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Panel in the Spotlight: “Writing in Washington.”

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Strange People on the Hill: How Extremism Tore Apart a Small American Town

Book Review

Strange People on the Hill: How Extremism Tore Apart a Small American Town

By Michael Edison Hayden

An oddly (and overly) personal account of tumult in West Virginia.

The Keeper: A Novel

Book Review

The Keeper: A Novel

By Tana French

A superb, genre-defying conclusion to the author’s Cal Hooper trilogy.

Children’s Books

Children’s Book Roundup: April 2026

Big new titles perfect for the littles.

Book Review

Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class

That bachelor’s degree doesn’t go as far as it used to.

Book Review

Happy Land

By Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Happy Land

A DC woman discovers she’s heir to a long-ago, real-life Black kingdom.

Book Review

The Mesopotamian Riddle

By Joshua Hammer

The Mesopotamian Riddle

An overabundance of detail hobbles what could’ve been an absorbing saga.

Feature

Our Week in Reviews: 4/18/26

A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.

Book News

The Whiting Foundation Honors Emerging Writers

Its recent awards support 10 promising authors.

Book Review

Sisters in Yellow: A Novel

By Mieko Kawakami; translated by Laurel Taylor and Hitomi Yoshio

Sisters in Yellow: A Novel

Runaway teens struggle to build better lives in Tokyo.