Looking for a new book club read? Kirkus Reviews and Booklist have some recommendations for your next pick! Kirkus Reviews: 20 Best New Reads for Your Book Club THE JFK CONSPIRACY: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy—and Why It Failed by Brad Meltzer & Josh Mensch CUSTODIANS OF WONDER: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the […]
Tag: art history

ANITA DE MONTE LAUGHS LAST is Reese’s March Book Club Pick (3/7/24)
ANITA DE MONTE LAUGHS LAST by Xochitl Gonzalez is Reese’s book club pick for March! In 1985, Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City and her tragic death is the talk of the town. But by 1998 Anita’s name has been all but forgotten—certainly by […]

Voices from the Screen and Stage (2/28/24)
These actors and musicians bring these novels to life on audio–from a famous opera singer and her relationship with a wealthy Greek shipping magnate, to a woman who has spent her career defending others but now must defend herself, to an art history student whose life eerily mirrors that of a deceased artist! DIVA BY […]

Nonfiction Stars
The stars are aligning for these forthcoming nonfiction titles: OF ARMS AND ARTISTS: The American Revolution Through Painters’ Eyes by Paul Staiti — THREE STARS! “This is an impressive, ambitious undertaking, to tell the stories of five painters—Charles Willson Peale, John Singleton Copley, John Trumbull, Benjamin West, and Gilbert Stuart—while simultaneously showing how they were […]

Monet, Madames & the Mitford Sisters
Take a deep dive into the history of Monet, women in WWII Paris, and the Mitford Sisters in these three enthralling nonfiction titles: MAD ENCHANTMENT: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies by Ross King A BEA 2016 “Shout ‘n Share” pick with THREE starred reviews! “Best-selling King consummately meshes biography with art […]

Starred FSG Nonfiction Roundup
Start your weekend right with multi-starred nonfiction from Farrar, Straus & Giroux! THE GIVENNESS OF THINGS by Marilynne Robinson “This probing, provocative collection by Pulitzer winner Robinson argues for the recovery of humanism as a response to the problems of our historical moment. Eloquent, persuasive, and rigorously clear, this collection reveals one of America’s finest […]