Essie Chambers has won the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, given annually to an emerging African American fiction writer, for her debut novel, Swift River.

Weekly book lists of exciting new releases, bestsellers, classics, and more. The lists are curated by the editors of Kirkus Reviews.

Weekly book lists of exciting new releases, bestsellers, classics, and more. The lists are curated by the editors of Kirkus Reviews.

Josephine Jones—an autistic American editor transplanted to Yorkshire—finds her stint as a landlady getting off to a rocky start, more or less literally.

The short rhyming verses, written from the grandfather’s perspective, largely stick to mentions of what the two see and feel on their autumn walk. Meanwhile, Hokkanen’s illustrations tell a larger ...

A teeny-tiny kernel sporting a cowboy hat, introduced in the chapter book Popcorn Bob (2021), attempts to curb some big emotions.

The protagonist of Summer Is for Cousins! (2023) encounters further ups and downs as school starts.

THERE WILL BE BODIES by Lindsey Davis ‧ RELEASE DATE: today Historical fiction of high quality, propelled by an intricate whodunit.

A bookstore owner discovers her shop has a unique and wonderous secret in Andersen’s novel.