A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
In the Service of the Shogun: The Real Story of William Adams
By Frederik Cryns
Meet the 17th-century Brit behind James Clavell’s masterpiece.
One Station Away
By Olaf Olafsson
A page-turner whose elusiveness leaves us longing for more.
Fools and Mortals
By Bernard Cornwell
This fictional take on Shakespeare and his brother could have used more excitement.
Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II
By James Holland
Recalling the Allies' quest to own the skies.
The Day the Sun Died: A Novel
By Yan Lianke; translated by Carlos Rojas
From today’s China, a sardonic fable about social conformity and the impulses it suppresses.
A rabbi recalls his years spent teaching alongside the Nobel laureate.
Escaping the Big Apple in favor of flyover country.
You Are the Everything
By Karen Rivers
A wish to change everything comes true, in terrible fashion.
A sobering account of one young man's journey toward the light.
