Book Reviews

4.8

Published by Nomad Press in April 2021 as part of the Inquire & Investigate series, this illustrated nonfiction title for readers ages 12–15 guides young learners from the moment of the Big Bang through the large-scale structure and eventual fate of the universe, pairing content with hands-on STEM activities and research projects throughout.

Apr 29, 2026

Publication Manual (OFFICIAL) 7th Edition of the American Psychological Association by American Psychological Association

4.8

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition is the official, authoritative reference guide for APA Style, designed for writers, researchers, editors, students, and educators across a wide range of disciplines. A Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller with millions of copies sold worldwide, this thoroughly revised seventh edition updates best practices in scholarly writing, citation, and publishing for the modern academic landscape — including expanded guidance on digital sources, DOIs, URLs, and inclusive language.

Before The Bestseller: Your Proven Path to Book Sales Without Wasting Time by Alex Strathdee, Laura Russom, Steve Sarner

4.7

Published by ShelfLife in March 2025, Before The Bestseller: Your Proven Path to Book Sales Without Wasting Time & Money is a nonfiction guide co-authored by Alex Strathdee, Laura Russom, and Steve Sarner, designed to walk authors through a structured, actionable process for building book sales and a lasting readership — with or without an existing platform. Early readers on Amazon have rated it 4.8 out of 5 stars across 56 ratings.

Science Book, The: Everything You Need to Know About the World by National Geographic

4.7

National Geographic's The Science Book: Everything You Need to Know About the World and How It Works is a broad, richly illustrated single-volume reference designed to encapsulate centuries of scientific thought across six major disciplines, making it a strong starting point for curious readers of varied backgrounds.

Inside Out: A Memoir of Entering by Alexandra Stein

Alexandra Stein's Inside Out is a memoir documenting her recruitment into, life inside, and eventual escape from a secretive Minneapolis political cult known as the O — a rare firsthand account praised by major voices in both literary and academic circles for its passion, insight, and unflinching honesty.

If You Ask Me: The Collected Columns of America's Most Beloved by Libby Gelman-Waxner

If You Ask Me: The Collected Columns of America's Most Beloved is a humor collection by the pen name Libby Gelman-Waxner — the creation of playwright and screenwriter Paul Rudnick — gathering five years of film criticism columns originally published in Premiere magazine between 1987 and 1992. The book skewers Hollywood through the voice of a delightfully suburban, pop-culture-obsessed persona, and readers who enjoy satirical cultural commentary delivered with a sharp comedic edge will find it holds up as one of the genre's most purely entertaining entries.

All the Broken Places: A Novel by John Boyne

All the Broken Places is a historical fiction novel by New York Times bestselling author John Boyne — a sequel to his book The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas — that follows Gretel Fernsby, now 91 years old and living quietly in a London mansion block, as the arrival of a new family forces her to confront decades of buried guilt over her father's role as commandant of a Nazi extermination camp, her own complicity, and her part in her brother Bruno's death.

The Mediterranean Dish: 120 Bold by Suzy Karadsheh

Suzy Karadsheh's New York Times bestselling debut cookbook translates the cross-cultural flavors of the Mediterranean — spanning Greece, southern Spain, Jordan, Tunisia, Egypt, and beyond — into more than 120 weeknight-accessible recipes designed for American home kitchens, backed by the enormous following her pioneering Mediterranean food blog has built over the years.

The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, by Jonathan Rosen

4.4

Jonathan Rosen's memoir The Best Minds is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and a New York Times Top 10 Best Book of 2023 that reconstructs the author's lifelong friendship with Michael Laudor — a Yale-educated legal prodigy diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia who ultimately killed his pregnant girlfriend, Caroline Costello. Drawing on court and police records, medical studies, interviews, and diaries, Rosen widens the lens beyond one devastating story to examine deinstitutionalization, the nature of mental illness, and the self-deceptions of an entire era.

The Whisper Man: A Novel by Alex North

4.3

Alex North's debut novel, The Whisper Man, is a New York Times bestseller published by Celadon Books that intertwines a cold-case serial killer investigation with a story of grief, fatherhood, and a child's unnerving connection to something he cannot explain — earning starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist and an Editor's Pick designation from The New York Times.

Cozy: The Art of Arranging Yourself in the World – A Wise by Isabel Gillies

4.2

Isabel Gillies's Cozy: The Art of Arranging Yourself in the World is a hybrid work — part manifesto, part lifestyle guide, part memoir — that reframes comfort not as a passive mood but as a deliberate, achievable practice, written by the New York Times bestselling author of Happens Every Day and featuring hand-drawn illustrations throughout.

Popular Philosophy by Siqi Ai

Ai Siqi's Popular Philosophy is a foundational text of Chinese Marxist thought, originally written in the 1930s and now made available to English-language readers in a translation by Lili Tao, published by Cosmos Publishing Group INC. Structured across five chapters covering materialism, epistemology, and dialectics, the book was designed to bring Marxist philosophy within reach of ordinary readers using plain, vivid language — a mission that earned it an enduring place in twentieth-century Chinese intellectual history.

Apr 29, 2026