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This season's noteworthy titles explore the continued rise of Christian nationalism, as well as more evergreen topics, including the nuances of karma, the history of the Bible, and the benefits [...]

ABRAMS It's Hard to Be a Baby by Cheryl B. Klein, illus. by Juana Medina (Oct. 8, $18.99, ISBN 978-1-4197-6733-3), celebrates the challenges, changes, and cheers that come with being [...]

This season's crop includes new books from bestseller list mainstays, inquiries into the limits of AI, and explorations of animal communication. TOP 10 AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can [...]

America's rightward drift, reproductive healthcare in a post-Roe world, and players behind the January 6 Capitol attack feature in this fall's noteworthy titles. TOP 10 Blessings and Disasters: A Story [...]

Fall's offerings reimagine parenting styles, navigate the challenges of the American healthcare system, and advise on forging connections at a time of increasing isolation. TOP 10 Blind Spots: When Medicine [...]

Fall's notable books focus on Black activism, Indigenous resistance, the Iranian hostage crisis, professors who became spies, and race and the Supreme Court. TOP 10 Black in Blues: How a [...]

This season, celebrities venture into the kitchen, baked goods get their due, and the rich and varied flavors of the South shine. TOP 10 Bayou: Feasting Through the Seasons of [...]

This season's notable titles document pop culture innovations, take the measure of towering architects including I.M. Pei, and bring a fresh eye to canonical figures like Albrecht Durer. TOP 10 [...]

Fiction Anna Bright Is Hiding Something Susie Orman Schnall. Sparkpress. $17.95 paper (344p), ISBN 978-1-68463-252-7; $9.49 e-book, ISBN 978-1-68463-253-4 Amazon Multibillion-dollar tech CEO Anna Bright has kept her fraud a [...]

MYSTERY/THRILLER The Poison Dart: A Debbie Bradley Mystery Geri L. Dreiling 314p, e-book, $3.99, ISBN 978-1-7350303-2-6 Dreiling plunges readers into the heartland fentanyl epidemic in the gripping second installment of [...]

FICTION When the Tamarind Tree Blooms Elaine Russell | Belles Histoires 398p, e-book, $4.99, ISBN 978-1-7324994-9-2 Russell (author of Across the Mekong River) gracefully captures the fraught atmosphere of 1931 [...]

Booksellers, publishers, librarians, and agents are encouraged to look at the 66 selfpublished titles below. Each appears with a list of retailers that are selling the book and a description [...]

COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS [??] EDITOR'S PICK Black Justice: The Awakening David Washington | Washington Comix 108p, trade paper, $21.99, ISBN 979-8-218-18350-9 This rousing superhero debut and origin story boasts [...]

MYSTERY/THRILLER [??] EDITOR PICK. Fatal Harvest: A Hunter and Tate Mystery Brenda Chapman | Ivy Bay Press 332p, e-book, $6.99, ISBN 978-0-9784284-9-5 Chapman's gripping, emotionally resonant third Hunter and Tate [...]

FICTION Marriage and Hanging Genevieve Morrissey 290p, e-book, $3.99, ISBN 978-1-7351096-9-5 Inspired by a notorious real 19th century case, Morrissey (author of the Antlands science-fiction series) delivers an engrossing murder [...]

MEMOIR EDITION'S PICK Unbroken Optimist Kofi Douhadji | FlyingWings 175p, e-book,$14.99, ISBN 978-1-7376243-2-5 This heartening memoir tells us what diligence and optimism can achieve in the face of seemingly insurmountable [...]

HERE IN THE NORTHEAST, IT FEELS LIKE IT started raining in January and never stopped--which is another way of saying summer can't come soon enough. While we wait for the [...]

MEMOIR EDITION'S PICK And Always One More Time: A Memoir Margaret Mande 11 | Atmosphere Press 146p, e-book, $16.99, ISBN 979-8-89132-149-6 Mandell stuns with a riveting debut memoir chronicling her [...]

FICTION EDITION'S PICK Lack of Moral Fibre Helena P. Schrader | Cross Seas Press 72kp,e-book, $1.99, IASIN B09HJ97DT2 In her Bridge to Tomorrow series, novelist and World War II historian [...]

In this edition of our monthly thematic roundup of BookLife titles, we feature romance and relationship-focused books. Want to see your book featured? Check out the Indie Spotlight calendar at [...]

MYSTERY/THRILLER [??] EDITOR'S PICK The Delusion T.O. Paine | Dark Swallow Books 426p, e-book, $3.99,ASIN 80CNY7MPC9 Paine (The Abduction) spins a first-rate thriller that serves as an incisive metaphor for [...]

BookLife Reviews are paid reviews of independently published books. A lightning bolt ([??]) indicates an Editor's Pick, a book of outstanding quality. COMICS/GRAPHIC NOVELS EDITOR'S PICK Naked: The Confessions of [...]

BookLife Reviews are paid reviews of independently published books. A lightning bolt ([??]) indicates an Editor's Pick, a book of outstanding quality. POETRY [??] EDITOR'S PICK Skies of Blur Elijah [...]

This season's slate of notable debut fiction draws on Native American and Igbo lore; Chinese numerology; class divisions in London, Rio de Janeiro, and Berkeley, Calif.; familial strife; and reparations. [...]

