The Big Easy looms large in James Lee Burke’s entertaining Dave Robicheaux series.
Pure Men: A Novel
By Mohamed Mbougar Sarr; translated by Lara Vergnaud
A Senegalese professor confronts his country’s homophobia.
An Interview with Laura Zigman
By Mary Kay Zuravleff
In her new book, the author turns a gimlet eye toward the publishing industry.
What They Stole: A Familicide Rooted in Intercountry Adoption
By Paige Towers
A brutal crime reveals the rot inside the Holt adoption agency.
Black Summers: Growing Up in the Urban Outdoors
Edited by Desiree Cooper
An expansive exploration of summertime Detroit.
Kuleana
By Sara Kehaulani Goo
The fight for an ancestral home unfolds amidst a history of dispossession.
A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
Putin’s Sledgehammer
By Candace Rondeaux
An engrossing look at Yevgeny Prighozin’s soldiers-for-hire.
Centroeuropa
By Vicente Luis Mora; translated by Rahul Bery
A quirky fairytale replete with a witch, a giant, and lots of corpses.
In honor of the Fourth, check out these only-in-America reads!
Raps of Resistance: How Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole Reignited a Hip-Hop Tradition
By Jeremy C. McCool and Earl Hopkins
A persuasive case for the primacy of two singular artists.
