The
Reading Notes
DISCOVERIES, OBSESSIONS,
AND THE OCCASIONAL
STRONGLY HELD OPINION
This is where we talk about books the way we actually talk about books. No rankings, no algorithms. Just what’s good.
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New Release Radar – April 14, 2026
Gwendoline Riley has a new novel! Count us in. This week, we’ve got some amazing translations, a graphic novel, some devastating memoirs, and short stories. Here are a few of our recommendations. Head over to…
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New Release Radar – April 7, 2026
It’s been a good week for strange and wonderful books. We’ve got a translated Polish novel that Olga Tokarczawa called “a torpedo” (she’s not wrong), some amazingly unhinged cover art, and also: cats. Obviously. Pull…
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New Release Radar – March 31, 2026
There are weeks when the new releases feel like noise, and weeks when they feel like someone curated them just for you. This is one of the latter. We’ve been watching what’s arriving on shelves…
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Our Medieval Reading List – Kings, Knights, & The Women They Tried to Write Out of History
Here’s the thing about the Middle Ages: they’re unquestionably beautiful, strange & terrifying. Once you find the way in, it becomes one of the most addictive rabbit holes in reading. This list covers roughly 500…
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Irish Literature We Recommend All Year Long
St. Patrick’s Day came and went, but our feelings about Irish literature are entirely year-round — so here we are. A short, genuinely wonderful list of Irish writers (and one American who wrote one of…
