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36 Exciting New Book Releases for 2024
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36 Exciting New Book Releases for 2024

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Not only are the lists of the year’s best books rolling in‚ so you can add titles to your TBR‚ but it’s time to talk about upcoming books…so you can add titles to your TBR. Your TBR is going to explode! Next year is shaping up to be an incredible year for readers‚ so we’ve got a little preview for you. It wasn’t easy to choose‚ but here are 36 of the most exciting new book releases 2024 has to offer to get you started. These are some of the buzziest books headed to shelves next year. There’s something here for everyone‚ from debut authors to beloved authors to authors who are no longer with us (sounds spooky‚ right??!)! It seems like a dream‚ but the follow-up to My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris is really happening in 2024. There’s a new Tana French mystery on the horizon. Stephen King has a new book coming‚ natch. And the legendary Kelly Link is releasing her debut novel. Truly‚ there’s so much here to get excited about! A note: These are the projected release dates for these books as of this writing. Release dates are subject to change without notice‚ and if that happens‚ we’ll be sad too. Now‚ let’s get down to book business! January 1000 Words: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Creative‚ Focused‚ and Productive All Year Round by Jami Attenberg (S&S/Simon Element‚ January 9)Jami Attenberg has taken her wildly popular online writing movement #1000wordsofsummer‚ and turned it into a book of advice and inspiration for writers. More than 50 writers contributed their wisdom‚ including Carmen Maria Machado‚ Roxane Gay‚ Lauren Groff‚ and Celeste Ng. Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino (Farrar‚ Straus and Giroux‚ January 16) Marie-Helene Bertino‚ author of several books‚ including the delightful novel Parakeet‚ returns with the story of a child born in Philadelphia who senses she is not entirely from Earth. As she grows older‚ she navigates the highs and lows of the human world while also receiving messages from her extraterrestrial family. Your Utopia: Stories by Bora Chung‚ Anton Hur (translator) (Algonquin Books‚ January 30) Bora Chung’s debut collection of stories‚ Cursed Bunny‚ was shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize and the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Literature. This is another fantastic collection‚ translated from Korean‚ that combines big topics such as technology‚ human absurdity‚ and mortality. And she does it in the most amazing ways. Come and Get It by Kiley Reid (G.P. Putnam’s Sons‚ January 30)Kiley Reid burst on the literary scene in 2020 with her debut novel Such a Fun Age. (Okay‚ so it technically came out on the last day of 2019‚ but you get the idea.) In her second novel‚ Reid is dishing up drama about the grand dreams and complicated relationships of a residential assistant at the University of Arkansas. Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—and How You Can‚ Too by Ijeoma Oluo (HarperOne‚ January 30)A new book from The New York Times bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America! Award-winning author Oluo discusses antiracist activism in America and offers advice on how people can affect positive‚ lasting change. February Greta & Valdin by Rebecca Reilly (Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster‚ February 6)And this is one of the most buzzed-about debut novels of the beginning of the year. Two siblings who share a flat have romantic misadventures and meddling family problems as they try to get through life as functioning adults. It’s being billed as for fans of fans of Schitt’s Creek and Sally Rooney’s Normal People. The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden (Del Rey‚ February 13)Katherine Arden‚ author of The Bear and the Nightingale‚ takes two tragedies of the early 20th century and weaves a fantastical‚ heartbreaking story. After the munitions explosion in Halifax‚ Canada‚ kills her parents‚ wounded World War I nurse Laura Iven receives word that her brother has also been killed fighting overseas. Not wanting to let go‚ Laura travels back to Belgium to find out what really happened to him. The Book of Love by Kelly Link (Random House‚ February 13)Holy cats‚ it’s a novel from Kelly Link! Kelly Linnnnnnnnnnk! The Pulitzer-nominated author‚ bookstore owner‚ and chicken wrangler has several collections of stories‚ but this is her first novel. And it’s a doozy! It’s over 600 pages about three teenagers in a small town who are returned from the dead to be used in a magical game of good versus evil. Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story by Leslie Jamison (Little‚ Brown and Company‚ February 20)From the author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes Leslie Jamison’s examination of the end of a marriage: her own. She discusses how we lose ourselves in others‚ her love for her young daughter‚ her own parents’ relationship‚ and what it means to move on from something you didn’t imagine would happen. In Ascension by Martin MacInnes (Grove Press‚ Black Cat‚ February 27)In this Booker Prize-longlisted novel‚ a young microbiologist’s beliefs about science and the world are called into question when a large trench is discovered on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin (One World‚ February 27)Maurice Carlos Ruffin‚ the award-winning author of We Cast a Shadow‚ has written a fantastic work of historical fiction this time around. It’s about Ady‚ a young enslaved woman in the French Quarter of New Orleans‚ who joins a group of spies working to undermine the Confederacy. King Nyx by Kirsten Bakis (Liveright‚ February 27)It has been over two decades since the release of Kirsten Bakis’s debut‚ Lives of the Monster Dogs‚ which has since garnered a cult following. Fans only have to wait a couple more months to get their hands on her new novel‚ a work of historical fiction. It’s set on an ominous island estate‚ with mysterious disappearances and strange happenings‚ where a woman must decide if her life is worth an advancement in her scientist husband’s work. March The Great Divide by Cristina Henríquez (Ecco‚ March 5) From the author of The Book of Unknown Americans comes this ambitious novel about the building of the Panama Canal. At least at least 25‚000 workers died over the 30 years it took to construct the Canal. In The Great Divide‚ Cristina Henríquez imagines the lives of these unknown people‚ from construction workers to doctors to activists. The Hunter by Tana French (Viking‚ March 5)A new Tana French novel is always reason to celebrate! In this follow-up to The Searcher‚ retired Chicago cop Cal Hooper’s attempts at building a quiet life in the Irish countryside are threatened when his girlfriend’s long-lost father returns to town with trouble on his mind. Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange (Knopf‚ February 27) Tommy Orange’s debut novel There‚ There was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and a huge success with readers and critics. He returns to the history of some of the characters in that book‚ following three generations of a family from the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School to the present. Until August by Gabriel García Márquez‚ Anne McLean (translator) (Knopf‚ March 12) Gabriel García Márquez is the late Colombian‚ Nobel Prize-winning author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera. This is his newly rediscovered novel about a happily married woman who travels for one night in August every year to take a new lover. Memory Piece by Lisa Ko (Riverhead Books‚ March 19) And this is the eagerly anticipated new novel from the author of the National Book Award finalist‚ The Leavers! It follows three close friends from their teenage years in the 1980s to their joys and disappointments as young adults to their future lives in the 2040s. There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib (Random House‚ March 26) Hanif Abdurraqib has been reliably releasing amazing nonfiction every year or two now for a decade. He’s the author of such award-nominated books as They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us and A Little Devil in America. His new book is about growing up in Cleveland‚ Ohio‚ around the time of the rise of basketball star LeBron James. It’s a smart‚ thoughtful examination of home‚ role models‚ society‚ fame‚ and more. April The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez (Algonquin Books‚ April 2) This new novel from the legendary author of In the Time of Butterflies is about a writer who decides to literally bury all her unfinished stories in a plot of inherited land. But the words still speak to her‚ even from beyond their grave. The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo (Flatiron Books‚ April 9)Leigh Bardugo is the NYT bestselling author of the Grishaverse young adult series‚ which includes Shadow and Bone and the Ninth House series for adults. This is one of 2024’s most anticipated books‚ a new historical fantasy for adults set during the Spanish Golden Age A Better World by Sarah Langan (Atria Books‚ April 9)From the author of the excellent‚ anxiety-inducing novel Good Neighbors comes an even more delightfully horrifying story of family‚ classism‚ social niceties‚ and secrets. When Linda and her family gain entry into an ultra-exclusive neighborhood that will shield them from the dying rest of the world‚ it feels like their dreams have come true. But be careful what you wish for. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Vol. 2 by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics‚ April 9) ALL THE HEART EYES. This is definitely one of the most anticipated books of the year…if not the decade. Since the release of the first volume of this incredible adult graphic novel several years ago‚ about a young child detective who feels like a monster‚ readers have been clamoring for the second part. And it’s finally happening! Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie (Random House‚ April 16) The legendary author Salman Rushdie has written an account of being attacked while at a reading in August of 2022‚ more than three decades after Ayatollah Khomeini called for his assassination upon the publication of The Satanic Verses. Rushdie was severely injured in the attack and is expected to testify at his attacker’s trial in January. