This book proves a crime book is only as good as the characters that make it rip
Like all great crime writers, Lou Berney knows that a ripping story is only as good as the…
The 2025 National Book Awards Longlist
This week, The New Yorker is announcing the longlists for the 2025 National Book Awards, including Young People’s…
A crew awakens and prepares to begin its mission
This book was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award for Science Fiction/Fantasy. When the Lethe closed in…
George Saunders’ journey from obscurity to acclaim began 30 years ago with a novel twist
NEW YORK (AP) — George Saunders’ path from obscurity to acclaim began some 30 years ago, not long…
Irenosen Okojie’s Curandera – The Brooklyn Rail
Irenosen OkojieCuranderaSoft Skull, 2025 The title of Irenosen Okojie’s new novel comes from the Spanish/Latin American word for…
Wendy N. Wagner’s Girl in the Creek
Wendy N. WagnerGirl in the CreekTor Nightfire, 2025 In this eco-horror thriller, a young woman, Erin Harper, travels…
Vivian Browne: My Kind of Protest
Vivian Browne: My Kind of ProtestEdited by Adrienne L. Childs and Amara AntillaGiles, in association with the Phillips…
Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal review – connections across the Indian diaspora
Saraswati is Gurnaik Johal’s first novel, named for the river goddess, who, following myth, once rippled across Northern…
‘Frankenstein’ 2025 reviews praise Jacob Elordi at Venice festival
Hollywood star power comes to the Venice Film Festival red carpet George Clooney brought Hollywood star power to…
Exploring identity and resilience in Fauzia Rafique’s novel
It is a story of persecution and migration, the conflicting impulses of religion, politics and humanity. Above all,…
In “Familiaris,” a childhood memory of creative classroom hijinks
This book won the 2025 Colorado Book Award for Novel. A memory: slouching behind his desk at the…
10 books to read this fall, from Pynchon to Presley
NEW YORK (AP) — Fall books mean more than literary fiction. The top releases this season range from…