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15 captivating books by AAPI authors
6+ hour, 45+ min ago (35+ words) Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a bevy of titles in fiction, fantasy and nonfiction. 15 captivating books by AAPI authors See our latest list of the best titles of the month....
Book review of This Dark Night by Deborah Lutz
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (430+ words) Deborah Lutz's exhilarating prose animates This Dark Night, lending fresh insights into the life and writing of one of literature's most enduring authors, Emily Bront. Virginia Woolf once declared that when Emily Bront (18181848) wrote about the moors, she could "make…...
Book review of The Girl with a Thousand Faces by Sunyi Dean
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (422+ words) How can we lay our ghosts to rest, especially in a world torn open by war? Sunyi Dean takes this question literally in The Girl With a Thousand Faces, the story of an alternate Hong Kong where ghosts walk among…...
Book review of Ms. Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block by Jesse Q. Sutanto
1+ week, 3+ day ago (439+ words) Jesse Q. Sutanto's Ms. Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block is a great feel-good read that reminds us that there's no age restriction on new beginnings. Ms. Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block Married for over 40 years to a…...
Book review of Ode to the Half-Broken by Suzanne Palmer
1+ week, 3+ day ago (393+ words) Solid pacing, strong insights into human nature (often delivered via talking dog) and a steady dose of humor make Suzanne Palmer's Ode to the Half-Broken a sci-fi standout. Ode to the Half-Broken For a retired, currently nameless battle robot who…...
Essay by Caroline Bicks, author of Monsters in the Archives
2+ week, 2+ day ago (175+ words) When I set out to research what would become Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear With Stephen King, I understood this on an intellectual level. But I had no idea that I'd come to feel it in my…...
Book review of Leave Your Mess at Home by Tolani Akinola
2+ week, 3+ day ago (385+ words) Even amid their bitterest struggles, there's a tenderness to the family at the heart of Tolani Akinola's striking, smart debut, Leave Your Mess at Home. Leave Your Mess at Home As Tolani Akinola reminds us in her debut novel, for…...
Essay by Tara Menon, author of Under Water
2+ week, 3+ day ago (588+ words) The author's piercing debut novel, Under Water, reflects her reverence for the natural world and the creatures we share it with. Tara Menon brought the beauty of the Andaman Sea to "Under Water" I grew up in Singapore'a concrete metropolis…...
Book review of Under Water by Tara Menon
2+ week, 3+ day ago (418+ words) Readers of Tara Menon's stunning debut novel, Under Water, will be as mesmerized by scenes of exploring Thailand's coral reefs as they are by her depiction of overwhelming grief. Indeed, readers of Tara Menon's stunning debut novel, Under Water, will…...
Book review of Where No Shadow Stays by Sara Hashem
3+ week, 2+ day ago (389+ words) Part teen drama, part paranormal thriller and wholly entertaining, Where No Shadow Stays is a book that readers won't be able to put down'and it might continue to creep them out after the last page has been turned. Where No…...