While I’ve spent the last decade writing and reading all things crime books for the Unusual Suspects newsletter, I’ve never stopped reading all the other genres. I love mysteries and thrillers, but my first love will always be stories, and I never want to miss a great one by remaining boxed into only one genre…
September 14, 2026 View Online | Join All Access | Listen Did Salman Rushdie enjoy a better weekend than any of us? The Satanic Verses author is set to receive a lifetime achievement award (the 2026 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters) from the National Book Foundation. Bestselling author Kiran Desai will present the…
Elizabeth Acevedo is the bestselling YA author of The Poet X, among many others. Her newest is Anger is Only a Shadow, out tomorrow from Quill Tree Books. Below, she recommends three of her favorite YA books about mental health. (Photo credit: Denzel Golatt.) I’ve been really interested in how YA novels consider the mental…
Shaun Tan is a bestselling and Academy Award-winning author-artist of The Arrival, among many others. His newest graphic novel is Hometown, out tomorrow from Levine Querido Books. Below, he discusses 20 years of his career creating art about belonging. Twenty years have passed between creating The Arrival and Hometown, and, as in real life, some…
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