Oprah Winfrey’s Blog on Monday declared New York Times Best-Selling Author Chris Bohjalian’s novel on the Armenian Genocide, The Sandcastle Girls, the must-read Book of the Week.

The announcement was first posted on Oprah.com, where the editors of O and Oprah.com informed their fans about “the newest releases that they couldn’t stop reading.” This week, The Sandcastle Girls was at the top of their list, the Armenian Weekly reported.

Oprah.com’s Nathalie Gorman explained, “Best known for his thrillers like Midwives, Chris Bohjalian has come out with a different kind of page turner—a searing, tautly woven tale of war and the legacy it leaves behind.” She goes on to note, “This rendering of one of history’s greatest (and least known) tragedies is an nuanced, sophisticated portrayal of what it means not only to endure, but to insist on hope.”