17 Books to Kick-Start Fall
A debut novel reveals the agony and ecstasy of Midwestern youth...Jacqueline Woodson on the power of diversity in kid lit...a new volume collects the letters Nelson Mandela wrote from behind bars...and more.
12 of 17
Whiskey When We're Dry
By John Larison
400 pages;
Viking
Mulan meets Deadwood in a Wild West novel narrated by its straight-shooting heroine, a newly orphaned 17-year-old whose only remaining relative is her brother, a notorious outlaw.
— Michelle Hart
Published 08/24/2018
