If you like a little mysticism with your history, try "Alchemy of a Blackbird" by Claire McMillan. Inspired by real-life artists and occultists, the story traces friends Remedios Varo and Leonora Carrington who find commonality in their status as "muses" and in their interest in tarot. Remedios and her lover, the poet Benjamin Peret, flee the Nazis to a safe house on the French Riviera, where she grows tired of being seen as a muse — not an artist — by their fellow refugees. When the couple finally makes it to Mexico, Remedios is reunited with her friend Leonora, and the two women are able to help each other awaken their own creativity and embrace their shared interest in the tarot.
Release date: July 11
