1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (412+ words) T. Kingfisher’s road trip-style fantasy romance, Daggerbound, is cozy but never low-stakes, sweet but never cloying. Young scholar Edmund is done with his life in service to the Many-Armed God. While he loves his studies and the time he’s allowed to…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (350+ words) Pamela Paul explores how to harmoniously coexist with others in a chaotic environment—such as a public park—in her amusing picture book, The Path. Ah, the park on a sunny day, where one encounters an embarrassment of riches: fresh…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (420+ words) Reflecting on his family’s experiences in law enforcement, Wilbert L. Cooper explores the complexities of being a Black cop, and how “having power over someone else’s freedom does not make you free.” A blend of memoir, history and biography, Wilbert…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (389+ words) The Art of Charming a Changeling is a sweetly imaginative slice-of-life romantic fantasy where the fairies are real, the humans are odd and everyone is kind, albeit a little mischievous. The Art of Charming a Changeling Readers looking for a…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (450+ words) In her unsettling The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State, Pulitzer Prize winner Jill Lepore issues a stark warning of a future in which technology supplants liberal democracy. The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State In her thoughtful…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (453+ words) A witch coven has something to do with the Gardner Museum heist in K.S. Shay’s energetic Portrait of a Witch Undone, a fantasy with a twist of mystery and a splash of art history. Portrait of a Witch Undone K.S. Shay’s…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (427+ words) Satisfy the space buffs in your book club with these true tales of astronauts, Martians and UFOs. 4 out-of-this-world nonfiction books explore our fascination with space David Baron examines humanity’s enduring preoccupation with the red planet in The Martians: The True…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (176+ words) Three narrators give elegant and well-coordinated performances in Kat Stoddard’s retelling of The Philadelphia Story, Wasp’s Nest. - By Kat Stoddard, narrated by Eric Yang, Major Curda & Mia Wurgaft In the audiobook of Kat Stoddard’s Wasp’s Nest (10 hours), it’s been five…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (413+ words) In Crocodilopolis, a saga of Costa Rica teetering on the edge of fascism, John Manuel Arias wields the power of myth to characterize a feud between two brothers. Latin American novelists have been writing cutting-edge family sagas for generations. From…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (354+ words) The brilliant Edwidge Danticat’s Dèy expresses the complicated joys of human connection with les mots justes, while reminding us that in dark times, love and community are everything. Edwidge Danticat is an international treasure, and her sixth novel, Dèy, proves…...