{"id":23349,"date":"2025-07-20T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T08:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/23349\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T08:00:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T08:00:23","slug":"what-should-you-read-next-here-are-the-best-reviewed-books-of-the-week-literary-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/23349\/","title":{"rendered":"What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week \u2039 Literary Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Book<\/a><\/p>\n

Silvia Moreno-Garcia\u2019s The Bewitching, Laurie Gwen Shapiro\u2019s The Aviator and the Showman, and Vivek Shanbhag\u2019s Sakina\u2019s Kiss all feature among the best reviewed books of the week.<\/p>\n

Brought to you by Book Marks<\/a>, Lit Hub\u2019s home for book reviews.<\/p>\n

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Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Sakina's<\/a><\/p>\n

1. Sakina\u2019s Kiss<\/a> by Vivek Shanbhag, trans. by Srinath Perur
(McNally Editions)<\/p>\n

6 Rave<\/p>\n

\u201cPerur has carried across the author\u2019s light-fingered irony, narrative concision and deep humanity. Writers are too liberally likened to Anton Chekhov, but it is Chekhov\u2019s classic story\u2026that this splendid novel most resembles in its deft illustration of the tyranny of obedience and the mortal dangers of shielding one\u2019s eyes to injustice.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013Sam Sacks (The Wall Street Journal)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

2. The Bewitching<\/a> by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
(Del Rey)<\/p>\n

5 Rave \u2022 2 Mixed<\/p>\n

\u201cBrilliant, sinister, and captivating \u2026 The tale effortlessly merges witch folklore across time, giving readers a chilling horror novel, a multi-generational saga, a satisfying mystery, and a reminder of the interconnectedness of humanity, all in one bewitching package \u2026 Moreno-Garcia\u2019s latest is a triumph.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013Becky Spratford (Library Journal<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"Jamaica<\/p>\n

3. Jamaica Road<\/a> by Lisa Smith
(Knopf)<\/p>\n

3 Rave 1 Positive<\/p>\n

\u201cPoignant and gripping \u2026 A compelling, emotionally charged read that feels as urgent today as it would have decades ago, an unforgettable story of love, resistance, and self-discovery.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013Enobong Tommelleo (Booklist<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Nonfiction<\/a><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

1. The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century<\/a> by Tim Weiner
(Mariner)<\/p>\n

6 Rave \u2022 3 Positive<\/p>\n

\u201cWeiner is clear in his condemnation\u2026but inclined to give the CIA the benefit of the doubt \u2026 The book contains many essential new details \u2026 There are all sorts of\u2026important and fascinating revelations \u2026 This is a journalist\u2019s book, and bears the marks of it. But no one has opened up the CIA to us like Weiner has, and The Mission deserves to win Weiner a second Pulitzer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013John Simpson (The Guardian<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

2. The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage That Made an American Icon<\/a>by Laurie Gwen Shapiro
(Viking)<\/p>\n

5 Rave \u2022 3 Positive \u2022 2 Mixed<\/p>\n

\u201cEnticing\u2026vibrant \u2026 Shapiro dexterously untangles the Gordian knot of their entwined passions, shared ambitions and business bottom lines \u2026 Shapiro\u2019s tone is conversational, luring us into a rich story about American media \u2026 Shapiro captures the thrill of a leap into the unknown.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013Hamilton Cain (The Los Angeles Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

3. A Flower Traveled in My Blood: The Incredible True Story of the Grandmothers Who Fought to Find a Stolen Generation of Children<\/a> by Haley Cohen Gilliland
(Avid Reader Press)<\/p>\n

6 Rave<\/p>\n

\u201cAn unflinching playbook of what happens when a government\u2019s tyrannical impulses are fed as well as a heartbreaking, immersive account of what it means to stand up against injustice and demand that those\u00a0who allow it move out of the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013Lily Hunter (Booklist<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Silvia Moreno-Garcia\u2019s The Bewitching, Laurie Gwen Shapiro\u2019s The Aviator and the Showman, and Vivek Shanbhag\u2019s Sakina\u2019s Kiss all…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[223,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-23349","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}