The Durrells: The Story of a Family

The beloved authors/brothers weren’t quite so charming in real life.

Martha’s Daughter: A Novella and Stories

This incisive, bitingly funny collection tells hard truths.

The Shape of Wonder: How Scientists Think, Work, and Live

An affable, overly simplistic glimpse into the minds of researchers.

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother): A Novel

With help from his doting mom, a gay Lebanese man comes of age.

The Position of Spoons

By Deborah Levy

The Position of Spoons

Though spare, these trenchant musings are rendered expansively.

John Lewis

By David Greenberg

John Lewis

A towering figure is given the stellar biography he deserves.

Ghosted: A History of Ghost Hunting, and Why We Keep Looking

A sympathetic look at our endless search for the dearly departed.