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IT'S A FABULOUS LIFEAfter years of deferring her dream of living in the big city, Bailey George is tired of managing her small town’s Christmas fest, not to mention...
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HELLO, MY NAME IS BUNNY! TOKYOBunny Doogle Simmons-Bloom, the lovable black-and-white cat who travels around the world with her human parents, finds herself in the colorful...
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FIREFLY LULLABYEvening approaches, and children put away their toys and get ready for bed. As they prepare for sleep, they see lights through their window—not...
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THE BOOK OF MERLINIn this new series of poems, the author, an accomplished poet and lyricist whose previous works include book-length poems on American folk...
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DON'T BE MEAN TO 13The number 13, anthropomorphized as a black, fluffy dust ball with red lips, discusses its status as a bugaboo with a child with light-brown...
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BRUSHED ASIDEIn this “herstory,” Charney, a professor of art history and author of The Devil in the Gallery and The Collector of Lives , aims to “teach...
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TECHLASHWheeler is a former chairman of the Federal Communication Corporation and a successful venture capitalist, so when it comes to regulation of the...
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THE SCROLLS OF A TEMPLE SWEEPERIn an island monastery in a nameless land, a one-eyed monk known as the Temple Sweeper tells another monk, called Enduring Sound, about his past...
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40 DAYS IN HICKSVILLEFifteen-year-old Kate has just moved east across Canada to her mother’s childhood home in the small town of Clarendon, which she’s dubbed...
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ANGELSBy 2048, the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, and other factors have devastated the world. Although dystopian America lacks a central federal...
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GENERATION ANNIHILATIONShaun, who has red hair that he plans to dye to avoid detection, couldn’t let his stepfather hurt his mother anymore. While fleeing to his...
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ROMAN STORIESLahiri’s third collection follows her Pulitzer-winning debut collection, Interpreter of Maladies (1999), and Unaccustomed Earth (2008), with...
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THE CHILDREN'S BACHThis new edition of the short 1984 novel many consider the eminent Australian author's masterpiece has a foreword by Rumaan Alam in which he...
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TEN TRIPSThe author addresses his skepticism of psychedelics, particularly the drugs’ efficacy as a treatment for trauma and the “relative lack of...
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OBSESSIONTech billionaire Carl Novak is only just starting his own production company, so he has no reason to know that Billy Barnett, the producer of...
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THE HIVE AND THE HONEYYoon’s work, whether in novels or short fiction, tends to create miniature mysteries, but his latest is all unanswered questions and old...
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SHOOT THE MOONWhen Annie Fisk was a child growing up in New Mexico, she had a best friend, Diana, who would appear and disappear in her backyard. A number of...
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PROJECT FWhen 13-year-old Keith Arlo’s family receives word that his aunt and uncle have unexpectedly passed away, he is sent to collect Lulu, his...
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HOLLYWOOD AND THE MOVIES OF THE FIFTIESThreatened by TV and the beginning of the end of the studio system, the 1950s was the “most turbulent decade in the history of the American...
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BAKING SPIRITS BRIGHTBecca Ransom has no regrets about giving up her Los Angeles life to return to her gorgeous childhood home of Larch Haven, Vermont, where winter...
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HEAD OVER HEELSReading a book about two beautiful, rich, and famous people finding love may not be many readers’ cup of tea, but Melissa Newman, an artist and...
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THE BURNOUTYou didn’t use Zoose? That's the advertising slogan of a successful travel app called Zoose, where Sasha is director of special promotions....
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BE USEFULSchwarzenegger, now 75, is a difficult figure to categorize. Many observers see him as a hypermasculine cliché. Others, after his period as...
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THE WATERSA fairy-tale atmosphere coexists with harsh realities from the opening sentence: “Once upon a time M’sauga Island was the place where desperate...
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BREAKING THROUGHIn this inspiring, riveting narrative, Karikó describes the science behind her work but also delves deeply into her childhood, education, and...
