More than just a day for grilling outside in the summer-is-almost-here weather, Memorial Day is a time to remember fallen soldiers and their stories. Here are three books — a memoir, a novel and a history — that take us inside soldiers’ experiences, each in a different way, each completely memorable: Pumpkinflowers by Matti Friedman: ItContinue reading

Sara Gruen’s runaway bestselling novel, Water for Elephants, was published 10 years ago, on May 26, 2006. A full decade after he helped give us all a home underneath the big top, we asked executive editor Chuck Adams to share his memories of how he — and the rest of — ran away with theContinue reading

Happy Nurses Day! To celebrate and appreciate all that nurses do to keep us healthy, comforted, cared for and safe, we’re offering you a chance to enter to win a copy of The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients’ Lives by Theresa Brown RN, new in paperback. Theresa reveals the individual struggles as wellContinue reading

The Atomic Weight of Love by Elizabeth J. Church: The No. 1 Indie Next pick for May and Amazon’s Debut Spotlight of the Month, this is the much-buzzed-about book of the moment. Bustle calls it a “mother-daughter book club must read of 2016.” For Meridian Wallace—and many other smart, driven women of the 1940s—being ambitiousContinue reading

•No. 1 Indie Next Pick for May. •Featured Debut of the Month on Amazon. •A Harper’s Bazaar Hottest Breakout Novel of Spring •Bustle calls it a “mother/daughter book club must-read of 2016, Elizabeth J. Church’s debut novel, The Atomic Weight of Love is a beautiful and sad book that explores the kinds of sacrifices womenContinue reading

As we celebrate National Park Week, Richard Louv — the bestselling author of Last Child in the Woods and authority on connecting kids with nature — offers up some easy ways to bring the parks to your family in his brand new book, Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life. “Take a vacationContinue reading