This week, Holly Jackson's Not Quite Dead Yet is a "twisty... layered whodunit" about a woman racing to solve her own murder; meanwhile An Yu presents an even more surreal mystery, concerning a vanishing celestial body, in the "marvelously dreamlike" Sunbirth; and Garrett M. Graff's "riveting, comprehensive" oral history of the atomic bomb, The Devil Reached Toward the Sky, balances captivating firsthand accounts with compelling moral questions. Plus, YA nonfiction author Ann Bausum sets the record straight about the War of the Rebellion (aka the Civil War), its cause, and its aftermath in the "accessible and enthralling" White Lies.
Meanwhile, in The Writer's Life, independent scholar Nicholas Boggs examines the legacy of James Baldwin through the lens of his most meaningful relationships.