Book Buzz: Orbital

Cover image of "Orbital" by Samantha Harvey

Orbital by Samantha Harvey Hour by hour, eight billion people wake across twenty-four time zones. High above the atmosphere, six astronauts on the International Space Station are having a very different kind of day. Over the span of sixteen sunrises and sixteen sunsets—one day—their spacecraft chases the sun as its orbit crisscrosses Earth.   Orbital spends … Read more

Book Buzz: Women’s Hotel

Cover image of "Women's Hotel" by Daniel Lavery

Women’s Hotel by Daniel Lavery  Welcome to the Biedermeier. It’s shabbier (and much cheaper) than the Barbizon, but it’s still a respectable residential hotel where a professional single lady can establish herself in 1960s New York City. Women’s Hotel meanders between the Biedermeier’s fifteen floors, offering the reader glimpses into the lives and daily dramas … Read more

Book Buzz: The Bog Wife

Cover image of "The Bog Wife" by Kay Chronister

The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister Wenna Haddesley hasn’t seen her family, their crumbling manor, or their ancestra cranberry bog since she ran away as a teenager. But when she receives a letter calling her home for her family’s mystical, once-in-a-generation ritual, she returns to Appalachia to confront her past.  Upon arrival, she finds the … Read more

Book Buzz: The Stardust Grail

Cover image of "The Stardust Grail" by Yume Kitasei

The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei After years of pulling off interstellar art heists, Princeton graduate student Maya Hoshimoto now uses her skills of evasion to dodge her nagging thesis advisor. But when she stumbles upon a rare library book containing a map to the Stardust Grail—an artifact that could save an alien civilization—she and … Read more

Book Buzz: Little Rot

Cover image for "Little Rot" by Akwaeke Emezi

Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi   Longtime couple Aima and Kalu should have been together forever, but a recent move to New Lagos, Nigeria revealed the cracks in their relationship. The night after their breakup, Aima goes dancing with party-girl friend, Ijendu, while Kalu heads to an exclusive sex party hosted by his best friend, Ahmed. … Read more

Book Buzz: The Pairing

Cover image of "The Pairing" by Casey McQuiston

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston Kit and Theo have been a lot of things to each other: childhood best friends, romantic partners, and now exes. They broke up four years ago after a trans-Atlantic fight en route to the food and wine tour of their dreams. In a twist of fate, they now find themselves … Read more

Book Buzz: The Ministry of Time

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley  John le Carré meets “Kate and Leopold” in this genre-bending debut.   An unnamed British civil servant transfers to new hush-hush department to work on a secret project: studying the effects of time travel on human subjects. She is paired with Lt. Graham Gore, a navy officer rescued from a … Read more

Book Buzz: Evenings & Weekends

Evenings and Weekends by Oisin McKenna

Evenings & Weekends by Oisín McKenna  It’s the hottest weekend of the summer and the people of London are ready to let loose.  Phil and his housemates—including Keith, with whom he’s secretly in love—are planning a warehouse solstice party. Maggie, Phil’s best friend, is pregnant and wants one last hurrah in the city before she … Read more