6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (594+ words) Add us as a Google Preferred Source In the opening chapter of The Case for Quitting: The Surprising Benefits of Opting Out, Lindsay Crouse uses her own life as a case study in determination. “It’s not a memoir,” she explains,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (34+ words) In these fantasy romances, couples fall in love during that most enduring of tropes: the quest. Add us as a Google Preferred Source See our latest list of the best titles of the month....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (651+ words) Add us as a Google Preferred Source This is a book about siblings, as is Cooch Helped. How have your own experiences with siblings affected your writing—as well as your worldview? I have a younger sister and brother that…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (37+ words) Language takes flight with the help of talented translators in The Butterfly Season, Tarantula and White Elephant. 3 brilliant books in translation for National Translation Month See our latest list of the best titles of the month....

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1+ week, 5+ 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, 5+ 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   (230+ words) Add us as a Google Preferred Source The Disappearers is a masterfully crafted book, but make no mistake: It is, at times, a harrowing read. And yet, like my conversation with its author, I found it difficult to walk away…...

2+ week, 5+ 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, 5+ day ago   (453+ words) A witch coven has something to do with the Gardner Museum heist in K.S. Shay’s energetic Portrait of a Witch Undone, a fantasy with a twist of mystery and a splash of art history. Portrait of a Witch Undone K.S. Shay’s…...