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.
Harry Sylvester Bird: A Novel
By Chinelo Okparanta
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What happens when a white guy feels like he’s Black?
The horrors playing out today have deep roots in the past.
The Great Guide
By Julian Baggini
A winning primer on the 18th-century thinker’s philosophy of life.
Hell of a Book
By Jason Mott
A wry, wrenching tale of racial trauma in America.
The Martins: A Novel
By David Foenkinos; translated by Sam Taylor
This witty work of autofiction proves you don’t always need a plot.
My Place in the Sun: Life in the Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington
By George Stevens Jr.
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Meet a fortunate son genuinely grateful for his luck.
New collections to make life more lyrical.
What are book lovers reading before lights-out? We asked one of them, and here’s what she said.
