Book Reviews

Hannah Capin's zippy new young adult novel follows intrepid journalist Annie (she's from Cleveland so her pal Henry calls her Cleves) as she investigates the mystery of Henry's dead girlfriends.

Caleb Roehrig's new YA thriller follows socialite-turned-cat burglar Margo Manning and her crew of kickboxing drag queens as they take on one last multimillion-dollar heist — and its consequences.

Leigh Bardugo's latest returns readers to her Grishaverse, a few years after a grand magical battle left young King Nikolai of Ravka with a demonic problem he's now struggling to keep secret.

Hala Alyan reflects on three decades of life in an intimate, unsparing new poetry collection that offers a unique look at life as a Palestinian in exile, a woman, and a young person looking for love.

In Mike Chen's debut novel, a time-traveling secret agent is stranded in the past and has to live out a normal life — including a family — that becomes a problem when he returns to his own time.

Will Hunt approaches the universe of underground caves and bunkers, death and life, with an unusual dedication and open-mindedness — and some striking photography — that is difficult to resist.

Maurice Carlos Ruffin's razor-sharp new novel is set in a dystopian near future where race relations have deteriorated further and scientists have developed a procedure to "demelanize" black people.

In his book, he says the transition team head is "the second biggest job in American politics" — and it is clear he took it on like he would have the top job, as if the shiny new presidency were his.