By BookPage | Elyse Discher | 6/17/2025 1:00 AM

Inspired by the characters of Jane Austen, The Rushworth Family Plot may be a cozy mystery, but its central love story is alive with yearning. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Linda M. Castellitto | 6/16/2025 1:00 AM

The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog playfully and pointedly advocates for increased understanding of “silly science”—and the ways curiosity-driven discoveries have immeasurably improved our lives. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Lauren Bufferd | 6/16/2025 1:00 AM

Michelle Huneven’s engaging and supremely satisfying fifth novel, Bug Hollow, explores a family’s attempts to rebuild their shattered world after a shocking loss. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Matthew Jackson | 6/16/2025 1:00 AM

Erica Peplin brings a knack for character and an incisive wit to this slice-of-life story about a jaded New York City queer woman and an unexpected love triangle. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Ember V. Tharpe | 6/16/2025 1:00 AM

These Heathens is a whirlwind exploration of the myriad changes that characterized the early 1960s, told through the humorous and deeply personal voice of a small-town teenager. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Linda M. Castellitto | 6/16/2025 1:00 AM

The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog explores how duck penises explain evolution, rats in vests save lives and cockroaches are (basically) engineers—and why these scientific discoveries matter. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Ember V. Tharpe | 6/16/2025 1:00 AM

Mia McKenzie’s third novel, These Heathens, explores the burgeoning opportunities and clashing ideologies of the ’60s. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Alice Cary | 6/16/2025 1:00 AM

Heather Clark’s phenomenal debut novel, The Scrapbook, is worthy of reading and rereading, serving up romance, history and political philosophy in ways that could hardly be more relevant. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Erica Ciccarone | 6/13/2025 1:00 AM

Readers of nonfiction know that histories and biographies provide plenty of thrills. Reading them can feel like excavating a lost civilization. This year, outstanding books by Imani Perry, Ron Chernow, Barbara Demick and more changed the way we see the world. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Laura Hutson Hunter | 6/11/2025 1:00 AM

Tiffany Francis-Baker’s delightful Microseasons invites readers to slow down and appreciate nature by observing the traditional 72 Japanese microseasons. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Kelly Blewett | 6/11/2025 1:00 AM

With the irresistible pacing of a thriller, Rich Cohen’s Murder in the Dollhouse chronicles the relationship of Connecticut mother Jennifer Dulos and her estranged husband—who was accused of her murder. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Alice Cary | 6/10/2025 1:00 AM

The Pacific Northwest is home to a notable concentration of serial killers. Caroline Fraser’s riveting Murderland theorizes why. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Linda M. Castellitto | 6/10/2025 1:00 AM

Claire Lebourg’s signature blend of wryly humorous text and finely rendered, offbeat illustrations make Have a Good Trip, Mousse! an adventure to treasure and remember. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Kelly Blewett | 6/10/2025 1:00 AM

The spare prose and lush illustrations of What If We . . . pull readers into the siblings’ story, while visual and lexical echoes are satisfying to see and read. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | the editors of BookPage | 6/9/2025 1:00 AM

2025 is flying by, with historical novel after incredible historical novel. Here are our 10 favorites so far. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Alice Cary | 6/9/2025 1:00 AM

City Summer, Country Summer celebrates the unexpected freedoms and friendships of the season in a glorious yet understated way. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Norah Piehl | 6/9/2025 1:00 AM

The delightful Everybelly will elicit warm hugs and belly laughs alike as it celebrates bodily diversity. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Linda M. Castellitto | 6/9/2025 1:00 AM

Gus and Glory are two funny, poignant, memorable characters in a moving and hopeful tale about a transformative time in a girl’s life, and the ways in which she and her dog leave those around them forever changed as well. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Callie Ann Starkey | 6/9/2025 1:00 AM

Bright Lights and Summer Nights is a true lullaby, gently soothing readers to a place where they are ready for an enchanted night’s rest. ... Read full Story

By BookPage | Linda M. Castellitto | 6/9/2025 1:00 AM

Fireworks is a wonderful book to read aloud and pore over, thanks to its energizing wordplay and immersive art—and an excellent way to pass the time until fireworks beckon our gazes skyward once again. ... Read full Story