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Swann by Carol Shields
The "joke" is that Mary Swann, a murdered poet, is the title character yet a minor figure.
A dark, humane look at fragile legacy and how genius can fade, especially for women without power.
Review by Rebecca Foster.
The "joke" is that Mary Swann, a murdered poet, is the title character yet a minor figure.
A dark, humane look at fragile legacy and how genius can fade, especially for women without power.
Review by Rebecca Foster.
November 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Swann by Carol Shields
The "joke" is that Mary Swann, a murdered poet, is the title character yet a minor figure.
A dark, humane look at fragile legacy and how genius can fade, especially for women without power.
Review by Rebecca Foster.
The "joke" is that Mary Swann, a murdered poet, is the title character yet a minor figure.
A dark, humane look at fragile legacy and how genius can fade, especially for women without power.
Review by Rebecca Foster.
Solve our Wordplay puzzle and be entered to win a 1-year BookBrowse membership.
Clue: "A W E"
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November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Go Set a Watchman was Harper Lee's original draft of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Editor Tay Hohoff guided its revision into the classic we know.
A reminder of how editors shape literary history.
Editor Tay Hohoff guided its revision into the classic we know.
A reminder of how editors shape literary history.
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Go Set a Watchman was Harper Lee's original draft of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Editor Tay Hohoff guided its revision into the classic we know.
A reminder of how editors shape literary history.
Editor Tay Hohoff guided its revision into the classic we know.
A reminder of how editors shape literary history.
Severance by Ling Ma feels eerily prescient.
Shen Fever leaves people 'repeating familiar actions.'
Candace Chen keeps showing up for work in an almost empty NYC. Sharp, funny, and unsettling.
Shen Fever leaves people 'repeating familiar actions.'
Candace Chen keeps showing up for work in an almost empty NYC. Sharp, funny, and unsettling.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Severance by Ling Ma feels eerily prescient.
Shen Fever leaves people 'repeating familiar actions.'
Candace Chen keeps showing up for work in an almost empty NYC. Sharp, funny, and unsettling.
Shen Fever leaves people 'repeating familiar actions.'
Candace Chen keeps showing up for work in an almost empty NYC. Sharp, funny, and unsettling.
25 new books this week.
Spotlight: Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Q. Sutanto, a sweeping love story told via a grandmother and granddaughter.
On sale Nov 11.
Also new: Evensong, Listen, Lucky Girl, The Sunshine Man.
Spotlight: Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Q. Sutanto, a sweeping love story told via a grandmother and granddaughter.
On sale Nov 11.
Also new: Evensong, Listen, Lucky Girl, The Sunshine Man.
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
25 new books this week.
Spotlight: Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Q. Sutanto, a sweeping love story told via a grandmother and granddaughter.
On sale Nov 11.
Also new: Evensong, Listen, Lucky Girl, The Sunshine Man.
Spotlight: Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Q. Sutanto, a sweeping love story told via a grandmother and granddaughter.
On sale Nov 11.
Also new: Evensong, Listen, Lucky Girl, The Sunshine Man.
When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-yi Lee is dark, lyrical, and full of feminine rage.
Adeline, 16, can summon fire. After her mother's death she is pulled into a ruthless all-female gang in 1970s Singapore.
Brutal and beautifully written.
Adeline, 16, can summon fire. After her mother's death she is pulled into a ruthless all-female gang in 1970s Singapore.
Brutal and beautifully written.
November 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-yi Lee is dark, lyrical, and full of feminine rage.
Adeline, 16, can summon fire. After her mother's death she is pulled into a ruthless all-female gang in 1970s Singapore.
Brutal and beautifully written.
Adeline, 16, can summon fire. After her mother's death she is pulled into a ruthless all-female gang in 1970s Singapore.
Brutal and beautifully written.
Solve this Wordplay clue: "A W G C"
Reveal a well-known expression and be entered to win a one-year BookBrowse membership.
Reveal a well-known expression and be entered to win a one-year BookBrowse membership.
November 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Solve this Wordplay clue: "A W G C"
Reveal a well-known expression and be entered to win a one-year BookBrowse membership.
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Want books that examine science and the systems around it?
Gerta Keller's The Last Extinction makes the case for Deccan volcanism and describes the hierarchical hurdles she met.
Reading list curated by Elisabeth Cook.
