Sign up for our newsletters to receive our Best of 2024 ezine!

Reviews by Toheed

Order Reviews by:
The Berlin Exchange: A Novel
by Joseph Kanon
The Berlin Exchange (4/1/2023)
The Berlin Exchange by Joseph Kanon is an enthralling story of intrigue and suspense set in post-war Berlin. It is a gripping tale of espionage, morality, and the human cost of war.

The novel follows the lives of three characters: Adam Miller, a former American soldier; his wife Liz; and their friend Paul Richter, a German journalist. The trio are caught up in a web of secrets and lies as they search for answers about the mysterious death of Paul's brother.

The novel weaves together an intricately detailed plot with vivid descriptions of life in post-war Berlin. Joseph Kanon's writing is lyrical and evocative, capturing both the beauty and tragedy of this tumultuous time period. His characters are complex and sympathetic, making it impossible to put down this book once you start reading it.

The Berlin Exchange is an emotionally charged novel that will leave readers with an appreciation for the power of storytelling to move us all.
Once We Were Home
by Jennifer Rosner
Once We Were Home by Jennifer Rosner (4/1/2023)
Jennifer Rosner’s Once We Were Home is a powerful and emotional story of a Jewish family struggling to survive the Holocaust. The story follows the journey of the main character, Lillia, as she and her family are forced to flee their home in Poland and seek refuge in other countries. The novel is an exploration of loss, resilience, and hope as Lillia searches for a place where she can feel safe and at home again. Through vivid imagery and engaging characters, Rosner paints a heartbreaking picture of what it means to lose everything you’ve ever known while still holding onto hope for a better future.
  • Page
  • 1

Top Picks

  • Book Jacket: Small Rain
    Small Rain
    by Garth Greenwell
    At the beginning of Garth Greenwell's novel Small Rain, the protagonist, an unnamed poet in his ...
  • Book Jacket: Daughters of Shandong
    Daughters of Shandong
    by Eve J. Chung
    Daughters of Shandong is the debut novel of Eve J. Chung, a human rights lawyer living in New York. ...
  • Book Jacket: The Women
    The Women
    by Kristin Hannah
    Kristin Hannah's latest historical epic, The Women, is a story of how a war shaped a generation ...
  • Book Jacket: The Wide Wide Sea
    The Wide Wide Sea
    by Hampton Sides
    By 1775, 48-year-old Captain James Cook had completed two highly successful voyages of discovery and...

BookBrowse Book Club

Book Jacket
In Our Midst
by Nancy Jensen
In Our Midst follows a German immigrant family’s fight for freedom after their internment post–Pearl Harbor.
Who Said...

The moment we persuade a child, any child, to cross that threshold into a library, we've changed their lives ...

Click Here to find out who said this, as well as discovering other famous literary quotes!

Wordplay

Big Holiday Wordplay 2024

Enter Now

Your guide toexceptional          books

BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.