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December 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Congrats to the 2025 BookBrowse Award Winners!
@virginia.l.evans @crownpublishing
@abausauthor @macmillanusa
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@ozbrooks100 @vikingbooks
#bookstagram #books #mustread
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@abausauthor @macmillanusa
@allenlevi @atriabooks
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Grace hesitates but joins her late husband's book club to feel close to him again.
A moving tale of grief, loneliness, friendship, neurodiversity, and finding purpose.
Readers say this shows how "books bring us together."
A moving tale of grief, loneliness, friendship, neurodiversity, and finding purpose.
Readers say this shows how "books bring us together."
December 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Grace hesitates but joins her late husband's book club to feel close to him again.
A moving tale of grief, loneliness, friendship, neurodiversity, and finding purpose.
Readers say this shows how "books bring us together."
A moving tale of grief, loneliness, friendship, neurodiversity, and finding purpose.
Readers say this shows how "books bring us together."
On her eighteenth birthday, Noelle gets an envelope from the mother who left eight years ago.
The letter recounts the ten days when April walked out and decided to leave.
A raw, white-hot portrait of motherhood and lost dreams.
Review by Katharine Blatchford.
The letter recounts the ten days when April walked out and decided to leave.
A raw, white-hot portrait of motherhood and lost dreams.
Review by Katharine Blatchford.
December 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
On her eighteenth birthday, Noelle gets an envelope from the mother who left eight years ago.
The letter recounts the ten days when April walked out and decided to leave.
A raw, white-hot portrait of motherhood and lost dreams.
Review by Katharine Blatchford.
The letter recounts the ten days when April walked out and decided to leave.
A raw, white-hot portrait of motherhood and lost dreams.
Review by Katharine Blatchford.
Harmless office worker Gwen Tanner hides a dark family secret. When an obsessive killer targets her, her past resurfaces.
Sharp, propulsive, and vividly written.
"I would recommend the book to anyone who enjoys a good mystery." -George_M
Sharp, propulsive, and vividly written.
"I would recommend the book to anyone who enjoys a good mystery." -George_M
December 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Harmless office worker Gwen Tanner hides a dark family secret. When an obsessive killer targets her, her past resurfaces.
Sharp, propulsive, and vividly written.
"I would recommend the book to anyone who enjoys a good mystery." -George_M
Sharp, propulsive, and vividly written.
"I would recommend the book to anyone who enjoys a good mystery." -George_M
A moving, lovely tale of Indo-Chinese sisters navigating college, careers, and identity.
Told as a grandmother reflecting to her granddaughter.
Emotional, smooth, and a strong feminist read.
Perfect for book clubs.
Told as a grandmother reflecting to her granddaughter.
Emotional, smooth, and a strong feminist read.
Perfect for book clubs.
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A moving, lovely tale of Indo-Chinese sisters navigating college, careers, and identity.
Told as a grandmother reflecting to her granddaughter.
Emotional, smooth, and a strong feminist read.
Perfect for book clubs.
Told as a grandmother reflecting to her granddaughter.
Emotional, smooth, and a strong feminist read.
Perfect for book clubs.
Bee Wilson's The Heart-Shaped Tin uncovers the histories and memories held in everyday kitchen objects.
Readers praise its research and call it a perfect book club pick.
What kitchen object tells your story?
Readers praise its research and call it a perfect book club pick.
What kitchen object tells your story?
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Bee Wilson's The Heart-Shaped Tin uncovers the histories and memories held in everyday kitchen objects.
Readers praise its research and call it a perfect book club pick.
What kitchen object tells your story?
Readers praise its research and call it a perfect book club pick.
What kitchen object tells your story?
Most U.S. speculative fiction leans dystopian.
M.E. O'Brien and Eman Abdelhadi's Everything for Everyone flips that by telling the story after the protagonists prevail.
It suggests we may already be living a dystopia and that a different future is possible.
Article by Lisa Butts
M.E. O'Brien and Eman Abdelhadi's Everything for Everyone flips that by telling the story after the protagonists prevail.
It suggests we may already be living a dystopia and that a different future is possible.
Article by Lisa Butts
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Most U.S. speculative fiction leans dystopian.
