Looking for a new memoir to sit down with? We’ve got plenty to recommend today! DREAMING OF HOME: A Young Latina’s Journey to Pride, Power, and Belonging BY CRISTINA JIMÉNEZ 9781250275660 | 4/29/25 Cristina Jiménez’s family fights to stay afloat as Ecuador falls into a political and economic crisis. When she is thirteen, her parents […]
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Hopeful Stories Staff Picks (7/29/24)
This month, we’re sharing books that restore our faith in the world and fill us with hope! AMANDA’S PICK: THE CHRISTMAS INN BY PAMELA M. KELLEY When Riley Sanders goes to Cape Cod to help her mother run the inn for the Christmas rush, she finds not only delicious cookies and a crackling fire, but […]

New Edelweiss E-galleys (6/5/2024)
THE GREAT DATING FAKE OFF by Livy Hart9781649376510| 8/6/24 Nora D’Amato would do almost anything for her best friend. Pretend she’s smitten with him to get his overly invested Italian family off his back? Absolutely. Attend a wedding for said overbearing family? Bring it. Spend the next six days at a posh resort watching the bride and […]

Starred Review Roundup (3/13/2024)
Stars all around! These titles all received multiple starred reviews: GLORIOUS EXPLOITS by Ferdia Lennon9781250893697 | 3/26/24 “Lennon’s debut is a wonderfully odd, riotously funny story of two poetry-loving potters in 412 BCE. This superb novel builds to a page-turning crescendo that evokes the great tragedy the men stage.”—Booklist, starred review […]

Memoir Roundup 12/12/2023
We’re starting this week with two cross-cultural memoirs that highlight the nuances of generational traumas and triumphs across borders; from storied pasts in Vietnam and Shanghai, to uncertain futures in the United States, these eclectic and diverse reflections are full of life, love, and lessons. THE MANICURIST’S DAUGHTER: A MEMOIR BY SUSAN LIEU Available for […]

New Edelweiss E-galleys (11/29/2023)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: SMALL ACTS OF COURAGE: A Legacy of Endurance and the Fight for Democracy by Ali Velshi9781250288851 | 5/7/24 Small acts of courage matter. Sometimes, they change the world. Our history books are filled with the […]

Kirkus Best Books of 2023
Announcing the Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2023! FICTION MYSTERY AND THRILLER NIGHT WILL FIND YOU by Julia Heaberlin REYKJAVÍK by Ragnar Jónasson and Katrín Jakobsdóttir BOOK CLUB BIRNAM WOOD by Eleanor Catton SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY THE DEEP SKY by Yume Kitasei A DAY OF FALLEN NIGHT: A ROOTS OF CHAOS NOVEL by Samantha […]

PW Best Books of 2023
Announcing the Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2023! TOP 10 BIOGRAPHY OF X by Catherine Lacey FLEE NORTH: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery’s Borderland by Scott Shane ORDINARY NOTES by Christina Sharpe THE TALK by Darrin Bell FICTION AUGUST BLUE by Deborah Levy BEYOND THE DOOR OF NO RETURN by David […]

New Edelweiss E-galleys (10/26/2023)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: DAUGHTER OF CALAMITY by Rosalie M. Lin9781250287380 | 6/18/2024 Jingwen spends her nights as a showgirl at the Paramount, one of the most lavish clubs in Shanghai, competing ruthlessly to charm wealthy patrons. To cap […]

New Edelweiss E-galleys (10/10/23)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: EVERY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE by Natalie Jenner9781250285188 | 5/14/2024 The bestselling author of THE JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY and BLOOMSBURY GIRLS returns with a brilliant novel of love and art, of grief and memory, of confronting […]