By BookPage | Mariel Fechik | 4/22/2025 1:30 AM

In The Corruption of Hollis Brown, the author crafts an intimacy between her characters that expands beyond romance. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Kelly Blewett | 4/22/2025 1:00 AM

Mary Annette Pember’s Medicine River is a searing history of dehumanizing and often abusive Indian boarding schools. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Carole V. Bell | 4/22/2025 1:00 AM

Emily Henry’s sixth romance novel, Great Big Beautiful Life, blends beloved tropes with a glamorous historical mystery. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Linda M. Castellitto | 4/22/2025 1:00 AM

Stephen S. Hall’s Slither will make you marvel at what we can learn from snakes, if only we can swap fear for curiosity and disgust for appreciation. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Henry L. Carrigan Jr. | 4/22/2025 1:00 AM

The captivating Sister, Sinner chronicles the life of the spellbinding, complicated celebrity evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Mariel Fechik | 4/22/2025 1:00 AM

The Corruption of Hollis Brown is written in sharply vivid vignettes, like the literary equivalent of macrophotography: intimacy on a grand scale that makes the reader want to both back away and lean closer. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | mónica teresa ortiz | 4/22/2025 1:00 AM

Sarah Aziza’s stunning memoir, The Hollow Half, traces her Palestinian family’s history of violent displacement and embraces their legacy of survival and love. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Linda M. Castellitto | 4/22/2025 1:00 AM

Bonnie Tsui’s multifaceted celebration of muscles is an appealing, enlightening guide to understanding and appreciating our own strength. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Eric A. Ponce | 4/21/2025 1:00 AM

In Gabriele, Anne and Claire Berest limn the life of their great-grandmother, finding a cavalcade of romance and drama at the heart of the European art world. The result is a historical novel unlike any other. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Thane Tierney | 4/21/2025 1:00 AM

Jo Harkin’s rollicking saga of royalty, loyalty, lechery and treachery, The Pretender, is fit for a king . . . or a man who was merely told he would be one. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Maya Fleischmann | 4/21/2025 1:00 AM

Olafur Darri Olafsson’s deeply authentic performance breathes life into this emotionally rich tale, capturing both its stark beauty and its quiet heartbreak. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Laura Hutson Hunter | 4/17/2025 1:00 AM

Stephanie Sabbe’s Interiors of a Storyteller weaves memoir with interior design and is recommended for Southerners, designers and fans of storytelling of all stripes. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Norah Piehl | 4/15/2025 1:00 AM

The poetic language in Jamie Sumner’s Please Pay Attention makes the horror of school violence clear without depicting it in a graphic way. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Laura Hutson Hunter | 4/15/2025 1:00 AM

Prose to the People overflows with photographs, oral histories, essays and interviews that document and celebrate Black bookstores. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Linda M. Castellitto | 4/15/2025 1:00 AM

In Pencil, Hye-Eun Kim artfully blends the fanciful and the practical as she invites readers to ponder cycles of destruction and renewal, creativity and inspiration. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Laura Sackton | 4/14/2025 1:00 AM

Every time Denne Michele Norris’ characters Davis and Everett interact—whether they’re at a family dinner, at home, or even avoiding conversations they need to have—the depth of their love is the loudest thing on the page. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Chika Gujarathi | 4/14/2025 1:00 AM

Renee Swindle’s novel Francine’s Spectacular Crash and Burn indeed does a spectacular and heartwarming job of showcasing how unexpected connections can be a salve for grief. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Becky Libourel Diamond | 4/9/2025 1:00 AM

Fourth-generation farmer Kaleb Wyse’s debut cookbook gets back to basics by resurrecting old comfort-food favorites that reflect his rural Midwestern roots. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Yi Jiang | 4/9/2025 1:00 AM

Another Word for Neighbor’s heartfelt depiction of grief and isolation has all the warmth of a steaming bowl of pho. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Callie Ann Starkey | 4/8/2025 1:00 AM

Words with Wings and Magic Things is sure to inspire readers to seek bold and courageous adventures. Many will likely even pick up a pen and create their own poetry. ... Read full Story