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Summer's Never Over

by Darby Bozeman

A woman revisits a Southern summer camp where a counselor's death may not have been an accident.

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June 10, 2026

This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 14 titles, including The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton by Jennifer N. Brown, Whistler by Ann Patchett, and The ...

The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton

"While researching a Tudor-era mystic and the women around her, a historian stumbles into a legendary treasure hunt and must puzzle out clues from centuries ago."

From the very beginning of The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton, the two heroines—the titular Elizabeth and Dr. Alison Sage, a modern-day historian who studies Elizabeth's life as a mystic—both face imminent death, albeit in two entirely ...

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 ...

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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Porcupines

"A charming dual-timeline story set in Hungary and America, about a young mother and her curious daughter."

Fran Fabriczki's debut novel, Porcupines, is a dual-timeline story set between 2001 and the 1980s. In the later timeline, in Los Angeles, Sonia is a single mother to her ten-year-old daughter, Mila. Sonia and Mila have a close relationship, as their ...

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

One of English literature's classic masterpieces—a gripping novel of love, propriety, and tragedy. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.

Feast

by Catherine Kurtz

In 19th-century France, a girl with a magical taste becomes a duc’s poison taster amid nobility and danger.

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A Woman of No Importance

by Sonia Purnell

The never-before-told story of Virginia Hall, the American spy who changed the course of World War II, from the author of Clementine

Home

"A Contemplative Novel About Healing and Hope, Secrets and Confessions, Forgiveness and Understanding"

This is a quiet and contemplative book with very little plot; instead, it's a character study that is both profound and deeply sad. Like "Gilead" and "Lila," this novel philosophically examines life's...

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 ...

The Jellyfish Problem

by Tessa Yang

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

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 ...

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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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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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The Young Will Remember

"A deeply human, woman-centered story set in the Korean War, following a correspondent who finds herself in enemy territory."

Eve J. Chung's Daughters of Shandong was the winner of the BookBrowse Debut Book Award in 2024, and was also a popular BookBrowse Book Club and First Impressions selection. The Young Will Remember has likewise been a hit with our readers, with 24 out...

A Pair of Aces

by Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray

Two women on opposite sides of the law team up to bring down gangster Lucky Luciano in this gripping novel.

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The Reimagining of Thornwood House

by Jaleigh Johnson

A witch and her ward discover a magical walking house and find the true meaning of home.

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.

Memorial Days
Memorial Days

by Geraldine Brooks

Orphan Bachelors
Orphan Bachelors

by Fae Myenne Ng

Corrections in Ink
Corrections in Ink

by Keri Blakinger

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The River Is Waiting

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of two Oprah Book Club Picks—She's Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True—Wally Lamb comes the propulsive story of a young father who, after...

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