#ScienceBooks
Gerta Keller's The Last Extinction makes the case for Deccan volcanism and describes the hierarchical hurdles she met.
Reading list curated by Elisabeth Cook.
#ScienceBooks
November 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Want books that examine science and the systems around it?
Gerta Keller's The Last Extinction makes the case for Deccan volcanism and describes the hierarchical hurdles she met.
Reading list curated by Elisabeth Cook.
#ScienceBooks
Gerta Keller's The Last Extinction makes the case for Deccan volcanism and describes the hierarchical hurdles she met.
Reading list curated by Elisabeth Cook.
#ScienceBooks
Bad Bad Girl by Gish Jen: what begins as a memoir of loss becomes a search to understand an abusive mother and to forgive.
"All my life," Jen writes, "I have wanted to know how our relationship went wrong, how I became her nemesis, her bête noire, her lightning rod, a scapegoat."
"All my life," Jen writes, "I have wanted to know how our relationship went wrong, how I became her nemesis, her bête noire, her lightning rod, a scapegoat."
November 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Bad Bad Girl by Gish Jen: what begins as a memoir of loss becomes a search to understand an abusive mother and to forgive.
"All my life," Jen writes, "I have wanted to know how our relationship went wrong, how I became her nemesis, her bête noire, her lightning rod, a scapegoat."
"All my life," Jen writes, "I have wanted to know how our relationship went wrong, how I became her nemesis, her bête noire, her lightning rod, a scapegoat."
"Well-written and propulsive." Anna Koray balances duty and the ghosts of her past in The Sister's Curse, a thriller braided with witchcraft and magical realism. Perfect for a weekend read.
October 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"Well-written and propulsive." Anna Koray balances duty and the ghosts of her past in The Sister's Curse, a thriller braided with witchcraft and magical realism. Perfect for a weekend read.
“Woman, Life, Freedom” started in Kurdish protests and grew into a rallying cry after Jîna Amini’s death in 2022.
Sofia Chatzistefanou maps the slogan’s origins and enduring power.
Sofia Chatzistefanou maps the slogan’s origins and enduring power.
October 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“Woman, Life, Freedom” started in Kurdish protests and grew into a rallying cry after Jîna Amini’s death in 2022.
Sofia Chatzistefanou maps the slogan’s origins and enduring power.
Sofia Chatzistefanou maps the slogan’s origins and enduring power.
Bog Queen by Anna North
A forensic anthropologist goes to ID a body and instead uncovers a Celtic Iron Age woman from roughly 2,000 years ago.
Alternating chapters let the Bog Queen speak — healer, mediator, and leader.
A forensic anthropologist goes to ID a body and instead uncovers a Celtic Iron Age woman from roughly 2,000 years ago.
Alternating chapters let the Bog Queen speak — healer, mediator, and leader.
October 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Bog Queen by Anna North
A forensic anthropologist goes to ID a body and instead uncovers a Celtic Iron Age woman from roughly 2,000 years ago.
Alternating chapters let the Bog Queen speak — healer, mediator, and leader.
A forensic anthropologist goes to ID a body and instead uncovers a Celtic Iron Age woman from roughly 2,000 years ago.
Alternating chapters let the Bog Queen speak — healer, mediator, and leader.
New BookBrowse Review: reviews and beyond-the-book articles for 14 titles, including Bad Bad Girl, A Truce That Is Not Peace, and Minor Black Figures.
Interview with reviewer and history BookTuber Peggy Kurkowski.
Members get full access for $5/month.
Interview with reviewer and history BookTuber Peggy Kurkowski.
Members get full access for $5/month.
October 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
New BookBrowse Review: reviews and beyond-the-book articles for 14 titles, including Bad Bad Girl, A Truce That Is Not Peace, and Minor Black Figures.
Interview with reviewer and history BookTuber Peggy Kurkowski.
Members get full access for $5/month.
Interview with reviewer and history BookTuber Peggy Kurkowski.
Members get full access for $5/month.
'I cared deeply for the women in their messy, imperfect yet admirable lives.' - Karen K.
Five women, 20 years of friendship, family, and becoming.
Angela Flournoy's The Wilderness is character-driven and unforgettable.
Five women, 20 years of friendship, family, and becoming.
Angela Flournoy's The Wilderness is character-driven and unforgettable.
