The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street: A Memoir
By Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho
Their parents in Taiwan, immigrant siblings raise themselves in Canada.
The Shape of Wonder
By Alan Lightman and Martin Rees
An affable, overly simplistic glimpse into the minds of researchers.
Martha’s Daughter
By David Haynes
This incisive, bitingly funny collection tells hard truths.
The Bookshop: A History of Bookselling from the Dawn of Print to the Twenty-First Century
By Andrew Pettegree
Tome-peddling has never been the most lucrative pursuit.
Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War
By Jane Rogoyska
An epic account of the City of Light’s descent into darkness.








