The Book Rioters call it the wheelhouse. I tend to think of certain settings, plots, […]
Midnight Taxi Tango, by Daniel José Older
If you want to know what a diverse read looks like, read Daniel José Older. […]
The Night Watch, by Sarah Waters
This novel, The Night Watch, by Sarah Waters, should not work. It’s written backwards, for crying […]
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The plague of governments closing libraries to save money has jumped across the Atlantic. Newfoundland […]
The Curse of Jacob Tracy, by Holly Messinger
Jacob Tracy has been hiding his light under a bushel for eighteen years. Ever since […]
The Orphan Sky, by Ella Leya
I am tempted by books set in places I’ve never read about, much less visited. […]
Choose Your Own Language
Last week, Tim Parks published a fascinating piece about authors who write in languages they […]
The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde
I have been recommending Jasper Fforde’s The Eyre Affair ever since I first read it in 2004. […]
The Queue, by Basma Abdel Aziz
The government of an unnamed country has come to a complete standstill in Basma Abdel […]
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A librarian offers instructions on how to figuratively and literally use books as weapons. (Librarian […]