Stephanie Cowell, Claude and Camille (2011) Lyrical novel about Claude Monet and the woman who loved him despite the opposition of her...

Dot Hutchison, The Butterfly Garden (Thomas & Mercer, 2016) Not for the faint of heart, The Butterfly Garden is creepy crime fiction...

Jennifer Robson, Moonlight over Paris (William Morrow, 2016) This novel about post-war Paris and the Lost Generation is as sparkling and...

Anjali Mitter Duva, Faint Promise of Rain (She Writes Press, 2014) A rare rainstorm greets the birth of a girl into the family of the...

Jennifer Weiner, All Fall Down (Atria Books, 2014) Alternating between hilarious and gut-wrenching, infuriating and uplifting, Jennifer...

Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale (St. Martin’s Press, 2015) The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah’s moving story of the French Resistance during...

This is the first of our monthly “Books We Loved” posts. They are not recommendations, exactly—everyone’s taste differs—but if you enjoy...