M.E. O'Brien and Eman Abdelhadi's Everything for Everyone flips that by telling the story after the protagonists prevail.
It suggests we may already be living a dystopia and that a different future is possible.
Article by Lisa Butts
M.E. O'Brien and Eman Abdelhadi's Everything for Everyone flips that by telling the story after the protagonists prevail.
It suggests we may already be living a dystopia and that a different future is possible.
Article by Lisa Butts
Swann by Carol Shields
The "joke" is that Mary Swann, a murdered poet, is the title character yet a minor figure.
A dark, humane look at fragile legacy and how genius can fade, especially for women without power.
Review by Rebecca Foster.
The "joke" is that Mary Swann, a murdered poet, is the title character yet a minor figure.
A dark, humane look at fragile legacy and how genius can fade, especially for women without power.
Review by Rebecca Foster.
November 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Swann by Carol Shields
The "joke" is that Mary Swann, a murdered poet, is the title character yet a minor figure.
A dark, humane look at fragile legacy and how genius can fade, especially for women without power.
Review by Rebecca Foster.
The "joke" is that Mary Swann, a murdered poet, is the title character yet a minor figure.
A dark, humane look at fragile legacy and how genius can fade, especially for women without power.
Review by Rebecca Foster.
Solve our Wordplay puzzle and be entered to win a 1-year BookBrowse membership.
Clue: "A W E"
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November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Solve our Wordplay puzzle and be entered to win a 1-year BookBrowse membership.
Clue: "A W E"
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Go Set a Watchman was Harper Lee's original draft of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Editor Tay Hohoff guided its revision into the classic we know.
A reminder of how editors shape literary history.
Editor Tay Hohoff guided its revision into the classic we know.
A reminder of how editors shape literary history.
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Go Set a Watchman was Harper Lee's original draft of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Editor Tay Hohoff guided its revision into the classic we know.
A reminder of how editors shape literary history.
Editor Tay Hohoff guided its revision into the classic we know.
A reminder of how editors shape literary history.
Severance by Ling Ma feels eerily prescient.
Shen Fever leaves people 'repeating familiar actions.'
Candace Chen keeps showing up for work in an almost empty NYC. Sharp, funny, and unsettling.
Shen Fever leaves people 'repeating familiar actions.'
Candace Chen keeps showing up for work in an almost empty NYC. Sharp, funny, and unsettling.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Severance by Ling Ma feels eerily prescient.
Shen Fever leaves people 'repeating familiar actions.'
Candace Chen keeps showing up for work in an almost empty NYC. Sharp, funny, and unsettling.
Shen Fever leaves people 'repeating familiar actions.'
Candace Chen keeps showing up for work in an almost empty NYC. Sharp, funny, and unsettling.
25 new books this week.
Spotlight: Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Q. Sutanto, a sweeping love story told via a grandmother and granddaughter.
On sale Nov 11.
Also new: Evensong, Listen, Lucky Girl, The Sunshine Man.
Spotlight: Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Q. Sutanto, a sweeping love story told via a grandmother and granddaughter.
On sale Nov 11.
Also new: Evensong, Listen, Lucky Girl, The Sunshine Man.
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
25 new books this week.
Spotlight: Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Q. Sutanto, a sweeping love story told via a grandmother and granddaughter.
On sale Nov 11.
Also new: Evensong, Listen, Lucky Girl, The Sunshine Man.
Spotlight: Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Q. Sutanto, a sweeping love story told via a grandmother and granddaughter.
On sale Nov 11.
Also new: Evensong, Listen, Lucky Girl, The Sunshine Man.
When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-yi Lee is dark, lyrical, and full of feminine rage.
Adeline, 16, can summon fire. After her mother's death she is pulled into a ruthless all-female gang in 1970s Singapore.
Brutal and beautifully written.
Adeline, 16, can summon fire. After her mother's death she is pulled into a ruthless all-female gang in 1970s Singapore.
Brutal and beautifully written.
November 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-yi Lee is dark, lyrical, and full of feminine rage.
Adeline, 16, can summon fire. After her mother's death she is pulled into a ruthless all-female gang in 1970s Singapore.
