, and Grantchester. Never having read...
A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
Etaf Rum’s powerful debut novel, A Woman Is No Man reveals the lives of three generations of Palestinian-American women told in primarily two time periods (1990 and present day). Through these...
