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8 Memoirs About Losing a Mother in Childhood
These women explore the ripple effects of early mother loss on all stages of life
Mar 20 - Jacque Gorelick
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7 Books in Which Obsession Is the Plot
For these women, to be obsessed is to be the center of one’s story
May 22 - Emily Haworth-Booth
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The Gothic Is a Gateway to Literature’s Most Enduring Themes
The best books in the genre are haunted by the unbearable truth at the heart of empires
May 21 - Kyle McCarthy
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7 Books About Queer and Trans Lives on the Prairies
These are stories of hiding, surviving, and loving in the harsh flatlands of central Canada
May 19 - Sam K MacKinnon
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12 Books About Losing Perspective in Los Angeles
The LA novel understands that it’s selling the American Dream, only bigger
May 15 - Luke B. Goebel
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For These Poets, Feral Girl Summer Is an Eternal State of Mind
These poetry collections refuse to be palatable or cave to curated perfection
May 12 - Maria Giesbrecht
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7 Books About Women Migrant Workers
These stories attend to the realities of labor and trace the intersections of gender, economics, and migration
May 8 - Chanel Sutherland
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8 Thought-Provoking Books About Reality TV
For these authors, reality TV is a genre full of rich texts that reflect our contemporary social and economic structure
May 7 - Ilana Masad & Stevie K. Seibert Desjarlais
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7 Novels About Dysfunctional (But Charming) Families
These family portraits are full of chaos and sometimes sadness, but also deep love
May 5 - Jessika Bouvier
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7 Books That Use Family Archives to Break Generational Silence
Boxed up photographs, wartime poetry, comic strips, and more tell stories that families couldn't speak
May 4 - Tamiko Nimura
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Predicting the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (and How to Watch It Live!)
The contenders we have our eyes on for America's most desired literary prize
May 1 - Bradley Sides
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8 Quintessentially Québécois Novels Set in Montreal
These English and Francophone writers capture the diversity and cultural wealth of Québec’s storied metropolis
Apr 29 - Jake Pitre
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7 Books About the Messy Politics of Indian Meals
Between stories of vengeful women and interdining, food becomes both life-affirming and life-destroying
Apr 27 - Asfiyah Qadri
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