Homebound is a sweeping, multigenerational novel that follows three women across centuries—from a grieving teenager finishing her late uncle’s video game in 1983, to an AI researcher confronting humanity’s future in 2078, to a seafaring scavenger…
In this installment of the Kyiv Mysteries, detective Samson Kolechko investigates the baffling disappearance of a group of Red Army soldiers who vanish from a Kyiv bathhouse, leaving only their uniforms behind. As his inquiry uncovers human remains,…
Look What You Made Me Do by John Lanchester is a darkly comic novel about love, betrayal, and generational conflict. When Kate, a baby boomer living an apparently happy life with her husband Jack, recognizes intimate details of her marriage in a hit…
The Story of Birds by Steve Brusatte traces the remarkable evolutionary journey of birds from their dinosaur ancestors to the more than 10,000 species alive today. Combining cutting-edge paleontology with vivid storytelling, Brusatte explains how…
The Dog’s Gaze by Thomas W. Laqueur explores the enduring presence of dogs in Western art, from the Paleolithic era to the present, revealing how our canine companions have shaped the way humans depict themselves and their stories. Examining works…
This Vast Enterprise reexamines the famous Lewis and Clark expedition by shifting the focus beyond its celebrated leaders to the diverse people whose contributions made the journey possible. Drawing on extensive archival research and Native…
In 1865, on a remote Atlantic peninsula, Tomás and his ten-year-old son Liam are helping map Ireland for the Ordnance Survey in the aftermath of the Great Hunger. Determined to ensure his maps bear witness to the devastation, Tomás is thrown off…
In this sweeping biography, Bob Spitz reexamines the story of The Rolling Stones, focusing on the enduring and often turbulent partnership between Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Blending fresh insights with the band's triumphs, tragedies, and…
In The Land and Its People, David Sedaris reflects on travel, aging, friendship, family, and loss through a series of witty and observant essays. Blending humor with tenderness, he finds meaning in everyday absurdities and reminds readers of the…
In Unvaccinated Under God, Kira Ganga Kieffer examines vaccine hesitancy in the United States as a form of religious and moral expression rather than simple misinformation, tracing how disputes over vaccines have reflected deeper conflicts about…
In John of John, Douglas Stuart follows John-Calum Macleod, a struggling artist who returns to his Hebridean island home and confronts tensions with his devout father, his family’s expectations, and his own hidden desires, as long-buried secrets…
In this memoir, Zayd Ayers Dohrn recounts growing up as the son of Weather Underground fugitives, uncovering the hidden truths of his family’s past and their violent revolutionary activities in America. Blending personal history with archival…
In Paradiso 17, Sufien, born in Palestine during the 1948 Nakba, spends his life shaped by exile as he moves across Kuwait, Italy, New York, and Arizona in search of belonging, love, and meaning. Spanning decades and continents, the novel traces his…
In The Family Man, James Lasdun investigates the crimes and downfall of Alex Murdaugh, tracing how a respected legal dynasty unraveled into corruption, fraud, addiction, and ultimately the 2023 murders of his wife and son. Drawing on interviews,…
This sweeping history reframes the American Revolution as a global imperial crisis rather than solely the birth of the United States. By examining why some British colonies rebelled while others remained loyal—including Canada, the Caribbean, India,…
Small Town Girls is Jayne Anne Phillips’s intimate memoir of growing up in Buckhannon and the Appalachian world that shaped her life and writing. Blending personal history, cultural reflection, and literary insight, Phillips explores family,…
In Freedom Round the Globe, Sarah M. S. Pearsall reimagines the American Revolution as a worldwide movement shaped not only by the Founding Fathers but also by marginalized people across India, Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and beyond. Through…
The Hill follows Suzanna Klein, a girl raised between her grandmother’s home and the prison where her radical mother is serving a life sentence for bank robbery. Set among former activists still haunted by their political ideals, the novel explores…
Bennett Cerf, widely known as a TV personality, was also a transformative publisher who co-founded Random House, championed major authors, and helped win the case that made James Joyce's Ulysses legal in the U.S.; blending literary ambition with…
Project Maven, launched in 2017 by the Pentagon under Drew Cukor, rapidly pushed AI into U.S. warfare with help from major tech companies, despite internal conflict and public backlash over autonomous killing. Now embedded across the military, it…
