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.
October 24th is National Food Day! If you’d like to read — rather than eat — your way through it, dive into one of these fantastic cookbooks. Each is good enough not to cook from!
What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
By Randall Munroe
There are no stupid questions. Oh, wait. Yes, there are. But this book makes answering them a whole lot of fun.
Recalling a brilliant, trailblazing iconoclast.
Rebel Souls: Walt Whitman and America’s First Bohemians
By Justin Martin
Long before hipsters met at downtown bars, American bohemians met at Pfaff’s.
Killing History: Jesus in the No-Spin Zone
By Robert M. Price
A well-researched rebuttal to Bill O’Reilly’s bestselling Killing Jesus makes its case via facts, not fabrications.
The Back of the Turtle: A Novel
By Thomas King
Heavy themes are handled lightly in this playful, wonderfully readable tale by a gifted indigenous author.
An Interview with Robert Jackson Bennett
By Craig Laurance Gidney
Robert Jackson Bennett's latest novel views the real-world issues of colonialism, xenophobia, and racism through the lens of “new weird” fantasy.
This book explores the social history of vaccination in the United States and reveals an underlying political agenda.
