Mine was The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker. Great characters and a really entertaining, complex plot — with fascinating folklore elements — that came together wonderfully at the end. Yours?

The premise of Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke grabbed me: A tradwife social media influencer who wakes up one morning in the actual 1855! Enough of us are interested that we can make this work. I’ve bought a copy, but I’ll wait to read it until more of you have your hands on it. We’ll aim to discuss around the end of May. (Either by zoom or by text in here, we’ll see.) Apparently, if you have a paid Spotify account, it's available as an audiobook! It’s also on Audible. Article about the book: https://www.motherjones.com/media/2026/04/trad-wife-caro-claire-burke-yesteryear-hannah-neeleman-anne-hathaway/

When you DNF, it is usually because...

I'm a little late to the party but just finished the last 100+ pages of The Correspondent by Virginia Evans and the ending was devastatingly touching. I often hesitate to fully embrace things that are over the top popular but so glad I didn't give up on this one.

Let's get personal 😅 Are there any historical novels about where you live? Or where you're from? Anything that's had helped you see your home differently? I live near Washington, DC so there are quite a few books at least partially set here. One I've loved recently - and which changed my view of my home state of Maryland - is Booth by Karen Joy Fowler. It's a beautiful, weird, immersive look at the family of John Wilkes Booth and their childhood in ante bellum Maryland.