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.
Rooms: A Novel
By Lauren Oliver
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Estranged relatives come together — but keep themselves apart — in this page-turner of a ghost story.
Happy Leif Ericson Day! In honor of the intrepid Norse explorer, here are five books sure to scratch your adventurer’s itch!
An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America
By Nick Bunker
Why the American Revolution happened, according to the Brits.
My Grandfather’s Gallery: A Family Memoir of Art and War
By Anne Sinclair
This remembrance of a WWII-era collector chooses facts over feelings and suffers in the process.
Growing up in Bangladesh, Maria Chaudhuri burned with a passion that separated her from her family. As she matured, the author came to understand her desires as an inheritance from her loved ones — whom she still struggles to understand.
Two recent novels explore the subversive power of music
The Getaway Car: A Donald Westlake Nonfiction Miscellany
Edited by Levi Stahl
A deep dive into the musings of the prolific crime writer.
Whatever Happened to the Metric System? How America Kept Its Feet
John Bemelmans Marciano
An engaging look at why meters, et al, never took hold in the States.
