Top 10 Winter Reads
Every month, Amazon staffers sift through hundreds of new books searching for gems. Here’s what they chose especially for Post readers this winter.
Fiction
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
by Denis Johnson
A luminous collection of short stories about mortality and transcendence by the recently departed literary master.
Random House
The Immortalists
by Chloe Benjamin
In the late 1960s, a mystic reveals the exact death dates of four children living in NYC. This debut novel explores the power of family and the tension between destiny and choice.
G.P. Putnam’s Sons
White Houses
by Amy Bloom
The bestselling author imagines an unexpected and forbidden affair between Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok in this work of historical fiction.
Random House
The Woman in the Window
by A.J. Finn
This Hitchcockian thriller features an agoraphobic woman who sees a murder committed next door. Or does she?
William Morrow
The Widows of Malabar Hill
by Sujata Massey
The atmospheric, page-turning murder mystery is set in 1920s Bombay and introduces Perveen Mistry, Bombay’s first female lawyer.
Soho Crime
Nonfiction
The Road Not Taken
by Max Boot
A compelling biography of Edward Lansdale, a CIA agent who encouraged “hearts and minds” diplomacy in the Philippines and Vietnam but was ultimately ignored.
Liveright
Off the Charts
by Ann Hulbert
A profound, sensitive look at what it takes to make a child prodigy, and the unexpected ways that brilliance can play out in the long run.
Knopf
Here Is Real Magic
by Nate Staniforth
A unique memoir by a magician who spent his entire life trying to understand the power of wonder, and how he eventually rediscovered it in his own life.
Bloomsbury
The Wizard and the Prophet
by Charles C. Mann
Through the opposing views of two 20th-century scientists, this book explores how we might face environmental and social challenges on an overcrowded Earth.
Knopf
Doctor Who: The Book of Whoniversal Records
by Simon Guerrier
The must-have reference for fans of Doctor Who, this fully illustrated compendium contains facts, figures, and fun about science fiction’s longest-running TV show.
Harper