The War on Music: Reclaiming the Twentieth Century by John Mauceri, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2022.

This book offers a major reassessment of classical music in the twentieth century. John Mauceri argues that the history of music during this span was shaped by three major wars of that century: World War I, World War II, and the Cold War.

What Is History, Now? How the past and present speak to each other, Helen Carr and Suzannah Lipscomb, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2021.

A collection of essays edited by Suzannah Lipscomb and Helen Carr that explores how we interpret and write history in the 21st century. 

The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz, Harper Collins, 2022.

In New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fourth literary whodunit. Horowitz becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation—and only one man can prove his innocence: his newly estranged partner in solving crime, Detective Hawthorne.

Under The Whispering Door by TJ Klune, TOR Publishing Group, New York, 2021.

When a reaper comes to collect Wallace from his own funeral, Wallace begins to suspect he might be dead.
And when Hugo, the owner of a peculiar tea shop, promises to help him cross over, Wallace decides he’s definitely dead. But even in death he’s not ready to abandon the life he barely lived, so when Wallace is given one week to cross over, he sets about living a lifetime in seven days. Hilarious, haunting, and kind, Under the Whispering Door is an uplifting story about a life spent at the office and a death spent building a home.

The Word: How We Translate the Bible and Why it Matters by John Barton, Basic Books, New York 2023.

Throughout history, most Jewish and Christian believers have understood scripture not in the languages in which it was first written but rather in their own—in translation. In The Word, acclaimed Bible scholar John Barton explores how saints and scholars have negotiated the profound challenges of translating the Bible while remaining faithful to the original.