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May 20, 2026

This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 14 titles, including A Private Man by Stephanie Sy-Quia, Palaces of the Crow by Ray Nayler, and All Them Dogs by...

Life

by Elizabeth Berg

"Literary Comfort Food for the Soul: A Lovely and Heartwarming Escape from the Real World"

This is a lovely, thoughtful, and heartwarming escape from the real world. It is filled with joy and love. I call it literary comfort food for the soul. Florence Greene is 92 years old, a widow who...

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Seek the Traitor's Son

"In this blend of science fiction and fantasy, a prophecy changes the life of a soldier when it predicts that she may lead her nation to victory in its long war over control of Earth."

Life has always been a bit different for twenty-something Elegy Ahn, the protagonist of Veronica Roth's latest novel, Seek the Traitor's Son. Her mother is the Sword of Cedre, the nation's military leader, and her father is a bounty hunter, so she's ...

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Nightfaring

"A thoughtful, searching piece of nonfiction that explores the beauty and importance of our increasingly endangered night sky."

If you go out at night and look up at the sky, what do you see? It depends on where you are, but if you're like most people, you may not see very much. In the cities and the suburbs, the glow of streetlights, buildings, and other sources of ...

A Private Man

"The complex relationship between David, a priest, and Margaret, a theology professor, tests their faith, commitment, and dreams for the Catholic Church."

It is 1963 when Margaret Bendelow is hired to teach theology at a women's college in England. Her cognitive skill and understanding of theological complexities are exemplary. Her academic depth is noteworthy. At the beginning of her career, the ...

Hot Air

"An unlikely friendship forms after a hot air balloon plummets into a backyard pool."

Single mother Joannie is finally putting herself out there. She's on her first date since her divorce several years earlier, eating dinner with fellow single parent Johnny in his backyard, when a hot air balloon with a man and woman aboard crash ...

Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young

by Zayd Ayers Dohrn

Son of Weather Underground radicals recounts life on the run and decades of revolutionary struggle.

Flashlight

"A far-reaching family drama with deep ties to Korean history."

In Susan Choi's Flashlight, ten-year-old Louisa, the daughter of a Japanese-born Korean man and a white woman from the American Midwest, is found unconscious on a beach in Japan—her father, who was walking with her through the dark, flashlight ...

When No One Else Will

by Amanda Skenandore

1940s Chicago nurse risks everything at an illegal women’s clinic during a high-profile trial of courage and sisterhood.

May 24, 2026

Well-Read Black Girl Books & More: Diversity Projects in Publishing

Yrsa Daley-Ward’s The Catch (2025), recently released in paperback, has a bizarre and intriguing premise: twin sisters who were separated at a young age, adopted into different families after their mother’s death, diverge in their ...

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The Bookies

Joan Kingsley tells us about The Bookies, a book club she formed at the First Presbyterian Church of Oyster Bay in Long Island, New York.

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Odessa
Odessa

by Gabrielle Sher

This Other Eden
This Other Eden

by Paul Harding

Two Storm Wood
Two Storm Wood

by Philip Gray

Look What You Made Me Do

by John Lanchester

A propulsive tale of intergenerational tension and revenge from the Booker Prize nominee.

Isola

by Allegra Goodman

A young woman and her lover are marooned on an island in this breathtaking saga, an epic story of love, faith, and defiance from the bestselling author of Sam.

The Jellyfish Problem

by Tessa Yang

A marine biologist rescues a Maine island menaced by a giant glowing jellyfish in this inventive debut.

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White Lies

by Ann Bausum

This powerful and unflinching examination of racism in America by award-winning historian Ann Bausum deconstructs the warped history of the Civil War for teen readers, perfect for fans of Stamped, ...

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Sarah Braunstein

Author of Baby in a Box

A Q&A with Sarah Braunstein about her short story collection, Baby in a Box.

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How Flowers Made Our World

"A detailed look at the evolutionary and cultural impact of flowers that is as informative as it is approachable."

How could something as decorative and ephemeral as a flower play a role in human evolution? At first glance, the title of David George Haskell's latest book, How Flowers Made Our World, seems hyperbolic. But as he explains, in clear, scientific prose...

Flashlight

A novel tracing a father's disappearance across time, nations, and memory, from the author of Trust Exercise.

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