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom‚ April 23) When young‚ deadly assassin Eveen the Eviscerator is assigned a new job‚ it seems straightforward. But there’s a complication she never could have expected‚ and when the whole job goes sideways‚ she finds herself on the run from the very people who hired her. This has Liberty’s early vote for her favorite book of the year! (Note: there are no dead cats in this book. It’s just a name.) The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan (Knopf‚ April 23) The amazing Amy Tan is probably best known for her novels‚ such as The Joy Luck Club and The Bonesetter’s Daughter. In this new book‚ she chronicles her new-found love of birdwatching‚ which started at the beginning of the pandemic‚ and shares some of the amazing illustrations she made of the birds she saw. May Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzru (Knopf‚ May 14) From the award-nominated author of White Tears and Red Pill comes a new novel about an undocumented artist during the pandemic who encounters an old flame. Jay’s circumstances are not what he imagined they’d be two decades ago when he was with Alice‚ and he hopes she doesn’t recognize him behind his mask while they’re in quarantine. You Like It Darker: Stories by Stephen King (Scribner‚ May 21)Stephen King needs no introduction: he’s one of the best-selling authors of all time. He has a new collection of twelve tales of terror releasing this spring‚ his first story collection in some time‚ many of which have never before been published. Exhibit by R. O. Kwon (Riverhead Books‚ May 21) R. O. Kwon‚ the author of the bestselling novel The Incendiaries‚ is back! At a fancy party‚ a young photographer who seems to have it all finds herself drawn to a stranger. When she breaks a familial promise by telling the alluring stranger about a family curse‚ she then starts to wonder as the days go by if the curse is now coming true. June Fire Exit by Morgan Talty (Tin House Books‚ June 4) Morgan Talty’s debut collection of stories‚ Night of the Living Rez‚ garnered more accolades and awards than most of the other books released this century. Seriously! So readers are SO excited for his debut novel‚ about a man with a secret and an addiction who is trying to hold on to his family and his life. Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe (William Morrow‚ June 11)The cover for the new Rufi Thorpe hasn’t even been shared yet‚ but it has already been announced that the book is being made into a film with Nicole Kidman and Elle and Dakota Fanning producing! It’s about a young woman who is trying to figure out her life while in college when she becomes pregnant‚ and her financial troubles snowball from there. The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei (Flatiron Books‚ June 11) Yume Kitasei’s fantastic debut sci-fi mystery‚ The Deep Sky‚ was a Book Riot favorite. Now she’s back with another thrilling sci-fi adventure‚ this one about the galaxy’s best art thief and one last job to help save an alien civilization. Bear by Julia Phillips (Hogarth‚ June 25)Julia Phillips is the author of the bestselling novel Disappearing Earth‚ which was a finalist for the National Book Award. This exciting new book is about two sisters on a Pacific Northwest island and a mysterious visitor in the woods. July This Great Hemisphere by Mateo Askaripour (Dutton‚ July 9) Mateo Askaripour grabbed everyone’s attention with his first novel‚ Black Buck. His new novel is a speculative story about a young woman who is searching for her brother‚ who is the main suspect in a murder case. The problem: she thought he was dead. I Was A Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones (S&S/Saga Press‚ July 16) Stephen Graham Jones has fast become one the the best‚ most beloved horror writers of our time. Hot on the heels of the conclusion of his Indian Lake Trilogy in March comes a new novel about a teenager in Texas in the 1980s who is cursed to become a killer. August Hum by Helen Phillips (S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books‚ August 6)In this incisive look at humans and the future of artificial intelligence‚ a woman desperate to support her family after losing her job to AI agrees to an experiment that alters her face to make it unrecognizable to surveillance technology. It’s sure to be another stunner from Helen Phillips‚ the author of the National Book Award longlisted novel The Need. The Palace of Eros by Caro De Robertis (Atria Books‚ August 13)From the bestselling author of The President and the Frog and Cantoras comes a new queer‚ feminist retelling of the Greek myth of Psyche and Eros. When Psyche’s father decides to get rid of her to appease Aphrodite‚ she is somehow spared from the monsters. Instead‚ she is discovered by Eros‚ who falls in love with her. And against the wishes of the gods‚ they continue their relationship. If you need even more new book news‚ you can keep up with new releases in all genres by signing up for Book Riot’s newsletters‚ and by tuning in each week to our podcast about new releases‚ All the Books!

