Worth a Revisit
Bad Guys on the Bayou

The Big Easy looms large in James Lee Burke’s entertaining Dave Robicheaux series.

    Pure Men: A Novel

    Book Review

    Pure Men: A Novel

    By Mohamed Mbougar Sarr; translated by Lara Vergnaud

    A Senegalese professor confronts his country’s homophobia.

    Author Q&A

    An Interview with Laura Zigman

    By Mary Kay Zuravleff

    An Interview with Laura Zigman

    In her new book, the author turns a gimlet eye toward the publishing industry.

      Book Review

      Luckenbooth

      By Jenni Fagan

      Luckenbooth

      A brooding Edinburgh tenement bears witness to a century's worth of strange doings.

      Book Review

      Strange Fruit: Racism and Community Life in the Chesapeake — 1850 to the Present

      A look at the longstanding racial strife in Maryland’s Somerset County.

      Washington, DC

      Literary Agents’ Wish List

      What our pros want to see at the 2022 Washington Writers Conference.

      Book Review

      Ferryman

      By Claire McFall

      Ferryman

      A newly dead teen falls for the strange young man guiding her to the afterlife.

      Beyond The Book

      “The Best Book I Read All Year”

      Add some of these beauties to your own TBR stack!

      Book Review

      These Precious Days: Essays

      By Ann Patchett

      These Precious Days: Essays

      A wry collection suffused with elegiac considerations of what brings meaning to our lives.

      Author Q&A

      An Interview with Arnold Lehman

      The former museum director talks controversy, free speech, and Rudy Giuliani.

      Children’s Books

      Children’s Book Roundup: December 2021

      Big new titles perfect for the littles.