Adult Books Reviews

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro Nobel Laureate Sir Kazuo Ishiguro’s moving new novel of speculative fiction explores what it means to be human. Beautifully written in his usual […]

Choice: Embrace the Possible – A Memoir by Dr. Edith Eva Eger “It’s up to you to choose love instead of hate.”– Edith Eva Eger Born in 1927, Eger is an astoundingly […]

The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys “Every nation has scars and hidden history. When stories of historical conflict are read and discussed, we have an opportunity to be united […]

The Lost Pianos of Siberia by Sophy Roberts An extraordinary book, this is NOT just about Roberts’ search for lost, pre-revolutionary cultural treasures hidden during wars and exported for prisoners […]

And If I Perish: Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II by Evelyn M. Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee What a staggering and moving account! The authors spent hundreds of […]

Standing in Another Man’s Grave by Ian Rankin Standing in Another Man’s Grave, the eighteenth mystery in the “Inspector Rebus” series of twenty-three, is the first of the series I’ve […]

Without There is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea’s Elite by Suki Kim Journalist and author Suki Kim was born in South Korea and immigrated to the […]

Slaughter: Mass Killings, Organ Harvesting and China’s Secret Solution to its Dissident Problem by Ethan Gutmann “Organ harvesting: the surgical removal, often without anesthetics, of healthy organs without the consent […]

Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin’s by Joshua Yaffa Yaffa’s immersing book is a fascinating look at how  Russian citizens manage to live within their totalitarian  government […]

A Bookshop in Berlin: The Rediscovered Memoir of One Woman’s Harrowing Escape from the Nazis by Francoise Frenkel “It is the duty of those who have survived to bear witness […]