SLICE OF LIFE Caitlin Rozakis's fantasy debut, Dreadful, 'opens on a bewildered amnesiac waking up 'with no eyebrows and no idea how he'd gotten into such a position,'' according to [...]

FICTION [??] EDITOR'S PICK The Pallbearers of Thanksgiving Milo Savich | Unwritten History, Inc. 92p, trade paper, $14.95, ISBN 978-1-7374709-3-9 'Dey're actin' like dey can get away wid anything,' a [...]

POETRY [??] EDITOR'S PICK May We Learn from the Earth: Nature Poems and Reflections on the Environment Robert J. Tiess 280p, trade paper, $14.99, ISBN 979 8-986-17954-4 Tiess's second collection [...]

Booksellers, publishers, librarians, and agents are encouraged to look at the 66 self-published titles below. Each appears with a list of retailers that are selling the book and a description [...]

BookLife Reviews are paid reviews of independently published books. A lightning bolt ([??]) indicates an Editor's Pick, a book of outstanding quality. MEMOIR EDITOR'S PICK The Work: A Jigsaw Memoir [...]

BookLife Reviews are paid reviews of independently published books. Each review contains the honest opinion of a professional Publishers Weekly reviewer. A lightning bolt [??] indicates an Editor's Pick, a [...]

ROMANCE [??]EDITOR'S PICK The Christinas Letters Jenny Hale | Harpeth Road Press 264p, trade paper, $12.99, ASIN B0B9T4YTR2 Hale (The Summer House) delivers a warmhearted Christmas romance in this upbeat [...]

Fall brings books on secret crime rings, how the internet shapes reality, the gray area between business and politics, the aftereffects of murder, skyrocketing housing costs, and racism in education. [...]

This fall's offerings tackle perfectionism and anxiety, reimagine self-care in the workplace, and encourage readers to connect with their spiritual sides. TOP 10 Feral Self-Care: 100 Ways to Liberate and [...]

Historical perspectives on wealth inequality, programs for pursuing social justice in the marketplace, and tales of tech bros behaving badly headline this season's business titles. TOP 10 The Alternative: How [...]

Of note this fall: deep dives into storied American lineages, reckonings with racist forebears, reconsiderations of the Roman empire, and biographies of both prominent and obscure African Americans of the [...]

BookLife Reviews are paid reviews of independently published books. A lightning bolt [??] indicates an Editor's Pick, a book of outstanding quality. FICTION [??] EDITOR'S PICK Jean Ross Justice: On [...]

Booksellers, publishers, librarians, and agents are encouraged to look at the 91 selfpublished titles below. Each appears with a list of retailers that are selling the book and a description [...]

CHILDREN'S BOOKS I Saved the World and I'm Only in 4th Grade Hiroshi Sosa-Nakata ISBN 978-1 -73323-690-4 Author statement: 'This book contains an epic adventure that places three fourth graders [...]

BookLife Reviews are paid reviews of independently published books. A lightning bolt ([??]) indicates an Editor's Pick, a book of outstanding quality. SF/FANTASY/HORROR [??]EDITORS PICK The Way of Unity Sarah [...]

The only mention of the pandemic in this little intro is in this sentence, and it's only in service of saying, well, let's not. Travel is back big time, and [...]

BookLife Reviews are paid reviews of independently published books. Each review contains the honest opinion of a professional Publishers Weekly reviewer. A lightning bolt ([??]) indicates an Editor's Pick, a [...]

BookLife Reviews are paid reviews of independently published books. Each review contains the honest opinion of a professional Publishers Weekly reviewer. A lightning bolt([??]) indicates an Editor's Pick, a book [...]

BookLife Reviews are paid reviews of independently published books. Each review contains the honest opinion of a professional Publishers Weekly reviewer. A lightning bolt ([??]) indicates an Editor's Pick, a [...]

ABBEVILLE Stars of Major League Baseball by Craig Calcaterra (Mar. 28, $15.95, ISBN 978-0-7892-1459-1) compiles profiles of 28 current players, action photos, and key stats. Ages 8-12. ABLAZE Family Time [...]

BookLife Reviews are paid reviews of independently published books. Each review contains the honest opinion of a professional Publishers Weekly reviewer. A lightning bolt (*) indicates an Editor's Pick, a [...]

BookLife Reviews are paid reviews of independently published books. Each review contains the honest opinion of a professional Publishers Weekly reviewer. A lightning bolt([??]) indicates an Editor's Pick, a book [...]

BookLife Reviews are paid reviews of independently published books. Each review contains the honest opinion of a professional Publishers Weekly reviewer. A lightning bolt ([??]) indicates an Editor's Pick, a [...]

Booksellers, publishers, librarians, and agents are encouraged to look at the 90 self-published titles below. Each appears with a list of retailers that are selling the book and a description [...]

BookLife Reviews are paid reviews of independently published books. Each review contains the honest opinion of a professional Publishers Weekly reviewer. A lightning bolt([??]) indicates an Editor's Pick, a book [...]

MEMOIR EDITOR'S PICK The Queen of Gay Street Esther Mollica | Idee Fixe Books 200p, e-book, $3.99, ISBN 979-8-986-95810-1 Mollica's (iFeel Love: Notes on Queer Joy) memoir is a raunchy, [...]