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Jessa Crispin, author of WHAT IS WRONG WITH MEN, grapples with masculinity in a surprisingly acute and intelligent manner: through the films of Michael Douglas. @jessa_crispin @bookpage bookpage.com/reviews/what-i…
FREEDOM SEASON by @PenielJoseph tells the “sweeping, inspiring yet heartbreaking” narrative history of 1963, the pivotal moment in America’s long civil rights movement. Check out @bookpage's full review here: bookpage.com/reviews/freedo…
From @BookPage my review of Aiden Arata’s YOU HAVE A NEW MEMORY: #Essays: bookpage.com/reviews/you-ha…
"The story came from the feeling I got from the poem: 'Failing and Flying' by Jack Gilbert, which opens with the line 'Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew.'" Read more of @tessagratton's interview on THE MERCY MAKERS with @bookpage! bit.ly/4ex6Ho3
"Heather Clark’s phenomenal debut novel, The Scrapbook, is worthy of reading and rereading." @Plathbiography @bookpage bookpage.com/reviews/scrapb…
Happy paperback pub day to @pchoulahan's REAP THE WHIRLWIND! 🌴 ⭐ "Meticulous yet utterly spellbinding." — @ALA_Booklist ⭐ "A propulsive legal thriller with deep insight into Southern California policing history." —@publisherswkly (starred review) ⭐ "A topical, piercing…
In July, we're honoring amateur sleuths, including charming new gumshoes like Laura Lippman's Mrs. Blossom. Elsewhere in the issue, megapopular fanfiction writer Brigitte Knightley makes her trade debut with a Harry Potter-inspired romance and we pick our favorite picture books…

A Letter from the Lonesome Shore by Sylvie Cathrall, The Radiant King by David Dalglish, and Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett are among @bookpage's "15 best SFF & horror novels of 2025—so far!" bit.ly/3I0MfQi
⭐ Starred Reviewed ⭐ @bookpage says that @BiologyCarly's “THE SALMON CANNON AND THE LEVITATING FROG playfully and pointedly advocates for increased understanding of “silly science”—and the ways curiosity-driven discoveries have immeasurably improved our lives.” Check out the…
From @BookPage my review of Jess Walter's novel SO FAR GONE: bookpage.com/reviews/so-far…. @HamiltonCain also has a review of the novel in @nytimesbooks.
Bust out your beach chairs and load up your totes: It's time for summer reading! We picked our 12 top titles of the summer, plus a whole spectrum of books for Pride Month and some gorgeous picture books for Juneteenth. Elsewhere in the issue, we talk to Ocean Vuong, Amal…

Amateur sleuth Holly Gibney acts as the unifying thread of NEVER FLINCH’s two thrilling storylines, and displays the grit, fortitude and very human quirks that have made her so beloved by readers. @ScribnerBooks bookpage.com/?p=214475
Amateur sleuth Holly Gibney acts as the unifying thread of NEVER FLINCH’s two thrilling storylines, and displays the grit, fortitude and very human quirks that have made her so beloved by readers. @ScribnerBooks @StephenKing bookpage.com/?p=214475 #stephenking #thriller…

Whether your sport of choice is baseball, basketball or hockey, these 9 slam-dunk romance novels will win your heart. @avonbooks @BerkleyPub @StMartinsPress #romance #sports #bookpage #love #novels #fiction #trending #summer bookpage.com/?p=214919

For anyone whose past is populated with long-gone landmarks in altered landscapes, Susanna’s Kwan’s gentle dystopian novel, AWAKE IN THE FLOATING CITY, will strike a resonant chord. @PantheonBooks bookpage.com/?p=214489
💗📞THANK YOU FOR CALLING THE LESBIAN LINE by Elizabeth Lovatt is a "fun, informative, heartfelt and passionate book of lesbian history that shows how across generations, lesbians have found their way to one another.” — @bookpage ORDER NOW at bit.ly/3YWdJwf 🔗
Frederick Joseph constructs a true roller coaster of a narrative in THIS THING OF OURS, painting his protagonist’s complex struggles with language that is both poetic and engaging for a young adult audience. @Candlewick bookpage.com/?p=214587
Take your book club on a cosmic journey with an astrology-inspired novel @littlebrown @avonbooks @PutnamBooks @riverheadbooks bookpage.com/?p=214608 #bookpage #bookclubs #reading #books #new #newreading #tbr #recommendations #upcoming #trending #cosmic #astrology #mayreading…

In their sophomore novel, Marisa Crane’s descriptions of basketballer Mack’s nearly feral joy, passion and physicality are as thrilling as their depiction of teenage life in a run-down Pennsylvania town is unsparing. bookpage.com/?p=214483
Ling Ling Huang’s second novel is a frightening, enlightening powerhouse of a book, set in a tech-based world where handmade art seems less and less viable. @DuttonBooks bookpage.com/?p=214517