10 Books Critics Are Raving About Now

The Disappearing Earth author’s sophomore novel follows two struggling sisters whose dream of escaping a wealthy island off the Washington coast is upended by the appearance of a mysterious bear. "This mythical novel of obsession, moral reckoning, and aspiration glows with fairy tale magic," exclaimed The Boston Globe.

The award-winning Irish author's first novel in 10 years probes a new mother's struggles and joy while raising her infant child. "A fully realized depiction of love, hate, despair and hope, conveyed in prose of mesmerizing vitality, richly layered with myth and fairy tale, the tragic and the comedic, " hailed The Financial Times.

The LA Times loved this esteemed music critic's new portrait of Joni Mitchell, saying "[Powers] shows us how we can love an artist like Mitchell and let her be human, too, how we can understand her genius from — forgive me, Joni — both sides now."

A middle aged woman reassesses her life during her family’s yearly Cape Cod vacation in this soulful beach read that The Guardian found refreshing: "Finally, literary fiction has started to fully appreciate the joy of an older female narrator…Rocky is a worthy member of this new and much-needed club, not just for her date of birth but also for her relatability . . . . a protagonist like Rocky is so necessary, because a whole generation will now be able to read this wise and exquisitely written story and say I know how you feel. They will say, Same." Temporarily on backorder due to popular demand - reserve your copy now.

The New York Times praised this eye-opening history of the 1990s that "ditches the familiar narrative about a decade of relative peace and prosperity for a disturbing tale of populists, nativists and demagogues, who, acting on the margins of U.S. politics, helped shatter the post-Cold War consensus and usher in anti-democratic forces that plague the country today."

Broke, unemployed, and raising a child conceived with her junior college English professor, a 20-year woman old starts an OnlyFans account in this new coming-of-age novel by the author of The Knockout Queen that Vulture found "deeply funny, thoughtful, riveting."

With Joan Didion as an aunt, Carrie Fisher as a best friend, and acting and production roles in Martin Scorsese's After Hours, few people have had as much access to the intimate lives of America's cultural aristocracy as Griffin Dunne. On the page, all the glitz and glamour, combined with the devastating killing of his younger sister and the high-profile trial which followed, make for a complicated, eclectic, and fascinating read about a singular life.

"In his debut collection, Williams infuses the unsettling and eerie with irony and wit, writing about mortality, the passage of time, and family ties. Among the characters here are a couple aging more quickly than their toddler, a tour guide who discovers more about his guests than about the destination to which he’s bringing them, and an employee stuck at a dead-end job—literally," raved Alta Online.

The bestselling YA author makes her adult debut with an intense, politically-charged story about an idyllic Black community with a dark secret that Time magazine called "An unsettling social thriller that is Get Out meets Rosemary's Baby."

Who was the real Harriet Tubman? Tiya Miles, winner of the National Book Award, has crafted a graceful, complicated, and joyful portrait of an American hero, giving readers insight into her life and her monumental accomplishments. The Boston Globe said that "Night Flyer adds needed texture to Tubman’s historical caricature."