2+ week, 6+ day ago   (354+ words) If you've ever driven through the suburbs, you've probably seen a "little free library" in someone's front yard. The concept is simple: people erect boxes — some more ornate than others — and fill them with books. Passersby can take a book…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (355+ words) Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. Henry Wise, Promised Land (Atlantic Crime) “Few novels have reflected their setting as powerfully as this one, with its ever denser, ever darker narrative and its evocative…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (416+ words) Danika spends most of their time talking about sapphic books at the Lesbrary. I had big plans for this summer of reading, but instead, I hit a bit of a slump. Luckily, we’re beginning the biggest reading season of the…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (151+ words) Tombolo Books would like to invite you to an exciting first-look event with three of our wonderful representatives from Penguin Random House. Three of our book reps from Penguin Random House--Diane, Toni, and Jess--will be at Tombolo Books…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (246+ words) We recommend art novels, catalogs, memoirs, and more, plus an artist reflects on her portable studio. Watch out, Brooklyn Public Library — there are approximately five dozen intriguing art books coming out this season I’d love to get my hands on....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (88+ words) Nobody Broke Your Heart by Jamie Fisher Everything New Again by Renée Watson Renée Watson, Jefferson High School graduate turned 2026 Newbery Medal winner, has a new YA romance novel out Oct. 13. Everything New Again tells the story of a teenager…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (322+ words) Marceline Chevako | September 2, 2026 Mai’s aesthetic is grounded in feminine signifiers of beauty. Her drawings are neat, delicate, and organized. If you wanted to be more pejorative, you could describe it as “cutesy”. Several locations in the book are rendered as…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (327+ words) In this newsletter, we introduce our autumn-quarter books: Nature Poem, The Color of Law, and The Man Who Could Move Clouds. When you’re finished with Native Country of the Heart, you’ll have the following titles to get started with as…...