October 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
'I cared deeply for the women in their messy, imperfect yet admirable lives.' - Karen K.
Five women, 20 years of friendship, family, and becoming.
Angela Flournoy's The Wilderness is character-driven and unforgettable.
Five women, 20 years of friendship, family, and becoming.
Angela Flournoy's The Wilderness is character-driven and unforgettable.
New this week from BookBrowse.
Fierce fantasy, chilling thrillers, luminous literary fiction, and standout debuts arrive Oct 21.
Highlights: When They Burned the Butterfly, King Sorrow, The Isle in the Silver Sea.
Members can read full reviews.
Fierce fantasy, chilling thrillers, luminous literary fiction, and standout debuts arrive Oct 21.
Highlights: When They Burned the Butterfly, King Sorrow, The Isle in the Silver Sea.
Members can read full reviews.
October 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New this week from BookBrowse.
Fierce fantasy, chilling thrillers, luminous literary fiction, and standout debuts arrive Oct 21.
Highlights: When They Burned the Butterfly, King Sorrow, The Isle in the Silver Sea.
Members can read full reviews.
Fierce fantasy, chilling thrillers, luminous literary fiction, and standout debuts arrive Oct 21.
Highlights: When They Burned the Butterfly, King Sorrow, The Isle in the Silver Sea.
Members can read full reviews.
Solve our Wordplay puzzle:
"B H the B"
Reveal the expression and be entered to win a one-year BookBrowse membership.
Last answer: "Music has charms to soothe the savage breast" (M H C to S T S B)
Share your guess!
"B H the B"
Reveal the expression and be entered to win a one-year BookBrowse membership.
Last answer: "Music has charms to soothe the savage breast" (M H C to S T S B)
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October 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Solve our Wordplay puzzle:
"B H the B"
Reveal the expression and be entered to win a one-year BookBrowse membership.
Last answer: "Music has charms to soothe the savage breast" (M H C to S T S B)
Share your guess!
"B H the B"
Reveal the expression and be entered to win a one-year BookBrowse membership.
Last answer: "Music has charms to soothe the savage breast" (M H C to S T S B)
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Victoria Redel's I Am You tells Maria van Oosterwijck's story through her servant and pupil, Gerta Pieters.
A delicate, powerful exploration of art and the ties between women.
Reviewed by Rachel Hullett.
A delicate, powerful exploration of art and the ties between women.
Reviewed by Rachel Hullett.
October 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Victoria Redel's I Am You tells Maria van Oosterwijck's story through her servant and pupil, Gerta Pieters.
A delicate, powerful exploration of art and the ties between women.
Reviewed by Rachel Hullett.
A delicate, powerful exploration of art and the ties between women.
Reviewed by Rachel Hullett.
"Addictively fun" and a true page-turner.
Daniel H. Wilson mixes new weird, disaster, and Indigenous futurism.
Three vivid perspectives and a gripping ending.
#HoleInTheSky
Daniel H. Wilson mixes new weird, disaster, and Indigenous futurism.
Three vivid perspectives and a gripping ending.
#HoleInTheSky
October 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"Addictively fun" and a true page-turner.
Daniel H. Wilson mixes new weird, disaster, and Indigenous futurism.
Three vivid perspectives and a gripping ending.
#HoleInTheSky
Daniel H. Wilson mixes new weird, disaster, and Indigenous futurism.
Three vivid perspectives and a gripping ending.
#HoleInTheSky
CÉCÉ by Emmelie Prophète
A 'bold and defiant' young woman in Port-au-Prince films violence and poverty with a cell phone.
Her posts win followers and attract gang leaders and marketers who seek to exploit her voice.
Review by Callum McLaughlin.
A 'bold and defiant' young woman in Port-au-Prince films violence and poverty with a cell phone.
Her posts win followers and attract gang leaders and marketers who seek to exploit her voice.
Review by Callum McLaughlin.
October 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
CÉCÉ by Emmelie Prophète
A 'bold and defiant' young woman in Port-au-Prince films violence and poverty with a cell phone.
Her posts win followers and attract gang leaders and marketers who seek to exploit her voice.
Review by Callum McLaughlin.
A 'bold and defiant' young woman in Port-au-Prince films violence and poverty with a cell phone.
Her posts win followers and attract gang leaders and marketers who seek to exploit her voice.
Review by Callum McLaughlin.
