This week, we decided to try the #FridayFiveChallenge! Here’s how it works: Go to your favorite book blog (like NewInBooks.com!) or online bookstore Pick a genre Pick a book solely based on its cover Read the description and a review or two Decide whether you’ll BUY or PASS Tell the
Taylor Antrim has written two novels, The Headmaster Ritual (Houghton Mifflin, 2007) and Immunity (Regan Arts, May 2015). When not penning his own books, Antrim is a senior editor at Vogue. A fresh twist on the dystopian genre, Immunity is set in the New York City of an America ravaged by an Ebola-
Book Expo America is ON. Hundreds of authors and thousands of readers and bloggers (including some of our team members!) are currently swarming around Javits Center in New York City, taking in the literary awesomeness surrounding them. If you have the chance to go to BEA one year, we highly
Book Expo America opened today with a conversation between Jonathan Franzen and Laura Miller of Salon.com. Franzen’s new book, Purity, will be released on September 1, 2015. Here are our favorite quotes from the interview: For laughs: “I’m searching your words for implicit criticism” (the opening remark from Franzen) “I
This week the international thrills of Radiant Angel will transport you to a hostile, resurgent Russia while The Underwriting pits the power of Wall Street against the savvy of Silicon Valley. Interested in something with a little more science? Check out J.T. Ellison’s new release What Lies Behind, a shocking medical thriller.
Interested in the mingling of cultures? Pick up Carlos Fraenkel’s Teaching Plato in Palestine, a deeply intelligent travelogue with hints of philosophy and politics. Looking for a laugh? Pick up Mamrie Hart’s You Deserve a Drink, the popular youtuber’s crazy collection of cocktails and crazy stories. Sign up for our
From the sweet sweet romance of Jennifer Probst’s new Searching for Beautiful, to the suspenseful Fatal Flaw by Marie Force, there is something new to satisfy all romance readers this week! Sign up for our email and we’ll send you the best new books in your favorite genres weekly.
Getting plenty of buzz this week (including an interview with NPR) is Sarai Walker’s Dietland, a look into the stigmas and pressures that women, in the protagonist’s case, fat women, face in American society. Paolo Bacigalupi, author of the renowned The Windup Girl, has a new book this week: The Water Knife. Get
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This week in business: My Side of Wall Street humanizes Wall Street and the investment banking business in a way rarely seen since the Occupy Movement. Hubris by Meghnad Desai proves that hindsight is 20/20, and seeks to learn from past economic mistakes. If you’re feeling trepidatious about Big Brother, pick up
