Reading challenges and independent bookshops: A mid-year update
Less news, more books: A mid-year report.
All posts tagged: Recommended Readings
Consider the lilies
Judith Farr’s intimate study of Emily Dickinson as poet and gardener is, to put it simply, a delight.
When history, myth, and memory clash
An interview with John Garrison Marks on understanding George Washington’s legacy of slavery.
A brilliant and timeless classic that is about so much more than a game
John McPhee wrote one of the great tennis books of all time. It is about so much more than a game.
Possibility and promise have long been contested
Ed Ayers looks at American history to find contested visions, but also hope for our future.
A constant movement into an endless mystery
The essential elements of the Christian life. Remembering Irene Ann Holsey Colando.
Standing in a present that had once been an unimaginable future
Solnit on how the next era comes after the end of the last one. In between comes a lot of falling apart.
The return of the septuagenarian sleuths
Richard Osman’s second installment of the Thursday Murder Club is just as delightful as the debut.
From the bookshelf: May 2026
Five books. Every month. A variety of topics from different genres. Here is the list from May 2026.
Navigating small town dynamics
An early work in the Maigret series leads the reader to consider the human condition in all its shades.
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