by Omar El Akkad ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 25, 2025 A philosophically rich critique of state violence and mass apathy. An Egyptian Canadian journalist writes searchingly of this time of war. “Rules,…

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I loved everything about “A Map to Paradise” by Susan Meissner. I am a huge fan, and I highly recommend this memorable, emotional and thought-provoking novel to others. The Genres for this…

by Tabitha Brown ; illustrated by Olivia Duchess ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 11, 2025 Being kind and helpful lights up the day from within in this inspiring and idyllic slice-of-life tale. Actor,…

What are you up to this weekend? I’m planning on a pleasantly full spring weekend of watching the Severance season 2 finale, fertilizing my houseplants, and seeing all my college kids in…

Genius. Pure genius. Written by Louis Bayard, this is a novel about one extraordinarily scandalous event in the life of renowned playwright Oscar Wilde and the effect the intense public notoriety and…

by Kathy Reichs ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 17, 2020 Forget about solving all these crimes; the signal triumph here is (spoiler) the heroine’s survival. Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of…

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Set in New England, and briefly France, Wilkerson’s second novel explores more family secrets, trauma, and identity. With a timeline ranging from 1803 to 2021, Good Dirt is a multigenerational, historical epic…

Wuthnow and Saunders, of the Institute for National Strategic Studies, emphasize that just as the 2008 Olympics marked China’s emergence as a global heavyweight, the recent military demonstrations against Taiwan symbolize a…