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.
The Sixteenth of June: A Novel
By Maya Lang
The author attempts a modern take on the classic Ulysses.
An Interview with Juan Cole
By Mike Maggio
Here, the author of the recently released The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation Is Changing the Middle East, discusses that region, politics, and the writing life.
The Fracking King: A Novel
By James Browning
A boys’ boarding school is a dark place in more ways than one.
It’s more than just a phone setting.
China Dolls: A Novel
By Lisa See
Three young women make their way as dancers in the Chinese entertainment world of mid-20th-century America.
Jam Today Too: The Revolution Will Not Be Catered
By Tod Davies
This post-modern cookbook provides a blueprint on how to cook with what you have in your kitchen.
Tony Horwitz, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, is the author of seven books, including, most recently, the e-book Boom: Oil, Money, Cowboys, Strippers, and the Energy Rush That Could Change America Forever.
The Paris Herald
James Oliver Goldsborough
A veteran journalist’s first novel honors the venerable Paris Herald, though perhaps with a surfeit of voices.
