"Antiman" is a slur for gay men — poet Rajiv Mohabir reclaims it in his new memoir, which mixes poetry, song and prose in an investigation of his sexuality and his Guyanese Indian heritage.
Carrie Vaughn is a veteran science fiction and fantasy author who puts her years in the scene to good use in this rollicking tale about a high-tech fantasy theme park (think Westworld) gone wrong.
In a new book, The Radium Girls author Kate Moore follows the struggles of Elizabeth Packard who, locked up by her husband in 1860 for having opinions and voicing them, finds she's not the only one.
In 1944 an attack on a London Woolworths killed 168 people. In his new novel, Francis Spufford explores what "might have been" for five young casualties of war.
A Quantum Life is an important book to help understand the institutional hurdles that have kept science mostly white and male — and how the fire of inquiry can take root in a heart and lift it up.
The Demon Dog of Crime Fiction is back, with more boocoo bad business, pervs, prowlers, and putzo politicians than ever in this story of a real-life cop who knew it all (and had the pictures, too).
For Pride Month, we're bringing you some of the best queer romances around, starring daring English highwaymen, mysterious secret operatives and a long-lost (and extremely reluctant) princess.
Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing for the top court still sticks in the minds of those all along the political spectrum; it's the subject of several books, including a new one by Jackie Calmes.
Scott Borchert's cultural history of the New Deal initiative known as the Federal Writers' Program teems with colorful characters, scenic byways and telling anecdotes.
Hannah Reynolds new YA romance The Summer of Lost Letters follows teenaged Abby's quest to learn more about her grandmother's past — and a possible love affair captured in mysterious letters.
Simon Van Booy's new novel Night Came With Many Stars follows several generations of a Kentucky family, their crossroads and choices, their curses and hard memories, their luck and their chances.
Author Nesrine Malik is reclaiming the terms of defense against ignorance and bigotry, ones that she says have become rote in the mouths of some and insults in the mouths of others.
Akwaeke Emezi's Dear Senthuran is a story of transcendence over violence that has marked their lived experience, told through letters to friends, lovers, and public figures — some they've never met.