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"Gabriel Tallent addresses friendship, coming of age, and the traps of capitalism—all in the context of a love affair with rock climbing."
It's senior year of high school, and while many of their classmates might be focused on finding a job, applying to college, or enlisting in the military, Dan Redburn and his best friend Tamma Callahan are almost entirely focused on a different ...
"In this chatty memoir, acclaimed Cameroonian novelist Patrice Nganang recalls his entrepreneurial childhood in West Africa during the tumultuous 1970s and 80s."
A self-professed "street kid" who grew up in the Cameroonian capital of Yaoundé, Patrice Nganang begins his winsome memoir, Scale Boy, "I had a scale as a kid"—an enigmatic opener from which he unfurls a delightful mélange of stories,...
"A lively portrait of grief, sudden fame and sisterhood, The Future Saints dives into the music industry, exploring how loss is felt, performed, and survived in public."
It's always sunny in California, to the dismay of the Future Saints' lead singer Hannah Cortland, who finds the constant brightness almost insulting as she grieves Ginny, her sister, former band manager, and present ghost. After a small show, played ...
"Acclaimed writer Daniyal Mueenuddin's debut novel offers a sweeping tale of power, poverty, class struggle, and the blurred lines of loyalty in contemporary Pakistan."
Daniyal Mueenuddin's sweeping novel This Is Where the Serpent Lives begins in 1955, when a young orphan is taken in by Karim Khan, the owner of a tea and curry stall in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Karim names the boy Yazid and allows him to live behind the...
February 11, 2026
This issue of The BookBrowse Review contains reviews and "beyond the book" articles for 14 titles, including Escape! by Stephen Fishbach, Scale Boy by Patrice Nganang, and The Jills by Karen Parkman. ...
A middle-aged couple struggles with the husband's descent into early-onset Lewy Body dementia in this profound and deeply moving novel shot through with Kirshenbaum's lacerating humor.
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After decades in prison, ex-serial killer Carol tries to relax, until a death forces her to prove her innocence.
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"It's a Hard Book to Really Enjoy Because the Protagonist Is So Unlikeable"
This is a tough book. It's a good story, albeit incredibly sad, and at times it's actually gripping, but the trouble is simple: The protagonist is not particularly likeable—at least for me. And not ...
"Stephen Fishbach, who appeared twice on CBS's Survivor, channels his experiences into a propulsive debut novel about a faded reality television star who goes on a daring new show to prove that he can live up to his former glory."
When Kent Duvall was first cast on Endure (a fictional reality television series modeled heavily after CBS's Survivor) years ago, he was the golden boy: long-haired and muscular, he stepped into the role of alpha male, won challenges, speared a boar ...
Convinced he is destined for greatness, Glyver will stop at nothing to win back a prize that he knows is rightfully his. A story of betrayal and treachery, of death and delusion, of ruthless ...
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February 11, 2026
This year, 2026, marks the 250th anniversary of the United States—in other words, 250 years of American history. In case you hadn’t noticed, at BookBrowse, we love historical fiction, and historical nonfiction, too. So here we present a ...
A Sri Lankan American taxi driver must clear her name when her last fare is found dead.
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When Adi answers an ad for a job that would "save the world," he doesn't expect to be packed off to a desert island with five weeks' worth of supplies and a bolt-action rifle. At the interview, the recruiter for the humanitarian ...
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