How To Build Seasonal Rereading Rituals
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How To Build Seasonal Rereading Rituals

In early December every year‚ I listen to Circe by Madeline Miller. This ritual evolved organically‚ like so many rituals do. I read the book in print when it came out in 2018‚ and I loved it so much that I read it again on audio that fall. Then‚ the following year‚ I listened to it again — again‚ in the late fall‚ though I didn’t think much of it at the time. I’ve listened to it every December since then‚ at first because I found myself craving it‚ always at the beginning of winter (or‚ as I like to call it‚ the Season of Light)‚ and later because it had become a vital part of my year. This year’s reread is my sixth. There are dozens of reasons I love reading Circe at the same time every year. It’s a novel about becoming — the work and mess and care it takes to become yourself. Winter‚ for me‚ is also a season of becoming. It’s a time of settling in and taking stock‚ of deep reflection and contemplation. So much of becoming begins‚ for me‚ in the quiet stillness of winter. I am not religious‚ but December is my most sacred month. Circe is not my favorite novel‚ but it is one of my most sacred ones. The book and the season go together in weird and mysterious ways I can’t necessarily explain. It’s deeply personal. This rereading ritual is tied up in everything I love about the bare trees and the coming snow‚ the Season of Light‚ and the shortening days. It has to do with how I‚ specifically‚ move through the world. It has to do with what Circe means to me — the spells it ignites‚ the magic its words spark inside me. Though I’ve always been a rereader‚ the power of this annual reread has surprised me. It’s not just something that I look forward to every year. It’s something that grounds and energizes me. Circe is how I welcome winter. It has become a seasonal marker‚ a way to honor and celebrate change. It’s enjoyable (I truly love this book more than I can say)‚ but it’s also an anchor. Every year‚ the book hits me differently. Every year‚ the book is familiar. Sometimes‚ December rolls around‚ and I feel mostly in control of my little life. Sometimes December rolls around‚ and I’m in the midst of personal turmoil‚ unmoored and lost. The world we live in is so fraught‚ so heartbreaking‚ so exhausting. Rereading Circe in the first week of December is a welcome constant — but a constant that is never the same. My annual reread of Circe has become such a treasured part of my reading life that I’ve begun thinking about seasonal rereading rituals more broadly. What would it feel like to have a book like Circe for every season — a book to welcome spring‚ summer‚ and fall? How might seasonal rereads enrich my life in other ways? I’ve started to imagine a whole year of rereads‚ a collection of beloved words to guide me through the year. I know these sorts of rituals take time to build. There are only so many books I want to reread every year — indefinitely. But there are so many rich rewards in this kind of deliberate‚ cyclical rereading. I’d like to slowly build up my calendar of rereads‚ adding new seasonal rituals each year. In 2021‚ I read Vivek Shraya’s wonderful ode to change and transformation‚ People Change‚ on January 1st. It’s a short book — about 100 pages — and easy to read in a day. It was the perfect way to start the new year. In it‚ Shraya addresses why we are so often afraid of change and offers new ways to think about both change itself and the versions of ourselves we leave behind in the process of changing. I didn’t reread it this year‚ but I’ve been thinking about it. I’m planning to reread it on January 24th‚ 2024‚ to see how it feels. This‚ I’ve learned‚ is often how ritual-building goes: you think about something‚ you try it out‚ you see how it goes. Sometimes it sticks. If it doesn’t — you can let it go. I’m imagining a bookish year in which I welcome spring with Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer and summer with Cantoras by Caro De Robertis and get myself through the toughest month (for me‚ July) with Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights. I’m imagining starting The Sealey Challenge every August with The Trees Witness Everything by Victoria Chang. I’m imagining what it might feel like to read Edinburgh by Alexander Chee every November. I know that not all of these imagined rereads of beloved books will stick. I may decide to read People Change on the first of January every year and find‚ three years later‚ that the ritual no longer serves me. I’m not interested in creating a schedule of prescribed rereads that I force myself to adhere to. I’m interested in listening deeply to seasonal shifts — in my body and in the world around me — and matching those shifts with books. I haven’t gotten tired of rereading Circe yet‚ and I doubt I ever will‚ but if I do‚ I’ll gently lay that ritual down and find a new one. The true beauty and power of seasonal rereading rituals is in the way they connect me to my life and the lives of my human and nonhuman kin — past‚ present‚ and future.