Brutal and beautifully written.
Adeline, 16, can summon fire. After her mother's death she is pulled into a ruthless all-female gang in 1970s Singapore.
Brutal and beautifully written.
Solve this Wordplay clue: "A W G C"
Reveal a well-known expression and be entered to win a one-year BookBrowse membership.
Reveal a well-known expression and be entered to win a one-year BookBrowse membership.
November 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Solve this Wordplay clue: "A W G C"
Reveal a well-known expression and be entered to win a one-year BookBrowse membership.
Reveal a well-known expression and be entered to win a one-year BookBrowse membership.
Want books that examine science and the systems around it?
Gerta Keller's The Last Extinction makes the case for Deccan volcanism and describes the hierarchical hurdles she met.
Reading list curated by Elisabeth Cook.
#ScienceBooks
Gerta Keller's The Last Extinction makes the case for Deccan volcanism and describes the hierarchical hurdles she met.
Reading list curated by Elisabeth Cook.
#ScienceBooks
November 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Want books that examine science and the systems around it?
Gerta Keller's The Last Extinction makes the case for Deccan volcanism and describes the hierarchical hurdles she met.
Reading list curated by Elisabeth Cook.
#ScienceBooks
Gerta Keller's The Last Extinction makes the case for Deccan volcanism and describes the hierarchical hurdles she met.
Reading list curated by Elisabeth Cook.
#ScienceBooks
Bad Bad Girl by Gish Jen: what begins as a memoir of loss becomes a search to understand an abusive mother and to forgive.
"All my life," Jen writes, "I have wanted to know how our relationship went wrong, how I became her nemesis, her bête noire, her lightning rod, a scapegoat."
"All my life," Jen writes, "I have wanted to know how our relationship went wrong, how I became her nemesis, her bête noire, her lightning rod, a scapegoat."
November 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Bad Bad Girl by Gish Jen: what begins as a memoir of loss becomes a search to understand an abusive mother and to forgive.
"All my life," Jen writes, "I have wanted to know how our relationship went wrong, how I became her nemesis, her bête noire, her lightning rod, a scapegoat."
"All my life," Jen writes, "I have wanted to know how our relationship went wrong, how I became her nemesis, her bête noire, her lightning rod, a scapegoat."
"Well-written and propulsive." Anna Koray balances duty and the ghosts of her past in The Sister's Curse, a thriller braided with witchcraft and magical realism. Perfect for a weekend read.
October 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"Well-written and propulsive." Anna Koray balances duty and the ghosts of her past in The Sister's Curse, a thriller braided with witchcraft and magical realism. Perfect for a weekend read.
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October 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 by 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜 is an atmospheric, gritty, dark mystery with fantasy/magical realism & an in-depth study of morally ambiguous characters. Discussed it in the @bookbrowse.bsky.social First Impressions program! Thanks for a copy, @berkleypub.bsky.social. ⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 by 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜 is an atmospheric, gritty, dark mystery with fantasy/magical realism & an in-depth study of morally ambiguous characters. Discussed it in the @bookbrowse.bsky.social First Impressions program! Thanks for a copy, @berkleypub.bsky.social. ⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐
“Woman, Life, Freedom” started in Kurdish protests and grew into a rallying cry after Jîna Amini’s death in 2022.
Sofia Chatzistefanou maps the slogan’s origins and enduring power.
Sofia Chatzistefanou maps the slogan’s origins and enduring power.
October 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“Woman, Life, Freedom” started in Kurdish protests and grew into a rallying cry after Jîna Amini’s death in 2022.
Sofia Chatzistefanou maps the slogan’s origins and enduring power.
Sofia Chatzistefanou maps the slogan’s origins and enduring power.
Bog Queen by Anna North
A forensic anthropologist goes to ID a body and instead uncovers a Celtic Iron Age woman from roughly 2,000 years ago.
Alternating chapters let the Bog Queen speak — healer, mediator, and leader.
A forensic anthropologist goes to ID a body and instead uncovers a Celtic Iron Age woman from roughly 2,000 years ago.
Alternating chapters let the Bog Queen speak — healer, mediator, and leader.
