1. Nathan Blanchard’s review of Hold the Dark by William Giraldi (Liveright). “Hold the Dark is a mystery novel with all the right ingredients: tough characters, beautifully dangerous landscapes, revenge, a detective on the chase, a husband going after his wife, and enough bullet casings to rattle in the mind long after the story is finished.” [Editor’s note: Yes, we know how long ago this book came out. And, no, we don’t understand the sudden renewed interest, either.]


2. Talmage Boston’s review of Leadership in Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin (Simon & Schuster). “With the release of Leadership in Turbulent Times, Doris Kearns Goodwin has performed a feat of contortion even the great Houdini never attempted. She stands on her own shoulders. To execute such a dazzling move requires two traits: massive shoulders and unique powers of agility. In raising her newest historical analysis above her prior work, the esteemed historian proves she has both qualities.”


3. Linda Nemec’s review of Muhammad Yunus’ A World of Three Zeros: The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions (PublicAffairs). “The Nobel Peace Prize winner, known for his creative solutions to alleviating poverty, questions Adam Smith’s assumption that a ‘human being is basically a personal-gain-seeking being’ and asks us to consider the social dimension to the decisions and investments we make. He lays out a new framework, supported by his own successful economic experiments, for better tapping human capital to solve the world’s problems.”


4. “11 Fall Fiction Picks.” Who needed autumn reading recommendations? You did, apparently! And Adriana Delgado delivered with her rundown of nearly a dozen not-to-be-missed upcoming releases.


5. The 2019 Washington Writers Conference. The rumors are true! Registration for the DC area’s premier writing event is officially open, and many astute readers have already pounced on the special Super-Early-Bird rate!

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