A real estate feud drives this riveting novel from Hua (Forbidden City). Jin Chang moves his family into an exclusive Bay Area enclave with plans to flip their new house. He immediately butts heads with his busybody neighbor, Blair Belle, a tech worker whose company makes a camera called an... Continue reading »

A celebrated children’s author contends with ghosts from her past in this enthralling thriller from Vaughan (Reputation). Dame Eleanor Kingman writes a popular series about a mother fox and her cubs; the books, their licensed merchandise, and a splashy Netflix deal have made Eleanor fabulou... Continue reading »

A gentle elegiac tone pervades this stunning posthumous historical fantasy from multi–Hugo and Nebula award winner McIntyre (Dreamsnake), who died in 2019. In ancient Crete, Iakinthu, a former bull dancer, is at the apex of her second profession as chief diplomat-trader of her seafaring nat... Continue reading »

The explosive conclusion to Robert’s bestselling Dark Olympus series (after Tender Cruelty) offers readers an un-put-downable final trip to the dystopian city of Olympus, where the ruling council of 13 “gods” face the wrath of Circe. Fifteen years before the start of the book, Circe was rip... Continue reading »

Yudori follows Raging Clouds with a lushly drawn, subtly observed love story set in occupied 1920s Korea. Jun Seomoon, the son of impoverished nobles, stoically works off his family’s debt to a nouveau riche department store owner. This requires living under the same roof as the wealthy com... Continue reading »

In her prismatic fourth collection, novelist, memoirist, and poet Alvarez (The Woman I Kept to Myself) spins richly detailed micro-narratives of her childhood in the Dominican Republic in the 1950s, her young adulthood in New York City, and beyond. Vivid scenes include reciting poems for he... Continue reading »

In this tour de force from Brotherton (A Bright and Blinding Sun) and Lee (A Single Light), four friends’ lives change irrevocably when America becomes embroiled in WWII. In 1930s Mobile, Ala., preacher’s son Jimmy Propfield shares an idyllic upbringing with childhood sweetheart Cl... Continue reading »

Nature writer Macfarlane (Is a River Alive?) and artist Morris (Wild Folk) deliver an imaginative and beautifully illustrated field guide to help readers honor, admire, and “identify with” threatened bird species. From Avocets to Woodcocks, there are essays on 49 birds, some of whi... Continue reading »

From baker Jensen (Flour Power) comes an expansive and accessible guide to making pizza from scratch. For best results, she urges home cooks to invest in a digital scale for measuring ingredients by weight instead of volume, as well as a baking steel for home ovens, which helps mimic the he... Continue reading »

This sprawling, immersive account from historian Pearsall (Atlantic Families) explores “the effect of the world on the American Revolution” rather than the “too often” emphasized opposite. The book opens with a reflection on colonial militiamen’s powder horns, which were typically carved wi... Continue reading »

Lin Wallace (On Our Way with Mr. Jay) and Rex (The 13th Day of Christmas) flip carpe diem on its head in this lush high-concept picture book that spotlights the life of a single day. As a full-throated songbird heralds sunrise in the distance, “a Day is born.” Cataloging t... Continue reading »