The Book of Speculation

Simon's job as a librarian is soon to be cut with the budget, he owns a home about to be swept away at sea, and he just received a strange old carnival ledger that mentions his grandmother. With it quickly comes the knowledge of a disturbing legacy. Swyler’s debut novel is poignant and fascinating as the choices and curses in the past continue to impact the present. Another strong pick for fans of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe or Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus.