Alia used to depend on her grandfather for stories, and he was great at spinning them. Indeed, he seemed to wind them into every facet of their lives together. But then her grandfather died, and “the stories stopped. The world lost its... Read More

Jennifer Newens’s tiki cocktail guide "Thursday Night Tiki Lounge" includes drinks that are sweet, sour, strong, sometimes spicy, and mostly rum-based alongside gorgeous photographs. The book begins with a short history of tiki’s... Read More

Susan Cormier’s "Dead Bees Still Sting" is a poignant, often surprising collection of nature essays about rural life and beekeeping. These essays concern five seasons on a small farm on the edge of suburban Vancouver. Several focus on... Read More

An armed resistance breaks out in the mountains, and a journalist makes plans to document the stories of those fighting, in Aksil Azergui’s rousing novel "Bread of the Ravens", a literary exploration of life amid the indigenous Amazigh... Read More

"My World Is Melting" is Line Nagell Ylvisåker’s enlightening essay collection about climate change as observed on a small Norwegian island in the fastest-warming region on the planet. Ylvisåker reports that temperatures near... Read More

Set in the early 1990s, Shasta Grant’s riveting novel "When We Were Feral" follows three adolescent girls venturing through loss, exploration, and unsettling discoveries. In a New Hampshire river town, Maggie and Sarah look forward to... Read More

Brimming with humor and imagination, this quirky picture book celebrates the extraordinary everyday superpowers of grandmothers. Supergranny Ethel makes magical croquettes, Agent Fairybel can chase all your fears away with a kind word... Read More

Set among a New Jersey synagogue’s staff and congregants in the month prior to the October 7, 2023 attacks, Nathaniel Popkin’s sobering novel "Partly Strong, Partly Broken" reveals the discord already roiling in liberal Jewish... Read More