38 new and notable books this week.
Ten highlights include A Guardian and a Thief; Bog Queen; Chronicles of Ori; Little F; The Wayfinder; My Name Means Fire.
On sale Oct 14.
Members: full reviews available on BookBrowse.
Ten highlights include A Guardian and a Thief; Bog Queen; Chronicles of Ori; Little F; The Wayfinder; My Name Means Fire.
On sale Oct 14.
Members: full reviews available on BookBrowse.
October 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
38 new and notable books this week.
Ten highlights include A Guardian and a Thief; Bog Queen; Chronicles of Ori; Little F; The Wayfinder; My Name Means Fire.
On sale Oct 14.
Members: full reviews available on BookBrowse.
Ten highlights include A Guardian and a Thief; Bog Queen; Chronicles of Ori; Little F; The Wayfinder; My Name Means Fire.
On sale Oct 14.
Members: full reviews available on BookBrowse.
"This book is a fascinating look at Cuban history...a mystery that intertwines different time periods." - Ruth O.
Three women across eras. A rare book ties their lives.
Love, loyalty, and the power of stories.
Three women across eras. A rare book ties their lives.
Love, loyalty, and the power of stories.
October 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"This book is a fascinating look at Cuban history...a mystery that intertwines different time periods." - Ruth O.
Three women across eras. A rare book ties their lives.
Love, loyalty, and the power of stories.
Three women across eras. A rare book ties their lives.
Love, loyalty, and the power of stories.
38 new books out this week.
Spotlight on Hole in the Sky by Daniel H. Wilson, a Cherokee-rooted first-contact thriller praised by Publishers Weekly.
Ten highlighted picks across genres. See the full list on BookBrowse.
Spotlight on Hole in the Sky by Daniel H. Wilson, a Cherokee-rooted first-contact thriller praised by Publishers Weekly.
Ten highlighted picks across genres. See the full list on BookBrowse.
October 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
38 new books out this week.
Spotlight on Hole in the Sky by Daniel H. Wilson, a Cherokee-rooted first-contact thriller praised by Publishers Weekly.
Ten highlighted picks across genres. See the full list on BookBrowse.
Spotlight on Hole in the Sky by Daniel H. Wilson, a Cherokee-rooted first-contact thriller praised by Publishers Weekly.
Ten highlighted picks across genres. See the full list on BookBrowse.
"Religion strongly influences both a family and the entire town," writes Addie E. Citchens in Dominion.
Letitia Asare examines how faith shapes daily life, status, and social power in the American South.
Letitia Asare examines how faith shapes daily life, status, and social power in the American South.
October 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"Religion strongly influences both a family and the entire town," writes Addie E. Citchens in Dominion.
Letitia Asare examines how faith shapes daily life, status, and social power in the American South.
Letitia Asare examines how faith shapes daily life, status, and social power in the American South.
Patricia Lockwood's Will There Ever Be Another You follows a writer experiencing neurological change after Long Covid.
Scattered, brilliant, and full of 'sighghts.'
A striking autofictional meditation on illness and identity.
Scattered, brilliant, and full of 'sighghts.'
A striking autofictional meditation on illness and identity.
October 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Patricia Lockwood's Will There Ever Be Another You follows a writer experiencing neurological change after Long Covid.
Scattered, brilliant, and full of 'sighghts.'
A striking autofictional meditation on illness and identity.
Scattered, brilliant, and full of 'sighghts.'
A striking autofictional meditation on illness and identity.
32 new books this week.
Spotlight: The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes by Chanel Cleeton - a mysterious book that spans decades and ties three women together.
Also notable: Great Disasters, Pick a Color, The Librarians, Make Me a Monster.
What will you read next?
Spotlight: The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes by Chanel Cleeton - a mysterious book that spans decades and ties three women together.
Also notable: Great Disasters, Pick a Color, The Librarians, Make Me a Monster.
What will you read next?
October 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
32 new books this week.
Spotlight: The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes by Chanel Cleeton - a mysterious book that spans decades and ties three women together.
Also notable: Great Disasters, Pick a Color, The Librarians, Make Me a Monster.
What will you read next?
Spotlight: The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes by Chanel Cleeton - a mysterious book that spans decades and ties three women together.
Also notable: Great Disasters, Pick a Color, The Librarians, Make Me a Monster.
What will you read next?