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JUSTICE IS COMINGThe Republican Party comes in for heavy shellacking throughout Uygur’s pages. The people who voted for Trump, by that account, didn’t vote for...
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THE END OF EDENAttempting to fully comprehend the magnitude of global climate change can feel next to impossible. In this deeply researched and disturbing...
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A MYRIAD OF TONGUESEverett, a professor of anthropology and psychology and author of Numbers and the Making of Us , offers an enlightening examination of human...
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OF DREAMS AND DESTINYAfter being cruelly betrayed by a boy, Rosetta Academy senior Daphne Elizabeth “DE” McKinley is done with dating. Encouraged by her best friend,...
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UNRELIABLE NARRATORNancherla says that she wanted to write a book about impostor syndrome—which she defines as constantly questioning whether or not she deserves...
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STARTER VILLAINCharlie Fitzer, a former business journalist–turned–substitute teacher, is broke and somewhat desperate. His circumstances take an unexpected...
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INVERSE COWGIRLDiagnosed with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome as an infant, Weigel underwent nonconsensual surgeries (like the removal of internal...
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WANDERING THROUGH LIFELeon’s approach to autobiography is pretty much the opposite of what readers may expect from the author of a successful series of whodunits. “I...
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MISBELIEFDuke psychology professor Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational , Payoff , and other books, begins by chronicling how he was accused of...
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JEWISH SPACE LASERSJournalist Rothschild, a conspiracy theory expert and author of The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement , is not related to the...
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ENLIGHTEN ME (A GRAPHIC NOVEL)Binh and his siblings, who are of Vietnamese descent, can’t believe they’re spending the weekend at a silent meditation retreat. Binh would...
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THE TRADE TRAPThe idea that trading with a country ruled by a dictator will lead toward democracy has always been flawed. Döpfner, CEO of the Berlin-based...
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WHERE THERE WAS FIREOne fateful night in 1968, Lyra and Carmen’s family is changed forever: Their maternal grandmother dies, and their father, José María, sets fire...
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OUR LITTLE FARMIn this latest, Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees and The Heartbeat of Trees , among other books about ecology, teams with...
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NIGHT WATCHThe novel’s pitch-perfect voice belongs to ConaLee, observant and loving but also a scrappy survivor. Initially, ConaLee knows only that she was...
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ELLEN TAKES FLIGHTThough young Ellen is transfixed by images of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon, options for women were limited. Differences between her...
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THE BOXWong’s experimental novel centers on a simple but enigmatic object, “a pocket-size box, dizzyingly woven all in white, tapestry-tight,” which...
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THE SMALLEST OWLETReusing a magpie’s old nest, the female owl lays three eggs over three days. The male keeps the female fed for the next 30 days, and the eggs...
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WOLF TREESThe wolf tree—that old, craggy giant of the forest—is employed as an elaborate metaphor throughout this collection, the author’s second after...
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IN THE RINGThree years ago, Rose Berman, 17, lost her mother, who had anxiety and derealization disorders, to suicide. Afterward, she experienced a...
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Homo Novus: A Brief His-story of TomorrowAs he has watched flurries of technological innovations and trends toward interconnection change our world, the author has identified positive...
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ON THE WAY TO THE END OF THE WORLDIn early 1963, in order to reinvigorate the American people after the nervous terrors of the Cuban missile crisis, President John F. Kennedy had...
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THE STEPS WE TAKEFrom her perspective as a white Mississippian, journalist and filmmaker Fentress writes candidly about her growing consciousness of race,...
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HOW THE EARTH HOLDS USIn poems reminiscent of Mary Oliver’s work, the author recounts her mother’s suicide when Tuteur was 17 and its repercussions. She compares two...
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GHOUL SCHOOLJoshua Tate is excited about his very first night without parental supervision. His mother gave him a list of chores to complete while she and...
