Mrs. Shim Is a Killer: A Novel

Book Review

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.

Slither

Book Review

Slither

By Stephen S. Hall

If not Satan, why Satan-shaped?

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Our Week in Reviews: 6/6/26

A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.

    Author Q&A

    Interview with Ishmael Beah

    Carolyn See of the Washington Post said, “Everyone in the world should read this book.” She is absolutely right.

    Book Review

    Sniper’s Honor: A Bob Lee Swagger Novel

    The hunt for a beautiful and deadly WWII sniper thrills in this historical serial.

    Book Review

    Know the Night: A Memoir of Survival in the Small Hours

    A moving account of a mother and son's shared journey through long days, jazz, and lonely places.

    Book Review

    Baudelaire’s Revenge: A Novel

    By Bob Van Laerhoven

    Baudelaire’s Revenge: A Novel

    As enemy shells fall during the Franco-Prussian War, a Paris detective descends into the darkness to find him...or her.

    Beyond The Book

    6 Bookish Lists Worth a Click

    The only thing better than reading books? Reading lists about them! Here are six of the most popular book-centric lists we’ve run in the not-too-distant past.

    Book Review

    The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories

    Published posthumously, these stories and essays of a recent college graduate display fate’s betrayal of a promising literary future

    Book Review

    Scalia: A Court of One

    By Bruce Allen Murphy

    Scalia: A Court of One

    How an idea shaped the career of a Supreme Court justice.

    Book Review

    One Hundred Names: A Novel

    By Cecelia Ahern

    One Hundred Names: A Novel

    A journalist attempts the impossible: to find a connection among 100 people.