The first time I saw the ocean, I was 19, at a distant family member’s wedding on the California coast. The first time I saw the Atlantic, I was 30. The friend who picked me up at the Boston airport at midnight exited the freeway and pulled up to an empty beach so I could …
Buckle up! You’re in for a wild ride. No Place Left to Hide is a gripping thriller full of twists and turns, both figuratively and literally. –Aly, Beach Books, Seaside, OR Aly’s recommendation was selected by the American Booksellers Association for the January/ February 2025 Kids’ Indies Next List. Find this and more recommended books …
Hilarious! in an irreverent and delightful way! One seems to come across these characters somewhere along life’s road. Yay Oh Canada! –Michelle, Edmonds Bookshop, Edmonds, WA From the publisher: A year after forest fires ravaged the town of Crow Valley and claimed the life of Dale Jepson—karaoke legend, local prison guard, and all-around good guy—the …
Heartbreaking! Haunting! Absolutely gorgeous imagery that inspired me to paint! — Bianca, Annie Bloom’s Books, Portland, OR From Publisher’s Weekly: “Oshetsky handles Margaret’s monstrous manifestation with a delicate touch and infuses her daily life with a muted eeriness. . . . Readers will be captivated by Margaret’s beautifully weird search for atonement.” Find something gorgeous …
He Who Drowned the World by Parker-Chan is the second book in the Radiant Emperor duology, and it absolutely destroyed me (in the best way). Gender-bent tale of the Ming emperor and their rise to power. This series features the single most socio/emotionally developed cast of characters I’ve ever seen. If you’re into fantasy with extremely complex characters, …
Takiko is an overlooked heroine—a stubborn, pregnant young woman with nothing to recommend her except her conviction that she and her child should be entitled to a life worth living. Highlighting the healing powers of nature and small acts of social resistance, this book is inspiring in the subtlest of ways. —Lucy, Secret Garden Books, …
If I loved H Mart before, it took on a whole new meaning with Michelle Zauner’s story. As a bridge child between the old world and the new, Zauner chronicles the struggles with her family as she attempts to find her place in American life. Rife with Korean food, Korean culture, and a difficult love, …
Independent journalist Naomi Klein found herself repeatedly confused with another Naomi, whose public profile and name were just similar enough that she found herself again and again attributed with the other’s paranoid crackpot conspiracies and her damaging and abhorrent claims. Obsessively, Klein witnessed the other Naomi’s rise to far-right Q-Anon fame, which led her to …
This beautiful little gem of a novel follows the unnamed narrator as she goes from one temporary assignment to the next, taking on roles such as Chairman of the Board, pirate, and murderer’s assistant. Leichter’s writing style is playful and clever, and the world she creates in this novel feels all at once fantastical and …
Available new in paperback store on September 17. Watch the replay of our interview with the author here. River can see monsters and is destined to be the hero, a job they definitely don’t want. They’re just trying to survive middle school, especially the class where the teacher keeps misgendering them on purpose. But when …
