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.
Big new titles perfect for the littles.
The Old Place: A Novel
By Bobby Finger
Life in a small town can be both stifling and surprising.
The Young H.G. Wells
By Claire Tomalin
Sadly, the man at the center of this new biography remains largely invisible.
Led Zeppelin
By Bob Spitz
This gimlet-eyed chronicle reveals the rock gods to be sadly (and sickeningly) human.
Listen, World! How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America’s Most-Read Woman
By Julia Scheeres and Allison Gilbert
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Meet an early-20th-century feminist who blazed her own trail.
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Enjoy this Grateful American™ reading recommendation!
What happens when twins from Vietnam are separated and raised apart?
Nights of Plague: A Novel
By Orhan Pamuk; translated by Ekin Oklap
This inventive tale of a long-ago contagion speaks to our world today.