Best Bookish Calendars for 2024
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Best Bookish Calendars for 2024

Hard to believe we’re almost halfway through the Roaring Diseased Confusing Twenties‚ but we are. It’s about to be 2024‚ and maybe time feels like it’s passing too quickly‚ given the speed and volume of information we get every day. A calendar can be a grounding force: the physical reminder of our days passing. At the end of the year‚ you can look back on your calendar and see everything you managed to write down in it. If you’re looking for inspiration or a fresh start to each day‚ week‚ or month‚ you can peruse 2024 bookish calendars. Refreshing a calendar to a new month is a great reminder that it’s an opportunity for a new start. Instead of putting so much pressure on January to be the beginning of every new hobby I want to try or change I want to make‚ I use a monthly calendar for a monthly goal. Whether that’s cooking more or writing every morning‚ I try to see each month as an opportunity to explore as opposed to putting pressure on the year to be transformative. And if I accomplish relatively little in the month‚ at least I’m still here‚ and the next month is an opportunity to try something new. For book lovers‚ every month is a new story‚ and we can get inspired by the chosen imagery for the coming weeks. Find your best bookish calendar focused on reading‚ specific books‚ and more. Book-specific calendars The Illuminated Rumi 2024 Wall Calendar If you’re a fan of Rumi’s poetry‚ you’ll also love the artwork in this calendar that illustrates his famous words. $16 Tolkien Calendar 2024 The world of J.R.R. Tolkien is once again ready to explore in 2024‚ this year‚ with stunning art inspired by The Fall of Númenor. $13 All Creatures Great and Small Wall Calendar 2024 Experience the Yorkshire countryside from James Heriot’s classic novel‚ as depicted in the Masterpiece PBS series. $16 1‚000 Places to See Before You Die Picture-A-Day Wall Calendar 2024: A Traveler’s Calendar With pictures from Patricia Schultz’s iconic travel book‚ get inspiration for your wanderlust all year. $16 Heartstopper 16-Month 2023-2024 Wall Calendar with Bonus Poster and Love Notes Celebrate what love is made of with your favorite Heartstopper characters from the television show based on the comic by Alice Oseman. $19 Bookish Art Calendars Heirs Wall Calendar 2024 Kahran and Regis Bethencourt take stunning portraits of Black children in science fiction and fantasy scenes to show their belief in their power as future successful leaders. $16 Book Lover’s Wall Calendar 2024 Get inspiration for reading with beautiful artwork about the pleasure of a good book. $16 The World of John Derian Wall Calendar 2024: Color Studies Understand the way John Derian works with color with a new swatch or wheel every month. $16 The World of Nathalie Lété Wall Calendar 2024: An Elegant‚ Artful Year Get a monthly dose of Nathalie Lété’s fairytale artwork and intricately drawn animals. $16 Animal and Cartoon Calendars Cats & Books 2024 Wall Calendar Curled up with your furry friend always makes reading better. $16 Liz Climo 2024 Daily Calendar Based on The Little World of Liz Climo‚ this calendar will give you a daily dose of funny animal puns with Climo’s signature style. $16 Cartoons from The New Yorker 2024 Wall Calendar You can relive the funniest cartoons from The New Yorker at the beginning of every month. $16 Peanuts 2024 Wall Calendar Enjoy the best of the Peanuts comics throughout the year. $16 Pusheen 2024 Wall Calendar Pusheen provides some much-needed cuteness to every month of the year with artwork from Pusheen’s various books. $17 Richard Scarry Big Busy Family 2024 Wall Calendar: Track Every Family Member’s Daily Activities Perfect for a big‚ busy family‚ this Ricard Scarry calendar integrates his famous characters with practical space for keeping track of family activities. $17 More Fun for Book Lovers Shakespearean Insults 2024 Day-to-Day Calendar Start the day with a complaint or an insult—it’s healthy to get it out of your system. $16 Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Wall Calendar: 50th Anniversary Edition Calling all fantasy nerds who will definitely love this wall calendar: it celebrates the 50 years of Dungeons & Dragons with artwork to remind you of some of your favorite battles and quests. $16 Thoughtful and Spiritual Calendars Now and Zen 2024 Wall Calendar: Contemporary Japanese Prints by Ray Morimura Spend the year with Ray Morimura’s meditative woodblock artwork of landscapes in Japan. $16 Empower 2024 Wall Calendar Each month in this calendar includes a different portrait of a strong woman from Carol Muthiga-Oyekunle. $16 Meditation 2024 Wall Calendar If you’re looking to enhance your meditation practice in the new year‚ this calendar can help with various meditative images and quotes. $16 Whichever calendar you get to adorn your walls‚ I hope it brings you some small measure of joy in 2024. I think we all need a dose of it. - Julia Rittenberg

