Homegoing Traces a Family’s Lives Across Continents and Generations
Any novel that begins in West Africa and follows members of a family across an ocean to America will be…
Book Reviews
New from Stephen King: End of Watch
Back in 2002, frustrated by his slow recovery from injuries sustained in a horrific accident, Stephen King informally announced his…
The 10 Wisest Lines from Author-Chef Eddie Huang’s Double Cup Love
There are some books you just have to read twice in a row. The first time, you tear through the pages…
Modern Lovers: Emma Straub’s Hide and Seek of the Heart
The newest novel from the author who brought us The Vacationers is a story about growing up and coming into…
Mean Girls Meet Their Match In Girls On Fire
Many of us remember our teenage years as the most intense period of our lives. The highs are higher, the…
Smoke Puts All Your Darkest Sins on Display
Lust and sin, prim propriety, class inequality, and the roiling dirtiness of the industrial age are all themes ever so…
The Mirror Thief Presents a Mystery Within a Book Within a Book
It’s hard enough to write one book, but in his doorstopper debut, Martin Seay has written three. The Mirror Thief contains three…
Curtis Sittenfeld’s Austen Update Eligible Explores Modern Pride and Prejudices
And now for something completely different. Well, sort of. Fans of Curtis Sittenfeld have come to expect her deceptively lighthearted…
There’s a Lot to Love in Anna Breslaw’s Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here
Take Harriet the Spy, Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl, a bit of Megan McCafferty’s Sloppy Firsts, a pinch of the Whedonverse fandom,…
The Glittering Court Kicks off Richelle Mead’s Latest Dazzling Series
Richelle Mead is no stranger to concocting far-off lands, writing strong young heroines, or even giving the lay of the…
Four Universal Teen Truths from Jesse Andrews’ The Haters
Jesse Andrews, bestselling author of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, knows how to encapsulate the often weird, sometimes awesome,…
Memoir. Manifesto. Playbook.
There was a time not so long ago when going online was synonymous with America Online, largely because of the…
Maya’s Husband Is Dead—Or Is He?
Tension is the life force of a thriller, that mysterious power that makes you grip the pages a little tighter and…
Jane Steele Is the Hard-Edged Jane Eyre You Never Knew You Wanted
Lyndsay Faye is a certifiable meddler in fiction. Her debut novel, Dust and Shadow, pitted Sherlock Holmes against Jack the Ripper…
Genderbent Hamlet Retelling The Steep & Thorny Way Is Can’t-Miss Historical Fiction
Morris award finalist Cat Winters excels at writing historical ghost stories, whether for teens (In the Shadow of Blackbirds) or…
Enter the Mysterious World of What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
Acclaimed British writer Helen Oyeyemi (Boy, Snow, Bird) ignores the conventional wisdom that “magical realism” doesn’t sell, or that grownups are…
Tommy Wallach Dodges the Manic Pixie Dream Girl in Thanks for the Trouble
We’ve all been there. You’re sitting in a café, brooding into a mocha, when a lovely wisp of a girl twirls…
Radiant Angel Proves Nobody Does Suspense Like Nelson DeMille
No one doubts Nelson DeMille’s writing chops. After more than twenty novels, he has developed a well-deserved reputation as one…
William Shatner’s Leonard Illuminates a Famous Friendship
There was great fanfare when Leonard Nimoy visited Barack Obama in the White House. Here, finally, was Spock himself meeting a president…