Yay, new books! You can hear more about some of today's titles on this week's episode of All the Books! as well as sign up for the New Books! newsletter to learn about even more of them! Here's a list of some of the titles out now: Version Control by Dexter Palmer What Remains of Me by Alison Gaylin Flight of Dreams by Ariel Lawhon Dancing in the Baron’s Shadow by Fabienne Josaphat Unicorn vs Goblins: Another Phoebe and Her Unicorn Adventure by Dana Simpson Kill the Boy Band by Goldy Moldavsky A Gathering of Shadows by V. E. Schwab The … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2016
NEW BOOKS: February 15-19, 2016
Yay, new books! You can hear more about some of today's titles on this week's episode of All the Books! as well as sign up for the New Books! newsletter to learn about even more of them! Here's a list of some of the titles out now: The Silence of the Sea by Yrsa Sigurdardóttir And After Many Days by Jowhor Ile The Widow by Fiona Barton The Bigness of the World by Lori Ostlund What Lies Between Us by Nayomi Munaweera Hair: A Human History by Kurt Stenn Perfect Days by Raphael Montes We’ve Already Gone This Far: Stories by Patrick … [Read more...]
NEW BOOKS: February 8-12, 2016
Yay, new books! You can hear more about some of today's titles on this week's episode of All the Books! as well as sign up for the New Books! newsletter to learn about even more of them! Here's a list of some of the titles out now: My Father, the Pornographer by Chris Offutt Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World by Baz Dreisinger Private Citizens by Tony Tulathimutte Ways to Disappear by Idra Novey The Heart by Maylis de Kerangal (Author), Sam Taylor (Translator) Jam on the Vine by LaShonda Katrice … [Read more...]
My First Love: The Books of Agatha Christie
ALL HAIL THE QUEEN. Recently, one of my Book Riot coworkers started reading Agatha Christie novels and was telling me about it. Which is like talking about flames to a pyromaniac. So today I drove to my brother's house, where my collection has been residing in his barn for several years, and brought my Agatha Christie books home. (I lived in a verrrrrrrry tiny apartment before the house I live in now, so I had packed them up for the sake of space.) A few of the books didn't survive the barn, like Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile, but the rest are … [Read more...]
Yay, Books! – February 4, 2016
Today was a particularly good book mail day, so I thought I'd share a few highlights: The High Places: Stories by Fiona McFarlane (May 10) I squealed really loud when I heard this was coming! I am a HUGE fan of her last book, The Night Guest (which has one of the most amazing covers). This will be like several little McFarlane books in one place. The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith (April 5) This one sounded soooooo intriguing. Art! History! Forgery! YES PLEASE. Black Apple by Joan Crate (March 1) This one sounds like it's going to be … [Read more...]