Castaway Mountain: Love and Loss Among the Wastepickers of Mumbai

This powerful real-life tale from India reads like fiction.

A Country for Dying

By Abdellah Taïa; translated by Emma Ramadan

A Country for Dying

This loosely constructed, vivid immigrant tale will both challenge and reward persevering readers.

Here We Are

By Graham Swift

Here We Are

Adept narrative shapes this invigorating novel set along the Brighton seaside.

Bonhoeffer’s America: A Land without Reformation

The German theologian came to New York twice. What he saw appalled him.

I Am Not Who You Think I Am: A Novel

Flat characters and overused tropes hobble this teen thriller.

Anvils, Mallets & Dynamite: The Unauthorized Biography of Looney Tunes

An affectionate, erudite look back at Bugs and Daffy’s reign.

My Monticello: Fiction

By Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

My Monticello: Fiction

A wry, captivating reimagining of history both recent and receding.

World War C: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic and How to Prepare for the Next One

A valuable primer on what we’ve been through and what may be to come.