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A DISH BEST SERVED HOTSantiago “Saint” Vega and Lola León were high school sweethearts—in secret, that is—but their different backgrounds, with the Vega family a...
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MISCHIEVOUS CREATURESElizabeth and Margaretta Morris were sisters who, writes McNeur, “lived together, hiked together, and debated new scientific theories together.”...
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MURDERWELLForty-five-year-old Gina Biletti, newly unemployed and separated—with thoughts of her soon-to-be ex frequently “flooding back, like a bout of...
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CHARLIE CHAPLIN VS. AMERICAEyman, author of biographies of Cary Grant, John Wayne, John Ford, and other major names in film history, presents a beautifully composed and...
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THIRTEEN LUNATIONSThe author explains that she does not particularly care for the Gregorian calendar; her main critique is that it has “very little to do with...
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THE BRONX IS MY HOMESantiago likes to visit the four other New York boroughs but is proud to say “The Bronx is my home.” With Mami, a teacher, Santiago spends one...
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ALWAYS ORCHIDIn a prologue set in the New York City subway system, Roy, who has “slid too easily from military veteran to unsheltered,” is pulled back from a...
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A SELF-PORTRAIT IN THE YEAR OF THE HIGH COMMISSION ON LOVETo grow up in Texas with the name Jon Wain likely makes being nicknamed “Duke” inevitable. So it is with the narrator of Biespiel’s novel, who...
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THE QUEEN OF DAYSBalthazar Vadalen, his half brother, Kai, his cousin, Zeelaya Agodzi, and her husband, Edik, along with Balthazar’s younger sister, Miraveena,...
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WEST HEART KILLYoung private detective Adam McAnnis, a Vietnam veteran through whose "sad and wary" but amused eyes the story is told, has been hired by one of...
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A MEMOIR OF MY FORMER SELFA gathering of more than 70 essays, talks, and reviews by award-winning British author Mantel (1952-2022), edited by Pearson, offers insights...
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A CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBERHenry Adams, Kansas has a rich historical legacy as a town that was founded by freed slaves. In the first book of this long-running series,...
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A STRANGE LIFEEven occasional readers know that Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) wrote Little Women . Few may be aware that she was also a remarkably witty...
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GIRL ON TRIALSelf-conscious Emily wants to project a very different picture of her life to her peers, especially after her only friend calls out Debbie,...
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AMERICAN VISIONSDistinguished historian Ayers, a winner of the Bancroft and Lincoln prizes and recipient of a National Humanities Medal, looks to “evoke the...
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HUMANIZING IMMIGRATIONArguing from the outset that U.S. immigration laws are fundamentally racist and unjust, Hing, the author of Deporting Our Souls and American...
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ORDINARY DAYSAuthor Joy grew up in Prince’s childhood neighborhood in Minneapolis’ Northside and even performed with him once; her lyrical tribute to the...
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THE SECRET LIFE OF JOHN LE CARRÉDavid Cornwell (1931-2020), who took the pen name John le Carré for reasons that are still unknown, was conscientious, hardworking, literate,...
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HOW TO KNOW A PERSONRecognizing how the breakdown of basic moral and social skills has been leading to “a massive civilizational failure,” a theme that New York...
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ON MARRIAGEBaum begins with the odd assertion that there has not been much intellectual analysis of marriage, and she proceeds to round up the work of...
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WHAT WILD WOMEN DOIn 2021, Rowan Fairfax is at a crossroads. She’s running out of money, her dreams of being a screenwriter feel hopelessly out of reach, and she...
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SOME OF US ARE LOOKINGSgt. Barbara Neely is dealing with local Chris Henderson’s complaints about a pervert he claims is watching one of the girls living in a caravan...
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THE FOOTBALL 100Lead editors and panel members Dan Pompei and Mike Sando lay out the criteria for “the most irresistible exercise in sports: ranking the...
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HIDDEN POTENTIALThe potential for success comes in many shapes and forms, writes organizational psychologist Grant, but the common factor is that it must be...
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MURDER IN DRURY LANEAs the satiric comedy A Bold Stroke for a Wife unfolds on the stage of London’s Drury Lane Theatre in 1806, an even more compelling drama is...
