There is a particular ache that comes with reading a novel that understands you better than you understand yourself. Once and Again by Rebecca Serle is that kind of book — a luminous, heartbreaking exploration of what it means to hold the power to undo the past and still choose to move forward. Serle, the […]
Releasing this April, we have stunning short story collection from Kim Choyeop and a much anticipated new novel from American poet Ben Lerner. Enjoy 5 Sensational New Books for April 2026! This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. 5 Sensational New Books for April 2026 […]
When a book manages to make you laugh on one page and press your knuckles to your chest on the next, you know you’re in the hands of someone who understands the architecture of feeling. How to Write a Love Story by Catherine Walsh is that kind of book — a romance that earns every […]
Most book club plot discussions go one of two ways. Either everyone summarises what happened — pleasant, but not illuminating for people who read the same book — or someone spots a plot hole and the conversation stalls for twenty minutes. Everyone leaves feeling vaguely unresolved. Both conversations are valid. Neither one, however, gets at […]
A poignant unveiling of one family’s experience with Alzheimer’s and the toll it takes on all of them Cynthia Cook’s memoir of a family devastated by Alzheimer’s is touching, joyful, angering, and ultimately sad. With a combination of real and imagined narratives, plus text messages, and the reflections of a few sentient family heirlooms, What […]
A raw and candid memoir about going from teen mom to successful entrepreneur Jennifer Gauthier’s path to being the CEO of her own nonprofit was neither easy or linear; from becoming a mother at seventeen to working as an escort to make ends meet, her life has been unconventional to say the least. Her misadventures […]
Format: ARC Buy on Amazon Goodreads Darling Daffodils Farm is a grumpy–sunshine, rivals-to-lovers romance set on a charming daffodil farm that delivers equal parts heart, sass, and spice. While this one started a little slow for me—and I’ll admit I was initially pretty frustrated with a few of the characters—the story really came together once […]
There is something deeply unsettling about a stranger’s offer made casually over the drone of a ferry engine. When Birdie Chang boards a boat to Whidbey Island, fleeing the media fallout of another woman’s memoir about the man who abused them both as children, she does not expect someone to volunteer as executioner. But that […]
A sweeping fantasy where power and survival collide in a vast, engrossing world You might think of Brandon Sanderson’s sprawling universe and intricate logical magical systems for your fantasy doorstoppers, but lately, I’ve been diving deeper into William Jackson Bennet’s Foundryside, where magic is almost like computer code but with a dark and twisted secret. […]
A treacherous odyssey through Mexico riddled with violence, war, faith, and growth In a drought-laden California, a jumble of men are flung into a rescue mission for one of their daughters, kidnapped by a drug lord in Mexico, in El Señor by David Wall. Ivan Scarlett’s life is completely torn apart when he is fired […]