Book event: Tilting House - The Worlds Borough Bookshop description

Tonight in Jackson Heights! Ivonne Lamazares will be celebrating the launch of THE TILTING HOUSE at The World's Borough Bookshop! RSVP now!

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12 Must-Read Books of August 2025 - Chicago Review of Books Here are the 12 books you need to read this August.

"Stunning in scale and ensnaring in its lyricism, Byas remains at the top of her game in RESTING BITCH FACE." — @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social

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Happy paperback pub day to REAP THE WHIRLWIND! 🌴

⭐ "Meticulous yet utterly spellbinding." — @ala-booklist.bsky.social

⭐ "A propulsive legal thriller with deep insight into Southern California policing history." — @publisherswkly.bsky.social (starred review)

Wishing a happy Father's Day to all of the fathers and father figures out there! We see you and appreciate you 🫶

✨ COVER ANNOUNCEMENT ✨ We're thrilled to share the the cover of Isabel Colegate's STATUES IN A GARDEN—now available for the first time in the U.S.! Along with two gorgeous repackages of her classics THE SHOOTING PARTY and WINTER JOURNEY, designed by ‪@nlcaputo.bsky.social‬ and Victoria Maxfield.

THE WORDS OF DR. L by the brilliant Karen Bender reviewed in The New Yorker 📚❤️🎉
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Why Are We So Obsessed With Avocados? Why are avocados everywhere? As childhood friends growing up in Carpinteria, California, in the 1970s and ’80s, we saw avocados every day. They were just as much a part of the “Carp” landscape as t…

Ever wonder how the avocado obsession began? And why avocados have somehow become a symbol of all that’s gone wrong in our culture? 🥑 Read the full excerpt from GREEN GOLD via @literaryhub.bsky.social‬ to find out: lithub.com/why-are-we-s...

Happy publication day to Karen E. Bender's THE WORDS OF DR. L! ✨

✨ "Highly original." —Kirkus Reviews (starred ⭐ review)
✨ "Meticulously crafted." — @shelf-awareness.com
✨ "An accomplished collection from a seasoned storyteller." — @publisherswkly.bsky.social

10 books to read in May Promising books for your May reading list include Alison Bechdel's 'Spent,' Ocean Vuong's 'The Emperor of Gladness' and a new Mark Twain biography from Ron Chernow.

Karen E. Bender's THE WORDS OF DR. L is a @latimes.com must-read book of May!

"From families in quarantine during the global pandemic to a kidnapped therapist, her characters combine the familiar with the strange in fresh ways."

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12 Must-Read Books of May 2025 - Chicago Review of Books Well, it certainly showered in April. With any luck, the May flowers are on their way! May is often the start of summertime reading, a time to get outside and enjoy some fresh air and an even fresher…

"If you didn’t already know that Karen Bender was one of our greatest short story writers working today, let THE WORDS OF DR. L make it perfectly clear." — @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social

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See you this weekend at The LA Times Festival of Books! 📚 🎉

Come visit @catapultbooks.bsky.social at Booth #283 💪👋

Early copies of the US edition have arrived and are silky and gorgeous. Out June 2025 in the US from Jack and the brilliant team at Counterpoint…

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A Copy of The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse on the counter at Island Books

New on our shelves The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse by Vinh Nguyen! An unforgettable memoir about Vietnam, family, grief, and a lost father. Highly recommended!
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THE WORDS OF DR. L | Kirkus Reviews A collection of stories that artfully reframe issues including parenting, aging, illness, and life during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Thrilled to share that THE WORDS OF DR. L by @karenebender.bsky.social received a starred ⭐ review from Kirkus! They praise the stories as "highly original" and that they "speak to the challenges of being human in the 21st century."

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Tonight at Book Soup! The Los Angeles launch of SUPERSONIC by Thomas Kohnstamm with @todgoldberg.bsky.social 🎉📚
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Black History Month in Book Reviews In recognition of Black History Month, we have gathered a selection of books by Black authors and about Black lives that were published this February and reviewed in PW.

PW (@publisherswkly.bsky.social) highlighted CODE NOIR in their round-up of books to read during Black History Month!

"[Canisia Lubrin's] gorgeous and innovative style shines on nearly every page. . . It’s a monumental achievement."

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A beautiful event for SNAPSHOTS with @dinahlenney.bsky.social @todgoldberg.bsky.social and so many others!

Excited to see THEORY & PRACTICE highlighted in the current issue of @people.com - now on stands!

They call it a "complex, lyrical story of relationships, feminism, and academic pressure." 💛

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The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse: A Memory of Vietnam by Vinh Nguyen New Quarterly editor Nguyen (Lived Refuge) reflects on his father’s life and his own experiences as a Vietnam War refugee in thi...

Early praise is rolling in for THE MIGRANT RAIN FALLS IN REVERSE! Publishers Weekly calls it "Inventive. . . [Nguyen] nimbly transports readers to a blurry past and immerses them in the biographical ambiguities of life as a refugee."

Local author’s intergenerational novel is a Seattle ‘creation myth’ Local author Thomas Kohnstamm's new book, "Supersonic," is an intergenerational story that takes place in Seattle in the 19th century, the 1970s and the 2010s.

“I don’t want to call it a history of Seattle, I wanted to do more of an updated creation myth for the city.”
— @thomas-kohnstamm.bsky.social on his forthcoming novel SUPERSONIC via @theseattletimes.bsky.social

Only 3 more weeks until SUPERSONIC hits bookstores! Join @thomas-kohnstamm.bsky.social for these upcoming launch events to celebrate 🥳

ATTN Reese Witherspoon: This New Novel Would Make an *Excellent* Book Club Choice ‘I’ll Come to You’ is a new novel by Rebecca Kauffman (‘The Gunners’) about one family over the course of 1995. It’s a beautiful character study that would make for an excellent book club choice.

"I'LL COME TO YOU is a beautiful meditation on family, grief, love and the tiny moments that make up a life." —PureWow

Opinion | What I Saw on Jan. 6 Still Haunts Me Donald Trump is promising to pardon Jan. 6 rioters. But we can’t let him rewrite history.

"Although I left the Capitol Police force, I remain haunted by that day."

@sergeantaqgo.bsky.social , author of AMERICAN SHEILD, shares his experience as a Capitol police officer on January 6th via @nytimes.com.