Lili Anolik’s Didion and Babitz is a freewheeling and engaging narrative about two iconic literary rivals and their world in 1970s Los Angeles.
DC Helmuth’s Hidden Libraries profiles 50 remarkable libraries in locations across the globe.
The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge is a sunny Gilmore Girls retrospective and a buoyant tribute to the reading life.
Book Nooks has options to suit every style, space and taste when it comes to establishing a comfy reading area.
Audre Lorde gets her flowers in Alexis Pauline Gumbs’ Survival Is a Promise, a masterful, poetic biography of the literar and feminist icon.
Unearthed letters from Sylvia Plath may have shocked the world in 2017, but Loving Sylvia Plath shows we’ve long had all the evidence we needed to condemn her abuser, poet Ted Hughes.
The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians is a heartwarming celebration that will delight bibliophiles of all stripes.
The absorbing Carson McCullers is the first to paint a full portrait of the author, showing acclaimed biographer Mary V. Dearborn at the height of her powers.
Chasing Bright Medusas is an inspired biography of Willa Cather’s life and work that conveys the author’s complexity with affection and admiration.
Gardening Can Be Murder is as full of delights as an English cottage garden as it explores the links between horticulture and mysteries.
This sampler of stories from beloved vet-turned-author James Herriot’s work is perfectly cozy from start to finish.
Mark Dawidziak’s biography of Edgar Allan Poe reaches beyond the myth of his troubled life and mysterious death to reveal the actual man and writer.
Is Kristen Lopez’s But Have You Read the Book? for film buffs or book nerds? We say both.
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