A surpassingly gifted storyteller.... [Kehlmann] is a master at depicting decent people making terrible choices, with results that are both droll and catastrophic. An atmosphere of moral queasiness permeates The Director, and the author is in perfect control of the barometric pressure.

Historical - 20th Century - World War II & Holocaust

The Director

Told in reverse chronology from her mother’s death in March 2020 to her birth in December 1933, this memoir is a daughter’s poignant effort to see the whole of a life that was often fractured by mental illness and cognitive decline.

The End Is the Beginning: A Personal History of My Mother

A perfectly orchestrated meal creates the illusion of effortlessness; McNally’s book serves as an enduring reminder of the work and talent that go into creating such memories, and of the artists whose vision sets the scene.

I do food culture and the internet. Digital editorial director @bonappetit. Ex-@sfchronicle, @EaterNY. she/her

Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism

I Regret Almost Everything: A Memoir

A tense, atmospheric thriller whose primary threat derives from the literal atmosphere ... Lucid, intimate ... There is even one unexpected final twist that tugs at the heartstrings and shows how thought-out this multifaceted debut truly is.

Eternal Summer

Heartbreaking ... Side characters can lean on tropes, like an ex-military gun lover and a violent cop, but the After the Parade author uses these blunt tools to craft otherwise sensitive, introspective stories that sometimes contort themselves to see both sides.

Are You Happy?: Stories

A welcome surprise. It is a sweet, charming, conventional novel whose ambition does not outstrip its ability.

The Emperor of Gladness

Engrossing...lands in the United States at a good time....With a page-turning narrative that is both technically sophisticated and intellectually engaging, The Director sits at the charmed intersection of commercial and literary fiction.

Julia M. Klein is a Philadelphia-based cultural reporter and critic who writes about museums, theater, books, film, television and the media.

The sort of novel that’s bound to create discussion about the events happening, what they mean and how they relate to one another... it is guaranteed to make readers reflect about their own lives ... Knapp [has a] gift for insightful, homespun metaphors.

Star Tribune books writer, floaty pen enthusiast, re-read every Agatha Christie mystery in order and wrote about them at https://t.co/yQOPJQEJnu

The Names

Gathering insights from Michelle Obama on staying in love, Chelsea Handler on getting over a broken heart, and Martha Beck on overcoming anxiety, this book offers a cheat sheet to living.

We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life's 20 Questions

A deeply researched historical adventure, excavating both romantic and journalistic exploits with verve and passion. But it is the story’s prescient alignment with our current cultural and civic upheaval that lands like a mortar from Allende’s epic depiction of the Battle of Concón

Writer/producer/journalist (NPR, Journal of Alta Ca., Mercury News, SF Chron, CNN, BELatina) LA Press Club Honors, Hollywood culture whisperer

My Name Is Emilia del Valle

Booker Prize

The New York Times Best Seller

Small Things Like These (Oprah's Book Club)

Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence

ALA Notable Book

Kirkus Prize

National Book Award

Pulitzer Prize

James

Alex Award

GoodReads Choice Award

Women's Prize for Fiction

Circe

Nebula Award

Hugo Award

Costa Book Award

Piranesi

Great Big Beautiful Life: Reese's Book Club

PEN/Faulkner Award

The Overstory

My Friends

Hugo Awards

Stonewall Book Award

A Psalm for the Wild-Built: A Monk and Robot Book

National Book Critics Circle Award

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

While all the cool kids were at the Met Ball last night i was finishing this masterpiece in bed. Holy hell, can this be required reading? Is it already? I need to make space in my heart and soul so this story can live in me forever.

that girl from that movie/tv show (and author!) #idontknowwhatyouknowmefrom

Indigenous - General (see also Indigenous Peoples of Turtle

Ceremony: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

A truly amazing book about motherhood, the internet, and all the feelings, existential and otherwise.

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Second Life: Having a Child in the Digital Age

I’m excited to share this remarkable book with you. It’s one of the best books on Native American history and so it’s only fitting that this book won the 2025 Mark Lynton History Prize!

✨Award-winning Historian, Writer, and Professor | Columnist @MSNBC | Guggenheim Fellow & Carnegie Fellow✨

Cundill History Prize

Native Nations: A Millennium in North America

It was a great joy and a privilege to serve on the jury for this year’s Pulitzer Prize in Fiction... I’m enormously proud of our list of finalists... and absolutely thrilled that James won... an original take on the perennial search for freedom and family.

Still so chuffed that my favorite mystery of 2024 won the Edgar Award for best mystery novel... it’s an astute send up of class and classism in the UK as well as a cheeky and brilliantly plotted double murder mystery.

