The Nightmare Place is about Zoe Dolan, a detective hunting a serial rapist who is breaking into women’s homes and attacking them, and Jane Webster, a woman working as a volunteer on a helpline who receives a call from a man claiming to be the perpetrator. Below the surface, I suppose it’s a little about misogyny, and the things we hide from ourselves: the stories and lies we tell about our own lives to make them more bearable.
History holds many stories of romance, intrigue and war. Searching through years of characters and conflicts for a particular read can be a daunting task. Try a story from this list. If you love women’s fiction and stories from the 1930’s and 1940’s, also check out our book list of...
Some people we love because they make us laugh. Some people we love because they tell it how it is. Some people we love, well, just because we have to. Visit the Twitter account of Jennifer Weiner, New York Times best selling author of the new release Who Do You...
We LOVED The Paris Wife. When we found out that Paula McLain had a new release on the horizon, Circling the Sun, we all did a happy dance in the office. Now that we have had time to read her new best selling historical fiction, we wanted to know more about her inspirations for...
Happy Book Lover’s Day, NewInBooks readers! We asked our audience on Instagram (if you aren’t following us, check it out) to send us their favorite quotes about reading in honor of this awesome holiday. We pulled together our favorites and included them below. We hope you’re reading something that brings you...
Fast-paced thrillers are perfect for summer reading. One of our favorite thriller authors, Stefanie Pintoff, has a new book coming out on August 18th that Lee Child calls “the perfect blend: an urban thriller as modern as tomorrow’s New York Times, driven by a two-hundred-year-old idea, with a main character to...
China Miéville’s new book, Three Moments of an Explosion, is a mind bending adventure through language and illusion. If you aren’t already a fan of China Miéville and his tales of the monstrous and strange, buckle your seat belts, because his ability to create a world, or change our own,...
Good News, Problematic Trends, and Wise Words await in this week’s News in Books: Get Bigger, Better, Faster, Stronger (in Your Mind!) With BOOKS! The Stylist has done a lovely job of reminding us of all of the lovely benefits of reading (relaxation, memory, activating language centers, and more!) Read More ↦ ...
It’s that time of the week again – time to tell the internet what you’re reading for #FridayReads! If you need some new books to read, first of all: congratulations for coming to the correct website for that purpose! You made a good life choice today 🙂 Second – we’ve picked...
