With a top-notch blend of gritty mystery and bighearted drama, Ron Currie’s The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne is Dennis Lehane meets Ann Patchett.
Belinda Bauer’s magnificently executed The Impossible Thing is the most unusual crime novel in recent memory.
In the masterful Story of a Murder, Hallie Rubenhold reopens an infamous turn-of-the-century murder case, revealing the women behind the sensationalist headlines and restoring dignity to the victim.
Hunger’s Bite is an intense and charming graphic novel perfect for readers seeking an emotionally charged supernatural mystery.
Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa is not to be missed, and may have readers gazing at potatoes in an entirely new light.
Robert Jackson Bennett’s superb new mystery series is best described as Sherlock Holmes in a high-fantasy version of Pacific Rim, but even that comparison doesn’t quite capture the inventive, character-driven cleverness of The Tainted Cup. In the follow-up, eccentric, brilliant sleuth Ana Dolabra and her long-suffering assistant are faced with an even more puzzling case than their first: A treasury officer has disappeared from a heavily guarded government building, even though all the windows and doors were locked.
The Dublin-born author of Apeirogon and Let the Great World Spin, for which he won the National Book Award, Colum McCann returns to his Irish roots in his eighth novel, Twist, which tells the story of Irish journalist Anthony Fennell’s reportage on the underwater fiber-optic cables that transfer the world’s host of digital information. Repairing these cables to maintain the flow of the vital data they carry requires fast action by engineer divers, one of whom Anthony forms a close connection with as he accompanies a cable repair ship on a mission off the west coast of Africa.
The author of Room also writes some seriously good historical fiction, like 2023’s Learned by Heart, which fictionalized the youth of Anne Lister. The Paris Express, set later in the 19th century, follows a large cast of characters, each with their own reasons for taking a train to Paris—one of whom is an anarchist with a plan to derail the fated trip.
Having trouble keeping track of the difference between stalactites and stalagmites? You’re not alone. Never fear—you probably won’t forget any more once Drew Beckmeyer’s Stalactite & Stalagmite hits shelves. We’re still remembering his clever and inventive The First Week of School, which we gave a starred review, and we’re sure this story following two “cave nubs” over millions of years will be just as entertaining.
Apart from his literary accomplishments (The Fault in Our Stars, Turtles All the Way Down), John Green is a notable philanthropist, having created a string of nonprofit charity projects and a foundation alongside his brother, Hank. Green is an advocate for health care equality and, most notably, has been using his platform to address policies and regulations regarding tuberculosis, a preventable and curable disease that is nonetheless a leading cause of death in Africa, especially among children. Everything Is Tuberculosis asks readers to join the fight to save them.
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