June 24, 2025
As part of my celebration of Sonderbooks25, I reread my favorite novel about a mathematician, Beyond the Limit: The Dream of Sofya Kovalevskaya, by Joan Spicci, relating the incredible obstacles in the way of the first woman to get a PhD in Mathematics.
Happy Reading!
The Elegance of the HedgehogHeart and SoulMinding FrankieA Week in WinterChestnut StreetLittle BeeGoldStill LifeThe Actor and the HousewifeThe Story SistersYou Should Have KnownThe Interruption of EverythingThe CallBaking Cakes in KigaliState of WonderItalian LessonsThe Art of Racing in the RainThe Marriage Bureau for Rich PeopleThe Storied Life of A. J. FikryA Natural History of DragonsThe Sharing KnifeThe Sharing KnifeEnchantmentStardustThe Snow QueenBeauty and the WerewolfSleeping BeautyDaughter of the ForestSon of the ShadowsChild of the ProphecyHeir to SevenwatersThe Seer of SevenwatersFlame of SevenwatersHeart's BloodHis Majesty's DragonThrone of JadeBlack Powder WarEmpire of IvoryThe Name of the WindThe Wise Man's FearSummers at Castle AuburnCoronets and SteelBlood SpiritsThe Golem and the JinniThe PostmistressThe Pericles CommissionThe Ionia SanctionThe Canterbury PapersThe Sheen on the SilkThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie SocietyThe HelpThe Inimitable JeevesThank You, JeevesThe Code of the WoostersThe Mating SeasonStiff Upper Lip, JeevesA Damsel in DistressThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the PieThe Weed That Strings the Hangman's BagA Red Herring Without MustardI Am Half-Sick of ShadowsSpeaking From Among the BonesOne of Our Thursdays Is Missing1222Death Comes to PemberleyThe Spellman FilesThe Good Husband of Zebra DriveThe Miracle at Speedy MotorsTea Time for the Traditionally BuiltThe Double Comfort Safari ClubThe Saturday Big Tent Wedding PartyThe Limpopo Academy of Private DetectionThe Minor Adjustment Beauty SalonWhere'd You Go, Bernadette?The Daughter of TimeThe Man in the QueueThe Franchise AffairMaisie DobbsCasting SpellsJane EyreMozart's GhostAustenlandMidnight in AustenlandSummer on Blossom StreetMajor Pettigrew's Last StandShades of GreyThe HostWatchmen
