This week’s selection features a potent biography on Sam Houston’s late career and a perfect Father’s Day gift—life lessons from a golf champion. Fiction An American Naval Adventure ‘Shores of Tripoli: Lieutenant Putnam and the Barbary Pirates’ By James L. Haley Packed with naval battles and marine heroism, this work of historical fiction is the…

This week’s selection features a history of Jewish mobsters fighting Nazis in America and a Dickens novel famous for its vivid characters. Fiction Adventure Between Mexico and the States ‘All the Pretty Horses’ By Cormac McCarthy The first of Cormac McCarthy’s “Border Trilogy,” “All the Pretty Horses” follows the young man John Grady Cole on…

This week, we feature a young readers’ set about a silly maid; a pillar of Western civilization; and a magical novel about mother-daughter love. Fiction Queen of My Heart ‘One Italian Summer: A Novel’ By Rebecca Serle Thirty-year-old Katy Silver has lost her mother, who was also her best friend. They had planned a trip…

This week, we feature a history exploring how the United States decided to join World War I and a classic about a traitor who grows to love his homeland. Fiction Goodness Found, Even in War ‘All the Light We Cannot See’ By Anthony Doerr A French girl named Marie-Laure LeBlanc has fled Paris with her…

This week’s selection of books features a legal drama, detective mysteries, and a history of why Britain never recognized the Confederacy. Fiction The Ultimate Legal Thriller ‘The Firm’ By John Grisham When Mitch McDeere graduates from Harvard Law School, he has the opportunity to join any law firm he likes. He prefers a small, but…

This week’s selection of books features a thriller that nearly predicted 9/11 and an account that traces important technologies through history. Fiction A Predictive Thriller ‘Debt of Honor’ By Tom Clancy Tom Clancy became a literary icon nearly overnight with “The Hunt for Red October.” Those interested in military activities around the world became massive…

This week’s selection of books features a novel about U.S. soldiers in Iraq, a children’s classic, and a collection of wild science experiments. Fiction Soldier Up and Drive On ‘The Princes of War: A Novel of America in Iraq’ By Claude Schmid The setting is Iraq. It’s hot inside those Humvees. Two U.S. Army officers…

This week’s selection of books includes a satire on our times, a novel by C.S. Lewis, and a book to help us communicate and understand numbers. Fiction Scary Accurate Satire ‘The Babylon Bee Guide to Wokeness’ By The Babylon Bee The world has truly gone insane, and sometimes the best way to reflect the insanity…