What if a 'Blood Test' predicted you'd commit murder?
In Charles Baxter's new novel, a small-town insurance salesman buys a blood test that can predict romantic entanglements, promotions — and more. It's a screwball satire of all-American zaniness.
In Charles Baxter's new novel, a small-town insurance salesman buys a blood test that can predict romantic entanglements, promotions — and more. It's a screwball satire of all-American zaniness.
Re-Engineering the Kitchen by Alin E. Steele Genre: Nonfiction / Cooking & Food ISBN: 9798989347537 Print Length: 406 pages Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Jaylynn KorrellAn engineer takes a thoughtful approach to gaining more control over how we eat.In a world obsessed with diet culture, Alin E. Steele addresses our relationship with the kitchen. It affects so much of our lives. In Re-Engineering the Kitchen, she shifts the focus onto improving
South Brooklyn Exterminating by Ian S. Maloney Genre: Literary Fiction ISBN: 9781959556909 Print Length: 296 pages Publisher: Spuyten Duyvil Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Nick GardnerThrough struggles with mental health, addiction, and poverty, a father and son battle the bug and rodent infestations of 1980s Brooklyn in Ian S. Maloney’s South Brooklyn Exterminating.From a young age, Jonah Fennel has donned his South Brooklyn Exterminating polo to
<div>Journalists and scholars explore the issue at every level, from the movement that took down Roe to the human stories of women who had abortions, and those who were denied.</div>
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<div>The “One Tree Hill” actor has written a memoir of the decade she spent beholden to the Big House Family — and her escape.</div>
<div>Nick Harkaway’s novel “Karla’s Choice” revisits the British spy George Smiley a few years after the construction of the Berlin Wall.</div>
The Center for Galactic Anomalies by Carly Coleman Genre: Science Fiction / Epic ISBN: 9798327520752 Print Length: 415 pages Buy from Amazon Reviewed by Toni WoodruffAn action-packed, world-shattering novel riddled with secrets and otherworldly creaturesSurvalis is a prison world. Kind of. At least to some fantastical or genetically modified beings. Dexia is the best humane telepath they’ve got and the exact right person for the job of changing Tycho, a genetically engineered
The Moon Children by Kim Catanzarite Genre: Science Fiction ISBN: 9798991276108 Print Length: 318 pages Buy from Amazon Reviewed by Andrea Marks-JosephA suspenseful political space adventure where enemy species must work together to survive deadly poisonous gas attacks Earth, 2051. A group of scientists are investigating why there have been no whales in sight all Spring, despite environmental conditions being favorable for them. We meet the scientists on a rare off-day, at a t
<div>In his posthumous memoir, compiled with help from his widow, Yulia Navalnaya, Navalny faced the fact that Vladimir Putin might succeed in silencing him. The book will keep “his legacy alive,” Navalnaya said.</div>
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<div>From Shakespeare to Strindberg to “Scarface”: The actor remembers all of it and talks about some of it in “Sonny Boy.”</div>
<div><div><img src="https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/4ee66ebb-a099-4e5b-a763-b790b5e59d67.jpeg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Do dogs know what art is? Oscar is a big, “free-spirited” Lab mix. My husband and I adopted him when he was just a few months old. We’ve lived together as a little family for over a decade. When Oscar was a puppy, I did a one-semester residency at Bard College. I used to walk […]</div></div></div>
Fathers and Fugitives by S.J. Naudé Genre: Literary / Black & African American ISBN: 9798889660392 Print Length: 224 pages Publisher: Europa Editions Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Toni WoodruffA moving life story that showcases the complexity of human connectionDaniel is a South African journalist living in London. Like many, he is deeply affected by his past, especially his difficult relationship with his father. His story is told in five in
Milarepa: Threat or Opportunity by Robert D. Gilman Genre: Literary Fiction ISBN: 9781965146095 Print Length: 202 pages Buy from Amazon Reviewed by Toni WoodruffA surrealist dream, a guiding hand into the beautiful unexpectedIf you were to tell the story of your life, where would you begin? Robert, the narrator of Milarepa—Threat or Opportunity decides to tell from the middle. After all, life is always in the middle. Thus begins the tale of San Francisco’s North Beach bars, Ro
<div>Evan Rail’s “The Absinthe Forger” takes the reader on a picaresque tour through the world of vintage alcohol collectors in pursuit of a fraudster.</div>
<div><div><img src="https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/d10b6250-1024x683.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>“Some people think two vegetables at dinner is de rigueur, but I’ve encountered those people only in books.“</div></div></div>
<div><img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/993x1500+0+0/resize/993x1500!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F75%2Fb1%2F3d5bb9e84f27b2422e0dac57ce11%2Fclean.jpg" alt="undefined"><p>Chilean author Alia Trabucco Zerán has written an intense novel about the kind of deep down rot that lingers, despite the most vigorous scrubbing.</p><img src="https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5154143"></div>
<div><p>As IG, Glenn Fine oversaw investigations of the mishandling of documents in the Oklahoma bombing case, the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo and corruption in the Navy. His book is <em>Watchdogs</em>.</p><img src="https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-28713"></div>
The Water Stricken by Rina Olsen Genre: Fantasy / Historical ISBN: 9798891324350 Print Length: 394 pages Publisher: Atmosphere Press Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Lauren HayatakaOne woman’s search for justice unravels the threads of fate and tradition.Rina Olsen’s The Water Stricken weaves folklore, history, and fantasy into this prequel of Third Moon Passing, immersing readers in the rich, turbulent world of 19th-century Joseon Korea. Set agains