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It’s 1939. Orland Orcott is a well-known director in Hollywood. (Well-known, but not well-liked.) He has a reputation as quite a womanizer,...

It’s fun to read the books that get lots of hype and publicity, the ones you see everyone else talking about. At the same time, I love stum...

Can I get an “amen”? Deesha Philyaw’s first novel is deliciously gossipy, thought-provoking, steamy, and emotional. Having been an enormous...

“…when you kill someone, it breaks you. It changes you. You’ve shattered the water glass—your soul is something different and new—and the s...

Alice is a recent breast cancer survivor. It’s only been a year, and she’s still very scared of her long-term prognosis. Just before she wa...

I’m never quite sure which I like more: a popcorn thriller I can read quickly, or a thriller with lots of twists, that makes you say or thi...

Tess is getting ready for her second marriage. She’s marrying Warren, an old friend of her family’s. He’s running for the state senate and ...

I’ve been patiently waiting until this book was released earlier in the week. Battling severe FOMO watching so many Bookstagram friends rea...

“When your heart has been blown to pieces, who cares about the precise trajectory of the blast?” Kimberly McCreight has done it again! Sh...

“Is it love if it does more harm than good in the end?” Clarice and her boyfriend have had a rocky one-year relationship. There certainly...

Thanks so much to She Writes Press for an advance copy of this book—it was lots of fun. As I’ve mentioned (lots of times) before, I spent...

Look, I know that thrillers in general are super popular. But a book having twists shouldn’t automatically classify it as a thriller. If th...

“…if there’s one life lesson that has been drilled into me, it’s that you’re never too young—or too old—to be petty.” (Truer words have nev...

Oh, what a fun and thought-provoking book this was! If there’s any justice, this will be adapted for television, because Ms. Mebel is a cha...

This book was wild! I found myself laughing and rolling my eyes (in a good way) at these characters and the trouble they found themselves i...

The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff was my second-favorite book of 2025. Having gotten the chance to read her upcoming book (thanks to Simon ...

“When I was ten years old, I nearly pushed a girl into a gorilla pen at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston, Massachusetts.” That opening sen...

Thanks so much to Doubleday Books and NetGalley for the advance copy of this book I was eagerly anticipating! Sigh. I’m guessing this is ...

It’s 1977 in suburban Rochester, NY. A woman who has scandalized her neighborhood by getting divorced decides to buy her friends a copy of ...

This book was a fascinating and dramatic exploration of a number of issues. While at its core, the book focuses on a local Congressional el...