The History of [Thing] in [Number] Things: 2023 Microhistories
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The History of [Thing] in [Number] Things: 2023 Microhistories

For a reading dilettante like me‚ one kind of book catches my attention faster than any other. I need to know nothing about the author‚ subject‚ or publisher. If you put out a book with a titling scheme even close to “a history of [thing] in [x] things” I will consider reading your book. It offers me the range of an encyclopedia but also the depth of expertise. It offers the reading cadence of a collection of short stories or essays‚ with a more sustained engagement of a history. I don’t really have to follow an underlying argument of overarching narrative: each entry tends to have a beginning‚ middle‚ and end. And then on to the next. This buffet-like quality leads me to try things I generally wouldn’t consider; after all‚ it is more a sampling than a smorgasbord‚ and more times than not‚ I end up serving myself much more than I would have thought. The below represents my conscientious collecting of these kinds of books that came out in 2023. I have read many of them‚ plan to read several more‚ and would love to have time to get to all of them. A note: there are not as many books in this genre/format/conceit/premise from authors of color as we deserve. If you know of one that I missed‚ please do let me know at firstedition [at] bookriot.com. In no particular order: Nuts & Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way by Roma AgrawalI am in the middle of this one‚ and in many ways‚ it is as close to the platonic ideal of what I want as any like this I have read. The author is expert writing at just the pitch I like: aware that I probably am not technical‚ but also giving me just enough credit that I don’t feel patronized. Also‚ the more mundane for me‚ the better. Everything can be interesting‚ and suddenly‚ finding something like lugnuts newly wondrous is a real reading gift. Egg: A Dozen Ovatures by Lizzie StarkThe other move you can make is to ever so slightly put your tongue in your cheek. It is a subtle line; I don’t want to feel like it is totally a gag. But if you can mix in an awareness that an effort like a book of essays on eggs could be‚ but you succeed in avoiding making it‚ precious‚ then all the better. Let me in on the yoke‚ as it were. Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age‚ in Five Extraordinary Hacks by Scott J. ShapiroI generally don’t dive into books about current events‚ politics‚ or cultural trends: to my mind‚ long-form magazine journalism tends to hit the sweet spot between timeliness and depth more frequently. But if you can show me the underbelly of hacking and information by hanging the trenchcoat on five specific stories? You can have my username and password right now. Cultures & Flavors – Around the World in 193 Dishes: Recipes and Facts for all Countries in the World by Vera SaudadeThe History in [X Objects] also sugarcoats another pill I generally can’t get myself to take: cookbooks. I am‚ let’s say‚ an indifferent cook‚ but recipes/travel writing can sometimes work. Add in facts? Now we are on our way to me earnestly being interested in varieties of hummus. That I will never‚ ever‚ ever make. A History of the World in Ten Dinners by Victoria Flexner and Jay ReifelBut wait‚ what if you also added eating! My knife and fork are now out and ready. Click here to continue reading this free article via our subscription publication‚ The Deep Dive! Weekly staff-written articles are available free of charge‚ or you can sign up for a paid subscription to get additional content and access to community features.

Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for December 11‚ 2023
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for December 11‚ 2023

Today’s Featured Book Deals $2.99 The Hunger by Alma Katsu Get This Deal $1.99 The Feather Thief by Kirk W. Johnson Get This Deal $2.99 After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez Get This Deal $1.99 Dial A For Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto Get This Deal $1.99 The Turnout by Megan Abbott Get This Deal $1.99 The Feeling of Falling In Love by Mason Deaver Get This Deal $1.99 A History of Bees by Maja Lunde Get This Deal $1.99 Set On You by Amy Lea Get This Deal In Case You Missed Yesterday’s Most Popular Book Deals $4.99 Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow Get This Deal $1.99 The House on Vesper Sands by Paraic O’Donnell Get This Deal $3.99 Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore Get This Deal $1.99 The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates Get This Deal Previous Daily Deals $2.99 If It Bleeds by Stephen King Get This Deal $1.99 Shield Maiden by Sharon Emmerichs Get This Deal $1.99 The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton Get This Deal $1.99 The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse Get This Deal