An Open Letter to Stephen King: Book Censorship News, January 27, 2023

Dear Stephen King: Last week, you had a tweet take off. I’ve…

On the Radar: Last seen in Lapaz

When we say Lapaz, we mean the town in Ghana, rather than…

In Every Life

Two-time Caldecott Honor recipient Marla Frazee brings her considerable talents to a…

Damascus Station by David McCloskey

Fans of realistic spy fiction will enjoy David McCloskey’s debut thriller Damascus…

You’ve Missed the Plot: Book Price Increases Contribute to Ongoing Censorship

Earlier this week, I dug into the ways in which YA paperback…

The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths

Long-running crime series are like an addiction. Once you’ve started with book…

The Bone Records by Rich Zahradnik

What’s most fun about Rich Zahradnik’s new crime thriller set in Brooklyn…

Evergreen

This home-and-back-again adventure tale belongs to Evergreen, a wide-eyed squirrel who lives…

Hearts of Steel

Maggie Molinaro survived a hardscrabble childhood in the downtrodden streets of Manhattan…

Needless Alley by Natalie Marlow

Set in Birmingham in 1933, Needless Alley explores provincial England between the…

How To Fight New Obscenity Laws Targeting Librarians

So far this year, eight states have introduced legislation that makes it…

Against the Currant

Against the Currant transports readers to the Little Caribbean neighborhood in the…

The House at the End of the World by Dean Koontz

There’s a balancing act to be performed while reading the House at…

When Did YA Paperback Books Become $15.99?

Over the last couple of years, prices for everything have gone up…

My First Popsicle

For My First Popsicle: An Anthology of Food and Feelings (7 hours),…

The Rules We Break

Is the 21st century “an epoch in which games and play are…

6 Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did)

For their entire lives, Penny and Tate have orbited each other reluctantly.…

On the Radar: End of the line for Ruth Galloway?

We love it when our news column contains some big names that…

Hanging Out

Sheila Liming’s Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time is a…

Ken Follett Releasing New Novel This September

Ken Follett’s next novel will be published on September 26, 2023. It…

Danish crime series Grow comes to Channel 4 and Walter Presents

Biker gangs, drugs, guns, cops, infiltrators, murder – get ready for organised…

The Black Tower

After writing two witty novels about gay life in Washington, D.C., Louis…

The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett

Long-buried truth meets long-awaited fiction with deadly consequences in The Mysterious Case…

A Few Days Full of Trouble

Sixty-seven years after the savage murder of Emmett Till in Mississippi, his…