6+ day, 14+ 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, 5+ day ago   (218+ words) I Hope This Email Finds You in Hell is a charming mix of workplace romance and paranormal adventure replete with steamy tension, easy banter and wry humor. I Hope This Email Finds You in Hell Corporate life might feel like…...

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, 5+ day ago   (347+ words) With empathy and creativity, Mothersucker fuses the horror of the supernatural with the all-too-real horror of misogynistic violence. Every new vampire novel is a reason to celebrate, and Kim Bohyun’s Mothersucker, translated from Korean by Archana Madhavan, is a punchy,…...

2+ week, 5+ 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, 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…...