Historical

Adair, Liz. Counting the Cost (reviewed by Patricia Nordyke Pando) Historical Fiction; Romantic Fiction Albanese, Laurie and Laura Morowitz. The Miracles of Prato (reviewed by Karen Ballinger) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Albert, Susan Wittig. The Tale of Applebeck Orchard (reviewed by Rhonda Esakov) Historical Fiction; Mystery Albert, Susan Wittig. Wormwood (reviewed by Rhonda Esakov) Historical Fiction; Mystery Allende, Isabel. Island Beneath the Sea (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Arruda, Suzanne. The Leopard's Prey (reviewed by Rhonda Esakov) Historical Fiction; Mystery Bair O'Keeffe, Kristin. Thirsty: A Novel (reviewed by Judy Miller) Historical Fiction; Literary/Classic Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Barrett, Andrea. The Air We Breathe (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Baugh, Mary Frances. The Brewer's Women (reviewed by Marion Mitchell) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Belfer, Lauren. A Fierce Radiance (reviewed by Penny Leisch) Historical Fiction; Mystery; Thriller Bloom, Amy. Away (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Ethnic Fiction; Historical Fiction Bond, Alma H. Camille Claudel: A Novel (reviewed by Doris Anne Roop-Benner) Brooks, Geraldine. People of the Book (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Bryant, Sarah. Sand Daughter (reviewed by Rhonda Esakov) Historical Fiction; Romantic Fiction; Thriller Buchanan, Cathy Marie. The Day the Falls Stood Still (reviewed by Sharon Wildwind) Burg, Diana. Dalliance (reviewed by Diana Nolan) Cambor, Kathleen. In Sunlight in a Beautiful Garden (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Carr, Pat. If We Must Die: A Novel of Tulsa's 1921 Greenwood Riot (reviewed by Linda Wisniewski) Historical Fiction; Teen/Girls Cheng, Andrea. Marika (reviewed by Melanie Alberts) Historical Fiction; Teen/Girls Corpi, Lucha. Death at Solstice (reviewed by Penny Leisch) Ethnic Fiction; Historical Fiction; Mystery Cross, Donna Woolfolk. Pope Joan (reviewed by Doris Anne Roop-Benner) Cuate, Melodie A. Journey to La Salle's Settlement (reviewed by Penny Leisch) Teen/Girls; Younger Readers; Historical Fiction Dallas, Sandra. Whiter than Snow (reviewed by Mary Jo Doig) Davis, Cynthia and Verner D. Mitchell, editors. Western Echoes of the Harlem Renaissance: The Life and Writings of Anita Scott Coleman (reviewed by Sharon Wildwind) Anthologies/Collections; Ethnic Fiction; Historical Fiction de Moor, Margriet. The Kreutzer Sonata (reviewed by Lee Ambrose) Dean, Debra. The Madonnas of Leningrad (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Historical Fiction; Literary/Classic Fiction Delany, Vicki. Gold Digger: A Klondike Mystery (reviewed by Rhonda Esakov) Historical Fiction; Mystery Eberlein, Xujun. Apologies Forthcoming (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Ethnic Fiction; Historical Fiction Erdrich, Louise. Plague of Doves (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction; Mystery Etzioni-Halevy, Eva. The Triumph of Deborah (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Historical Fiction; Romantic Fiction Eve, Nomi. The Family Orchard (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Ethnic Fiction; Historical Fiction Friend, Catherine. A Pirate's Heart (reviewed by Cheri Rosenberg) Historical Fiction; Romantic Fiction Gerber, Merrill Joan. The Victory Gardens of Brooklyn: A Novel (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Ethnic Fiction; Historical Fiction Graham, Laurie. The Importance of Being Kennedy (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Haeger, Diane. The Secret Bride: In the Court of Henry VIII (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Historical Fiction; Romantic Fiction Hall, Carolyn. Sweeping Up Glass (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Horan, Nancy. Loving Frank (reviewed by Susan Wittig Albert) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Hoyt, Sarah A. No Will But His (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Justice, Faith L. Selene of Alexandria (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Kelby, N.M. In the Company of Angels (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Kelly, Mary Pat. Galway Bay (reviewed by Doris Anne Roop-Benner) Koen, Karleen. Dark Angels (reviewed by Patricia Nordyke Pando) Krauss, Nicole. The History of Love (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Romantic Fiction; Historical Fiction Lake, Lori L. Snow Moon Rising (reviewed by Cheri Rosenberg) Historical Fiction; Romantic Fiction Lang, Maureen. Look to the East (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Historical Fiction; Romantic Fiction; Christian Fiction Larsen, Deborah. The White (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Lessing, Doris. The Cleft (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Historical Fiction; Literary/Classic Fiction Lisboa, Adriana. Symphony in White (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Historical Fiction; Literary/Classic Fiction Locke, M. Louisa. Maids of Misfortune (reviewed by Penny Leisch) Historical Fiction; Mystery Mackey, Mary. The Widow's War (reviewed by Penny Leisch) Historical Fiction; Romantic Fiction Martin, Wendy, editor. We Are the Stories We Tell: The Best Short Stories by North American Women Since 1945 (reviewed by Carolyn Blankenship) Historical Fiction; Anthologies/Collections Michaels, Anne. The Winter Vault (reviewed by Karen Ballinger) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Michaels, Anne. The Winter Vault (reviewed by Edith O'Nuallain) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Mukherjee, Bharati. Desirable Daughters (reviewed by Linda Wisniewski) Ethnic Fiction; Historical Fiction; Spiritual Fiction Némirovsky, Irène. Suite Francaise (reviewed by Penny Appleby) Penney, Stef. The Tenderness of Wolves (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Historical Fiction; Mystery Platt, Randall. Hellie Jondoe (reviewed by Becca Taylor) Historical Fiction; Teen/Girls Quick, Barbara. A Golden Web (reviewed by Becca Taylor) Historical Fiction; Teen/Girls Saracuse, Tara. Island Kids (reviewed by Susan M. Andrus) Teen/Girls; Ethnic Fiction; Historical Fiction Scott, Susan Holloway. The French Mistress (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Serageldin, Samia. Love is Like Water and Other Stories (reviewed by Rhonda Esakov) Ethnic Fiction; Historical Fiction Shaffer, Mary Ann and Annie Barrows. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (reviewed by Katherine Misegades) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Shaffer, Mary Ann and Annie Barrows. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Shaffer, Mary Ann and Annie Barrows. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (reviewed by Judith Helburn) Historical Fiction; Mainstream Fiction Stockett, Kathryn. The Help (reviewed by Patricia Nordyke Pando) Mainstream Fiction; Historical Fiction Stuckart, Diane A. S. A Bolt from the Blue: A Leonardo da Vinci Mystery (reviewed by Patricia Nordyke Pando) Mystery; Historical Fiction Stuckart, Diane A. S. Portrait of a Lady (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Mystery; Historical Fiction Thorne, T.K. Noah's Wife (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Valent, Jennifer Erin. Cottonwood Whispers (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Willig, Lauren. The Seduction of the Crimson Rose (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Historical Fiction; Romantic Fiction Winn, Vanessa. The Chief Factor's Daughter (reviewed by Sharon Wildwind) Historical Fiction; Romantic Fiction Winspear, Jacqueline. The Mapping of Love and Death (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Mystery; Historical Fiction Worth, Sandra. Lady of the Roses: A Novel of the Roses (reviewed by Laura Strathman Hulka) Worth, Sandra. The King's Daughter (reviewed by Jennifer Melville) Yared, Nazik Saba. Canceled Memories (reviewed by Rhonda Esakov) Ethnic Fiction; Historical Fiction