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My picks for books you might want to check out now.

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'The Secret Place' by Tana French

More of what I've come to expect from Tana French--flawless character development, tight plotting, a keen sense of place and an...

'Nightcrawling' by Leila Mottley

This book was so difficult to finish. Not because the writing wasn't beautiful (it was), or the plot wasn't fast-paced enough (it was),...

'Post-Traumatic' by Chantal V. Johnson

Oh, Vivian. The main character in this book reminds me of the friend we all have---the one who is high-functioning and scarily smart, but...

'Nobody's Magic' by Destiny O. Birdsong

I'm really excited about this author. As someone who is not a big consumer of poetry, I wasn't aware of her previous work, but as a debut...

'Exciting Times' by Naoise Dolan

Ava is twentysomething and Irish, two characteristics that loom large in her self-image. For reasons not altogether clear, but vaguely...

'Open Water' by Caleb Azumah Nelson

I don't know if I've always liked the name 'Caleb' or whether I've just developed a crush on this author for his lyrical, incredibly...

'O Beautiful' by Jung Yun

Former model, current struggling freelance writer Elinor is surprised at her good fortune when her former writing professor (and former...

'The Worst Kind of Want' Liska Jacobs

Priscilla "Cilla" Messing was born into a well-known Hollywood family, but her life is now very different than it used to be. Her father...

'Acts of Desperation' by Megan Nolan

Have you ever been in a truly toxic relationship? The kind where you compromise yourself and do things you hoped you would never do?...

'My Monticello' by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

If you're Black and know the story of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson, you've probably wondered about that episode in history, and...

'The Vanishing Half' by Brit Bennett

In The Vanishing Half, Mallard, Louisiana is a town where the people are "Negroes" and yet look as white as the white people who both...

'Memorial' by Bryan Washington

What a beautiful book. Bryan Washington is one of those authors who manage to convey emotion with and between words, and in a way that...

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