Catch-22

Heller's classic. Book-a-day calendar states that today, 10 November, is the 50th anniversary of the book's publication. It adds that "The Modern Library ranked Catch-22 number seven in its list of the 100 greatest novels of the 20th century."

Boston police strike 1919

Library Journal Reviews Shamus Award winner Lehane's first historical novel is a clear winner, displaying all the virtues the author (Mystic River ) has shown in his exceptional series of crime novels: narrative verve, sensitivity to setting, the interweaving of complicated story lines, an apt and emotionally satisfying denouement—and, above all, the author's abiding love for his characters and the human condition

Stone's fall

Kirkus: A learned, witty and splendidly entertaining descent into the demimondes of international espionage, arms dealing, financial hanky-panky and other favorite pastimes of those without conscience.

Sarah's Key

Holocaust fiction set in France.

Terror

Booklist: The leads are witty, and the prose is elegant. But readers should prepare to wallow in the book and take it slowly.

Kirkus:  Adding political and financial corruption to uncover, manipulators to expose and a war with Mexico to prevent might make the plot seem too complex, but no loose end is left untied, and only one or two insignificant anachronisms should trouble the most sophisticated reader. An intriguing literary mystery mixing fact and fiction.

Go figure.

In pale battalions

Goddard, Robert. (1988).  In pale battalions. London ; New York : Bantam Press.

The color of lightning

Jiles, Paulette. (2009). The color of lightning. New York: William Morrow.

Kirkus: A rousing, character-driven tale

Caribbean gothic

Jean Rhys; Charlotte Brontë

Fort

Heard about it from Edna Ritzenberg.

52 B.C.

Saylor, Steven. (1996). A murder on the Appian Way. New York: St. Martin's.