EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS
  | Kazuo IshiguroAn elderly couple eludes ogres, dragons, and peculiar memory loss on a journey through medieval Britain in The Buried Giant, new from the author of Never Let Me Go. More |
  | Erik LarsonThe narrative nonfiction master mixes political intrigue and personal tragedy in Dead Wake, an account of the shocking 1915 sinking of the British luxury liner Lusitania. More |
GOOD MINDS SUGGEST
Mary Doria Russell's Favorite WesternsNot just for gunslingers, the real Wild West comes to life in these five frontier tales recommended by the author ofEpitaph. |   |
Ian Caldwell's Favorite Books About Vatican CrimeMurder, greed, and conspiracy in the Holy See—try these recs from the suspense writer whose latest thrill ride is The Fifth Gospel. |   |
Lynne Truss's Favorite Clever Literary CatsFrom the grammarian who wrote Eats, Shoots & Leaves comes new comic horror, Cat Out of Hell. She offers a feline top five. |   |
DEBUT AUTHOR SNAPSHOT
  | Claire FullerKidnapped at age eight, Peggy lives in the woods, believing that she and her dad are the only two people left alive in the world in the new novel Our Endless Numbered Days. More |
BEST BOOKS OF THE MONTH
 | Delicious Foodsby James Hannaham (Goodreads Author) Narrated in part by the seductive voice of crack cocaine, this unorthodox novel tells the grim story of a young black man with amputated hands searching for his mother, the victim of human trafficking. More |
 | Life from Scratchby Sasha Martin (Goodreads Author) Eat your way around the world with Martin, who decided to learn how to cook a meal from every country on earth (that's 195 countries!). Her culinary memoir also shares how her love of food was forged by a difficult childhood. More |
 | Life or Deathby Michael Robotham (Goodreads Author) Just one day before the end of his ten-year sentence, felon Audie Palmer escapes from a Texas prison in this action-packed thriller. Is he chasing the $7 million from his botched robbery or is there a different agenda afoot? More |
 | Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Livesby Gretchen Rubin (Goodreads Author) Are you an upholder, questioner, obliger, or rebel? The author of The Happiness Project breaks down how habits form and why they are so hard to break based on four personality types in this practical self-help tome. More |
 | A Little Lifeby Hanya Yanagihara (Goodreads Author) An immersive character study, this literary novel follows three decades of highs and lows experienced by a quartet of friends—a painter, an actor, an architect, and a troubled lawyer—each making their way in New York City. |
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