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  1. 1.SUSIE“This was the first photograph I ever saw of Susie. It hung in the bedroom of her little flat in Maida Vale in London, and I fell in love with it. Of course, I also fell in love with Susie herself, an
  2. 2.BECOMING THE OCEANIn her debut memoir, Russ interweaves memories of her childhood with an account of her relationship with her partner of 13 years. Brian, who was initially just a friend, had everything that the author
  3. 3.ETERNAL IS THE NIGHTWhen Anna Kamoria was attending her North Carolina high school, she also trained in sword fighting and martial arts with her mother Adelyna’s “handsome, stoic” friend Derrick, and she felt different f
  4. 4.WILL THE DEVIL HELP ME NOW?Elspeth Blackwood and her older sister, Isla, were raised in a family of trusted healers. They live together in a cottage outside Fife with Elspeth’s 4-year-old daughter, Annabel, who’s called Anna. A
  5. 5.THE WORSTThe self-declared “worst” kid in his gifted circle of friends—the one with seemingly no talent for anything except getting into trouble—has spent his final year at Jerome Marco K-8 collecting disaster
  6. 6.THE EMPEROR'S ENEMYThe single-minded Zora Ravenal joined the Crimson Army to destroy her people’s greatest enemy. The Empire doesn’t just threaten the Commonwealth; its biggest figureheads are directly responsible for Z
  7. 7.ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF ADVENTAn advent calendar hangs on the wall: “The doors are fun to open. What could it be?” Decorations, toys, clothes, even food. It’s always a surprise. But no matter what’s inside, the refrain is the same
  8. 8.POH POH'S SWORDJulie wakes one morning to the “BANG / CRASH / BOOOOM” of the Chinese opera “thundering from the TV” while Poh Poh practices her sword dancing. Julie has so many questions. Over egg tarts in Chinatown
  9. 9.DANCING AT THE END OF THE WORLDNearly a century of German political and social shifts are translated into human experience in Sacks’ new novel, starting with a 1933 prologue introducing young Klara von Arnsberg—“Narrow all over, sh
  10. 10.TIME FREEDOMIn this debut personal finance book, Herriot introduces readers to the concept of “time freedom,” the idea that wealth doesn’t mean accumulating enough money to retire early—it means securing sufficie
  11. 11.ALWAYS BY YOUR SIDEWhen the cub first peeks out of her den, the world outside feels overwhelming. But with her mother’s gentle encouragement, she swims in icy water, dives below the surface, evades killer whales, and ev
  12. 12.CALL IT EVILNeiman, the director of an international public think tank called the Einstein Forum, continues the probing cultural critique begun in her Learning From the Germans (2019) and Left Is Not Woke (2023)
  13. 13.WARKat, a strong-willed teenager, sees the escalation of armed conflict in real time as tanks begin rolling into town, broadcast on news channels. She heads to a community shelter as bombs start to drop.
  14. 14.ALL THAT I'M ASKINGAlice Kaplan is looking forward to finishing her studies at Cornell University when her father’s sudden death forces her to stay in New York City and help her mother. Hoping to make her name as a jour
  15. 15.SANCTUARYA nauseating wannabe influencer in the toxic manosphere, Brodie Hendren uses the money he makes from credit card fraud and selling Nazi memorabilia to stalk his ex-wife. Meanwhile, two thieves who bec
  16. 16.ERThree decades before The Pitt became a critical darling and a hit with viewers, another hospital-themed drama aired the first of what would become more than 300 episodes: ER , created by physician and
  17. 17.STEP! KICK! SPIN!Clad in a street-cool outfit (blue sweatpants, black T-shirt beneath a sleeveless undershirt, and a plaid shirt knotted at the waist), a golden retriever–ish pooch struts confidently center stage, dem
  18. 18.LOST IN SPACEWhy is the sky blue? The more accurate question is: Why is the sky violet? The answer: “The atmosphere scatters violet wavelengths even more than blue, just beyond what the human eyeball can see. Ask
  19. 19.GRUMBLESOMENat, a little boy with light skin and brown hair, lies frustrated in his bed. No matter how hard he tries, he just cannot fall asleep. When he steps into the hallway and discovers his game controller
  20. 20.EAT THE WINDThe young Wake didn’t travel much as one of nine children, but when opportunities arose in college, he made the most of them. Many years after the travels took place, Wake brings readers the tale of h