Walking Practice
Squid Game meets The Left Hand of Darkness meets Under the Skin in this radical literary sensation from South Korea about an alien's hunt for food that transforms into an existential crisis about what it means to be human.
Staff Picks Spring 2023 Edition
Written by Lília Luke and Iris are back with our latest Staff Picks—those books we’ve been reading and enjoying or books that might be coming out one of these days. From escapism to information to music, there’s something for everyone. Starting on a happy note, Lília, our romance [...]
Trust
"Even through the roar and effervescence of the 1920s, everyone in New York has heard of Benjamin and Helen Rask. He is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; she is the daughter of eccentric aristocrats. Together, they have risen to the very top of a world of seemingly endless wealth, all as a decade of excess and speculation draws to an end. But at what cost have they acquired their immense fortune? This is the mystery at the center of Bonds, a successful 1938 novel that all of New York seems to have read. But there are other versions of the tale of privilege and deceit..."
ABC Mothers: What We Read to Our Kids
To celebrate Mother's Day, we show 3 ABC moms talking about their favorite books they read to their kids. Sophie "What my daughter and I loved about Sandra Boynton's books is that the rhythm of the text works so well together with the words. The Going to Bed [...]
Pulitzer Prizes 2023
Written by Lauren Don’t you just love awards season? The 2023 winners of the prestigious Pulitzer Prizes for achievements in Letters, Drama & Music were announced earlier this week. Read on to see what they are and why judges chose them. Fiction Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver “A [...]
The Diary Keepers: eyewitness accounts of World War II
Based on select writings from a collection of more than two thousand Dutch diaries written during World War II in order to record this unparalleled time, and maintained by devoted archivists, The Diary Keepers illuminates a part of history we haven’t seen in quite this way before, from the stories of a Nazi sympathizing police officer to a Jewish journalist who documented daily activities at a transport camp.
Amazing blast from our Past!
Written by Lynn and Steve Malenka Steve Malenka, who worked at ABC in the 1970s—first as fiction and gay book buyer, later as manager of the Book Bar, which sold Sammy’s Hotdogs as well as remainder books for one guilder a piece—has some wild memories to share. Here’s a photo of [...]
Top 5 podcasts about books: What to listen to and what to read next
Written by Natalia There are many bookish podcasts out there, with something for everyone. If you have no idea where to start or which one to download, here are my top 5 bookish podcasts. 1. SFF YEAH! For fantasy and science fiction lovers, there is the entertaining [...]
Hiding in Plain Sight
An extraordinary story about a Jewish woman who pretended to be Catholic to survive the Holocaust
The International Booker Prize 2023: The Shortlist
Written by Lauren It’s that time of year again! The shortlist for the International Booker Prize was announced earlier this week, and its six titles include works from six different countries, two debuts, two languages new to the prize (Catalan and Bulgarian) and five novels by female writers. Awarded annually for [...]