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Robin and the Moon
E.B. Goodale (Good Night, Little Bookstore) continues the world of Robin and the Stick in the charming, unpretentious picture book Robin and the Moon, in which a child worries that the full moon has gotten "stuck" in a tree.
Read MoreFind Me Where It Ends
A woman becomes attached to the dog-shaped psychopomp that presages her death in the allegorical, ultimately life-affirming fantasy novella Find Me Where It Ends by Cassandra Khaw (The Library at Hellebore).
Read MoreAnimals Taught Me Everything
Intrepid outdoorswoman Pam Houston's adventures and kinship with animals tie together these warm yet frank essays about life, travel, and species encounters.
Read MoreDeath of an Ordinary Man
Sarah Perry's first full-length nonfiction work recounts her father-in-law's final days and movingly explores the border between life and death.
Read MoreMusic Against the Night
Music Against the Night tells the story of the formative years of two musicians who will one day marry: John Field, the celebrated Irish composer, and Adelaide Percheron, a French pianist.
Read MoreWill and Attention: A Memoir
With God, Human, Animal, Machine, Meghan O'Gieblyn emerged as the rare tech writer willing to explore the intersections of religion, humanity, and artificial intelligence. In Will and Attention, she continues in that vein, this time…
Read MoreMother Tongue: Immersions and Other True Stories
Fabio Morábito's delightfully enlightening Mother Tongue combines personal, linguistic, and literary musings into an intriguing collection of 84 short pieces.
Read MoreEvery Story Is a Love Story
In Imbolo Mbue's profound exploration of how different people move through grief, she affirms that there is indeed life after loss.
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