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A pair of unlikely sleuths face yet another murder in Regency England. Born more than a century too early to be formally diagnosed, Jonathan Darcy, the son of Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth Bennet Darcy, ...

With Katabasis, acclaimed fantasy author R.F. Kuang puts her own hellish spin on dark academia. With Katabasis, acclaimed fantasy author R.F. Kuang puts her own hellish spin on dark academia. Sarah ...

Short fiction is a wordful format. Many writing classes for kids and college students exclusively study short stories because ...

Three women deal very differently with vampirism in Schwab’s era-spanning follow-up to The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (2020).. In 16th-century Spain, Maria seduces a wealthy viscount in an attempt ...

Hannah’s new novel is an homage to the extraordinary courage and endurance of Frenchwomen during World War II. In 1995, an elderly unnamed widow is moving into an Oregon nursing home on the urging of ...

A Wallace & Gromit dream is more of a nightmare in this darkly farcical science fantasy in which the moon inexplicably becomes…well, not green, but decidedly dairy.. When the moon and every lunar ...

As an unpublished or self-published author, it can be a relentless struggle to attract a significant amount of attention to your book or manuscript. By purchasing a Kirkus indie review, authors can ...

Our History Virginia Kirkus. In January 1933—the same month the Ford Motor Company laid off 100,000 workers and a record 242 U.S. banks failed—Virginia Kirkus started a business, the Virginia Kirkus ...

LONG ISLAND COMPROMISE. by Taffy Brodesser-Akner ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 9, 2024 A great American Jewish novel whose brew of hilarity, heartbreak, and smarts recalls the best of Philip Roth.

Percival Everett, Adam Higginbotham, and Kenneth M. Cadow are the winners of this year’s Kirkus Prizes, given annually by Kirkus Reviews to books of exceptional merit.. The winners were announced at a ...

Featuring 287 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children’s, and YA books; also in this issue: interviews with Maggie Stiefvater, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Meg Medina, and J.D. Netto; and ...