• The cover of the book The Vanishing Half

    The Vanishing Half



    This feels like the book of the summer, the one everyone is reading. I’m drawn to it not only because I love Bennett’s prose, but because Nella Larsen’s novella, Passing, still haunts me. To read another fictional account of passing, written almost ninety years later, gives us the chance to ask: what has changed, and what has stayed the same?



     


  • The cover of the book Tokyo Ueno Station

    Tokyo Ueno Station



    Anything that is both a ghost story and an allegory of inequality seems the perfect fit for the present moment.



     


  • The cover of the book Weather

    Weather



    I loved Dept. of Speculation, so I can’t wait to read Offill’s latest.



     


  • The cover of the book Toni Morrison: The Last Interview

    Toni Morrison: The Last Interview



    When Morrison passed away last summer, the sharpness of my sadness took me by surprise. She was a giant, and I want to get close to her words again.



     


  • The cover of the book The Sweetest Fruits

    The Sweetest Fruits



    Truong is perpetually underappreciated. The Book of Salt was one of my favorite books—I remember loving it when it came out.



     


  • The cover of the book The Margot Affair

    The Margot Affair



    The reviews of this book have been intriguing—plus, I like the cover!



     


  • The cover of the book Olivia

    Olivia



    Andre Aciman considers this book the inspiration for Call Me By Your Name, which is enough of a recommendation for me.



     


  • The cover of the book Evvie Drake Starts Over

    Evvie Drake Starts Over



    My editor, Sara Weiss, also edited this book, so I’m sort of professionally curious. And it sounds like a delightful beach read!