When you sit down to write a story, sometimes the hardest part can be just getting started. After all, the beginning of a tale ...

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Born more than a century too early to be formally diagnosed, Jonathan Darcy, the son of Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth Bennet Darcy, has all the hallmarks of autism spectrum disorder: dislike of noise and ...

Weekly book lists of exciting new releases, bestsellers, classics, and more. The lists are curated by the editors of Kirkus Reviews.

In 16th-century Spain, Maria seduces a wealthy viscount in an attempt to seize whatever control she can over her own life. It turns out that being a wife—even a wealthy one—is just another cage, but ...

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 ...

In an alternate India still under the thumb of Britain’s violent oppression, a headstrong young woman named Kalki Divekar, hellbent on freedom, strives to build a liberation movement. The year is 1962 ...

When the moon and every lunar sample on Earth transform into a cheese-like substance, it seems amusing at first, but the appearance of this newly organic, extremely unstable satellite has far-reaching ...

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For as long as she lived, Virginia Kirkus told everyone that the idea for the Virginia Kirkus Bookshop Service came to her in the middle of the night. There’s no reason not to believe her, but the ...

Betrayed by her husband, a severely depressed young woman gets drawn into the over-the-top festivities at a lavish wedding. Phoebe Stone, who teaches English literature at a St. Louis college, is ...

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 ...