Jane Smiley’s A THOUSAND ACRES; a re-telling of King Lear by the Pulitzer Prize winning author.

Anita Brookner’s HOTEL DU LAC; a woman goes to an elegant lakeside hotel in Switzerland to recover from a disastrous love affair.

Sarah Booth Conroy’s REFINEMENTS OF LOVE; a historical novel about the unhappy life–and mysterious death–of Clover Adams, wife of author Henry Adams.

Claire Cooperstein’s JOHANNA: A NOVEL OF THE VAN GOGH FAMILY; a historic novel about Vincent Van Gogh’s sister-in-law, and how she introduced him to the world.