1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (301+ words) Meg Mason’s vivid Sophie, Standing There is a tribute to literature, relationships and the power of owning one’s experiences. Things aren’t going well for Sophie. Her husband has unceremoniously kicked her out: While she was in the shower, he announced…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (300+ words) The Wolf Queen’s Curse has all the things paranormal romance fans love: a huge cast, layers of strategy and intrigue, and, of course, witches and werewolves. The Wolf Queen’s Curse Kaylee Archer hits the ground running with The Wolf Queen’s…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (405+ words) Why do women have such a hard time saying no? Jezebel founder Anna Holmes argues that the power to refuse is a key to emotional well being. The Power of No In The Power of No: A Celebration, journalist Anna…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (524+ words) In his dark, disarming and very funny The Castle, Jon Ronson ventures into the manosphere to investigate masculinity in crisis. Rudyard Kipling’s 1910 poem “If” gives some simple advice on becoming a man: “If you can keep your head when all…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (705+ words) Heroic legends and cautionary tales from the ancient Greeks have always made for compelling narratives, and this month, BookPage staff chose four contemporary retellings of some of these classic myths. The Hold List: Something borrowed There is something about Greek…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (377+ words) Chloe Benjamin’s Under Story is an expansive literary sci-fi tale balancing speculative physics with a deeply relatable story of love and grief. In Chloe Benjamin’s exquisitely imagined and emotionally rich Under Story, a woman moves to Antarctica in search of…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (412+ words) T. Kingfisher’s road trip-style fantasy romance, Daggerbound, is cozy but never low-stakes, sweet but never cloying. Young scholar Edmund is done with his life in service to the Many-Armed God. While he loves his studies and the time he’s allowed to…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (350+ words) Pamela Paul explores how to harmoniously coexist with others in a chaotic environment—such as a public park—in her amusing picture book, The Path. Ah, the park on a sunny day, where one encounters an embarrassment of riches: fresh…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (389+ words) The Art of Charming a Changeling is a sweetly imaginative slice-of-life romantic fantasy where the fairies are real, the humans are odd and everyone is kind, albeit a little mischievous. The Art of Charming a Changeling Readers looking for a…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (176+ words) Three narrators give elegant and well-coordinated performances in Kat Stoddard’s retelling of The Philadelphia Story, Wasp’s Nest. - By Kat Stoddard, narrated by Eric Yang, Major Curda & Mia Wurgaft In the audiobook of Kat Stoddard’s Wasp’s Nest (10 hours), it’s been five…...