October 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Bog Queen by Anna North
A forensic anthropologist goes to ID a body and instead uncovers a Celtic Iron Age woman from roughly 2,000 years ago.
Alternating chapters let the Bog Queen speak — healer, mediator, and leader.
A forensic anthropologist goes to ID a body and instead uncovers a Celtic Iron Age woman from roughly 2,000 years ago.
Alternating chapters let the Bog Queen speak — healer, mediator, and leader.
New BookBrowse Review: reviews and beyond-the-book articles for 14 titles, including Bad Bad Girl, A Truce That Is Not Peace, and Minor Black Figures.
Interview with reviewer and history BookTuber Peggy Kurkowski.
Members get full access for $5/month.
Interview with reviewer and history BookTuber Peggy Kurkowski.
Members get full access for $5/month.
October 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
New BookBrowse Review: reviews and beyond-the-book articles for 14 titles, including Bad Bad Girl, A Truce That Is Not Peace, and Minor Black Figures.
Interview with reviewer and history BookTuber Peggy Kurkowski.
Members get full access for $5/month.
Interview with reviewer and history BookTuber Peggy Kurkowski.
Members get full access for $5/month.
'I cared deeply for the women in their messy, imperfect yet admirable lives.' - Karen K.
Five women, 20 years of friendship, family, and becoming.
Angela Flournoy's The Wilderness is character-driven and unforgettable.
Five women, 20 years of friendship, family, and becoming.
Angela Flournoy's The Wilderness is character-driven and unforgettable.
October 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
'I cared deeply for the women in their messy, imperfect yet admirable lives.' - Karen K.
Five women, 20 years of friendship, family, and becoming.
Angela Flournoy's The Wilderness is character-driven and unforgettable.
Five women, 20 years of friendship, family, and becoming.
Angela Flournoy's The Wilderness is character-driven and unforgettable.
New this week from BookBrowse.
Fierce fantasy, chilling thrillers, luminous literary fiction, and standout debuts arrive Oct 21.
Highlights: When They Burned the Butterfly, King Sorrow, The Isle in the Silver Sea.
Members can read full reviews.
Fierce fantasy, chilling thrillers, luminous literary fiction, and standout debuts arrive Oct 21.
Highlights: When They Burned the Butterfly, King Sorrow, The Isle in the Silver Sea.
Members can read full reviews.
October 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New this week from BookBrowse.
Fierce fantasy, chilling thrillers, luminous literary fiction, and standout debuts arrive Oct 21.
Highlights: When They Burned the Butterfly, King Sorrow, The Isle in the Silver Sea.
Members can read full reviews.
Fierce fantasy, chilling thrillers, luminous literary fiction, and standout debuts arrive Oct 21.
Highlights: When They Burned the Butterfly, King Sorrow, The Isle in the Silver Sea.
Members can read full reviews.
Solve our Wordplay puzzle:
"B H the B"
Reveal the expression and be entered to win a one-year BookBrowse membership.
Last answer: "Music has charms to soothe the savage breast" (M H C to S T S B)
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"B H the B"
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Last answer: "Music has charms to soothe the savage breast" (M H C to S T S B)
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October 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Solve our Wordplay puzzle:
"B H the B"
Reveal the expression and be entered to win a one-year BookBrowse membership.
Last answer: "Music has charms to soothe the savage breast" (M H C to S T S B)
Share your guess!
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Reveal the expression and be entered to win a one-year BookBrowse membership.
Last answer: "Music has charms to soothe the savage breast" (M H C to S T S B)
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Victoria Redel's I Am You tells Maria van Oosterwijck's story through her servant and pupil, Gerta Pieters.
A delicate, powerful exploration of art and the ties between women.
Reviewed by Rachel Hullett.
A delicate, powerful exploration of art and the ties between women.
Reviewed by Rachel Hullett.
October 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Victoria Redel's I Am You tells Maria van Oosterwijck's story through her servant and pupil, Gerta Pieters.
A delicate, powerful exploration of art and the ties between women.
Reviewed by Rachel Hullett.
A delicate, powerful exploration of art and the ties between women.
Reviewed by Rachel Hullett.