AI, Take a Bow
By Scott D. Seligman
(But just this once.)
The Beasts of the East: The Fall and Rise of America’s Eastern Wilderness
By Andrew Moore
An edifying look at efforts to rewild parts of the U.S.
How to Lose Your Mother
By Molly Jong-Fast
Coming to terms with a famous, and famously flawed, parent.
The Scent of Buenos Aires: Stories
By Hebe Uhart; translated by Maureen Shaughnessy
These delicate tales of everyday lives in and around Argentina’s capital reflect on the passage of time and small pleasures.
Big Week
By James Holland
Recalling the Allies' quest to own the skies.
The Heavens
By Sandra Newman
A possibly delusional woman travels between circa-9/11 Manhattan and Elizabethan England in this superb, genre-bending story.
The Blaze: A Novel
By Chad Dundas
An Iraq War veteran returns home and struggles to regain his memory amid strange happenings.
Coventry: Essays
By Rachel Cusk
Autobiographical pieces form the captivating, frustrating heart of this collection.
What do book lovers have queued up on their nightstands and ready to read before lights-out? We asked one of them, and here’s what she said.
Oligarchy: A Novel
By Scarlett Thomas
After tragedy strikes an all-girls school, students come face-to-face with its secrets.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