🇯🇲 Culture critic, media researcher. UNC J-School PhD. I❤️ Books, TV, Film & Democracy. @NPRBooks @NYTimesBooks @OprahDaily @washingtonpost @Bookpage @TheGrio

The in Crowd

This month we’re reading AUDITION by Katie Kitamura. One woman, the performance of a lifetime. Or two. A mesmerizing Mobius strip of a novel that asks who we are to the people we love. You’ll never be the same after this one.

Audition

I would read a grocery list if Charlotte McConaghy wrote it. She is able to combine lyricism, darkness, hope, and profound insights together in a way that is transcendent... some of the best writing I have ever experienced.

Wild Dark Shore

For our May Pick, I can’t wait for you all to join me in reading Consider Yourself Kissed — a look at how relationships shift over time as Coralie navigates motherhood, love, and her own desires.

Consider Yourself Kissed

The Inheritance of Loss

Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Swindled the World

The Power of Adrienne Rich: A Biography

All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess

Off with Her Head: Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power

M: Son of the Century

Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of the Godfather

Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography

History

Children's Books

Religion & Spirituality

Tech & Science

Biographies & Memoirs

Business

Health

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards

Remember Us

Take a Breath, Big Red Monster!

Poetry Is Not a Luxury: Poems for All Seasons

Love and Other Words: Deluxe Edition

The Wild Robot Protects: Volume 3

P.S. I Still Love You: Special Keepsake Edition

J vs. K

America, América: A New History of the New World

Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

A Calculated Restraint: What Allied Leaders Said about the Holocaust

The Nazi Mind: Twelve Warnings from History

Total Defense: The New Deal and the Invention of National Security

The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment Over 2,000 Years

Rome and Persia: The Seven Hundred Year Rivalry

Fearless Women: Feminist Patriots from Abigail Adams to Beyoncé

Empire, Incorporated: The Corporations That Built British Colonialism

Comparing Socialist Approaches: Economics and Social Security in Cuba, China, and Vietnam

Bear Feels Sad

Return to Sender

Newbery Medal

The Eyes and the Impossible: (Newbery Medal Winner)

So Many Years: A Juneteenth Story

One Crazy Summer: The Graphic Novel

You're on Your Way!

Ephesians and Colossians: Diversity in Unity

The Courage to Change: Saying Goodbye to Good Enough and Embracing the Promise of What Can Be

The Kingdom of Cain: Finding God in the Literature of Darkness

How to Read the Bible: A Simple Guide to Deeper Intimacy with God

Five Mere Christians: Binge-Worthy Biographies That Show You How to Glorify God in Your Work

At the Feet of Jesus: A Guide to Encountering Christ in the Gospels

60 Days of Prophecies: The Truth Behind End-Time Warnings

Wahh&#257;bism: The History of a Militant Islamic Movement

Understanding Prayer: Biblical Foundations and Practical Guidance for Seeking God

Ocean: Earth's Last Wilderness

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

Lab Dog: What Global Science Owes American Beagles

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

A Reverence for Rivers: Imagining an Ethic for Running Waters

Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters

Phytopolis: The Living City

Nightshining

Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend

The Rest of Our Lives

Learning America: One Woman's Fight for Educational Justice for Refugee Children

Smash, Crash, Topple, Roll!: The Inventive Rube Goldberg--A Life in Comics, Contraptions, and Six Simple Machines

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Matriarch: Oprah's Book Club: A Memoir

The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness

Family Reins: The Extraordinary Rise and Epic Fall of an American Dynasty

The City Is Up for Grabs: How Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Led and Lost a City in Crisis

Life of Your Dreams: How to Take Your Family, Fun, and Financial Freedom to a Whole 'Notha Level

The Wise Team Coach: Crafting A Personal Approach To Team Coaching

Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice

Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America

Inner Excellence: Train Your Mind for Extraordinary Performance and the Best Possible Life

Little Bosses Everywhere: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America

Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

Ballistic: The New Science of Injury-Free Athletic Performance

Maraña: War and Disease in the Jungles of Colombia

College Mental Health 101: A Guide for Students, Parents, and Professionals

The Mama Natural Week-By-Week Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth: Second Edition

Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity

From Self-Care to We-Care: The New Science of Mindful Boundaries and Caring from an Undivided Heart

Treating Violence: An Emergency Room Doctor Takes on a Deadly American Epidemic

The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human

Detoxify: The Everyday Toxins Harming Your Immune System and How to Defend Against Them