REQUIRED READING
The German House Annette Hess (f iction, Harper Via)
The 24-year-old Eva Bruhns works as a translator at the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials of 1963, a job that starts as a way to earn some extra money and becomes a personal reckoning. No one wants her to keep the job — not her wealthy fiancé, her bored sister and certainly not her restaurant-owner parents. But as she continues to go into work each day, she ends up uncovering truths that hit very close to home.
Just Watch Me Jeff Lindsay (f iction, Dutton)
There’s a new bad guy in town from the author of the Dexter series, Lindsay’s first since it ended. Meet Riley Wolfe, an expert thief and master of disguise who targets the 1 percent.
Canyon Dreams Michael Powell (nonfiction, Blue Rider Press)
The moving story of a basketball team on a Navajo reservation and all the struggles faced by the players. Over the course of a season, the team deals with wins, losses and dreams of a life outside the reservation.
Bedlam: An Intimate Journey Into America’s Mental Health Crisis Kenneth Paul Rosenberg (nonfiction, Avery)
Rosenberg takes a hard look at the desultory state of mental health in the US, its shuttered institutions and the fact that the largest mental institution in the United States is currently the Los Angeles County Jail.
The Royal Holiday Jasmine Guillory (f iction, Berkley)
From the author of the wildly popular “The Proposal” comes a charming book inspired by Doria Ragland (that’s Meghan Markle’s mom, to you). Vivian Forest’s daughter Maddie is an A-list stylist who gets the sudden chance to go to England during the holidays to style a member of the royal family. When she invites her mother to come along, Vivian says yes and ends up on the trip of a lifetime.
The Other Windsor Girl Georgie Blalock (f iction, William Morrow)
Fans of “The Crown” will enjoy this novel of postwar Britain, where young Princess Margaret meets a woman named Vera Strathmore, who quickly becomes her second lady-in-waiting. As the princess is swept up in a whirl of parties, Vera watches her affair with Captain Peter Townsend develop.