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Mt. Moriah’s Wake by Melissa Norton Carro

Mt. Moriah's Wake by Melissa Norton Carro Melissa Carro has written a stunning debut about trauma and loss and persevering…

Leaving Coy’s Hill by Katherine A. Sherbrooke

Leaving Coy's Hill by Katherine A. Sherbrooke With incredible elegance and insight, Leaving Coy's Hill strikes a perfect balance between historical…

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth Okay, so a haunted girls boarding school set in Little Compton, Rhode Island...…

White Ivy by Susie Yang · NYJB Review

White Ivy by Susie Yang This review originally appeared in the New York Journal of Books. White Ivy is a suspenseful…

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson To write a memoir in prose, to distill each experience into just the right…

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman With an equal measure of humor and philosophy, Backman's latest work examines the intricacies of…

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang A highly entertaining read, especially for an author with interactions in the publishing industry! A scathing…

The Book of V by Anna Solomon

The Book of V by Anna Solomon I loved this book's ambition. Any modern retelling of a biblical character has…

The Ten-Year Nap by Meg Wolitzer

The Ten-Year Nap by Meg Wolitzer So I'm late to the party on this one but The Ten-Year Nap belongs…

A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost

A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost I became a fan of Colin Jost after he delivered the commencement speech…