Mrs. Shim Is a Killer: A Novel
By Kang Jiyoung; translated by Paige Morris
Rumors of a middle-aged female assassin roil Seoul’s underworld.
A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
This entertaining peek at two flawed titans makes for an ideal late-summer read.
Extreme Conservation
By Joel Berger
This observant and witty book asks difficult questions about our role in saving species living in extreme climates.
John Woman
By Walter Mosley
This postmodern, literary story has the potential to bewilder or delight.
Gravity Is the Thing: A Novel
By Jaclyn Moriarty
This intelligent, quirky epic is multidimensional in its treatment of existential life crises.
The Catholic School: A Novel
By Edoardo Albinati; translated by Antony Shugaar
What might have been an engaging “fictionalized memoir" is buried under reams of self-indulgent, misogynistic lecturing.
Barnum: An American Life
By Robert Wilson
A clear-eyed new look at the 19th-century huckster.
Authors on Audio: A Conversation with Mary Miller
By Stephen Usery
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
Endeavour: The Ship that Changed the World
By Peter Moore
A rich history of the vessel that voyaged far beyond her beam reach.
