We love every piece we run. There are no winners or losers. But all kidding aside, here are July’s winners.
Up All Night: A World History of Nightlife
By Imogen Willetts
The cool kids have always known where best to be seen.
Culpability
By Bruce Holsinger
Unnervingly relevant moral dilemmas ignite this AI-propelled family drama.
A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
Slip
By Mallary Tenore Tarpley
A smart, nuanced account of navigating fraught relationships with food.
American Trickster: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda
By Ru Marshall
The 1970s hustler claimed he’d been sent by a shaman.
Carryout: Stories
By Hasan Dudar
Palestinian refugees settle in Toledo, Ohio, and struggle to adapt to their new culture.
Tommy Orange’s There There offers a searing reading experience.
This Past Was Waiting for Me: A Chronicle at Quarter Century
By Sarah Trembath
An astute, multi-genre analysis of gentrification’s destructiveness.
The biographer talks Mary Kay, direct sales, and those signature pink Cadillacs.
Ghost-Eye: A Novel
By Amitav Ghosh
An expansive tale of myth and modernity in India.
