Out this week: The Only Girl in the World by Maude Julien; Witch Wife by Kiki Petrosino; In the Fall They Come Back by Robert Bausch; and Women and Power by Mary Beard. For more on these and other new titles, go read our most recent book preview.
Tuesday New Release Day: Julien; Petrosino; Bausch; Beard
Make it a Ben Ehrenreich Sunday
Recommended Reading: Ben Ehrenreich’s story “Everything You See is Real”
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Join David Bowie’s Book Club
David Bowie was quite the avid reader. In his honor, his son, Duncan Jones, has launched an online book club that will focus on books Bowie enjoyed. The first book is Hawksmoor and the discussion is on February 1st. Will you be participating?
Colors: Definitions and Names
Kory Stamper, one of the lexicographers responsible for Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, describes the pleasures and poetry to be found in the Third Edition’s “color definitions.” Take vermillion for example, which is listed as “a variable color averaging a vivid reddish orange that is redder, darker, and slightly stronger than chrome orange, redder and darker than golden poppy, and redder and lighter than international orange.” (Related: how colors got their names; who names colors what.)
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“The Most Popular Books of All Time”
This week in book-related infographics: Electric Literature breaks down “The Most Popular Books of All Time.”
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