February Picks from Book Culture Selects
Doesn't January always seem 80 days long? This one seemed especially interminable. But the upside is we got to fill the grey, cold days with some of the best books out there-- call it "research" for the Book Culture Selects subscription program! Subscription homework is the best. And it paid off! Check out the full list of February selections below:
New and Noteworthy Fiction hardcover: Improvement by Joan Silber
New and Noteworthy Fiction paperback: The Wanderers by Meg Howrey
New and Noteworthy Non-Fiction hardcover: Ghosts of the Tsunami by Richard Lloyd Parry
New and Noteworthy Non-Fiction paperback: Never Caught by Erica Armstrong Dunbar
Literature in Translation: Boathouse by Jon Fosse
Around the World: Two Old Women by Velma Wallis
Poetry: Silk Poems by Jen Bervin
Life Stories: The Book of Emma Reyes by Emma Reyes
Queer Voices: Inside/Out by Joseph Osmundson
Forever Young Adult: The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
Picture Books: The Digger and the Flower by Joseph Kuefler
As always, you can learn more about all our available subscription options on the main Selects page, or email subscription@bookculture.com with specific questions! Keep us in mind as Valentine's Day approaches-- a subscription makes an excellent gift for that special bookworm in your life.
PS-- Stay tuned for the reveal of the first book from our new Romance subscription curated by New York Times bestselling romance author Eloisa James!
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Coincidence and interconnectivity are handled with a light touch -- the unlikely bonds between characters are never forced or clumsy, but rather reveal themselves in surprising flashes and heartrending turns. - Haley, Book Culture Selects letter, New Fiction hardcover, February 2018
Beautifully written, by turns funny and poignant, this debut is perfect for fans of The Martian, and, miraculously, also for people who tried to read The Martian but thought it was too dense! - Haley, Book Culture Selects letter, New Fiction paperback, February 2018
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After the earthquake and tsunami of 2011, Richard Lloyd Parry spent six years in Japan reporting on the aftermath.... Take this slowly. It's a beautiful and heartbreaking book. - Cari, Book Culture Selects letter, New Non-Fiction hardcover, February 2018
Never Caught doesn't just present a new way of looking at the many sides of our first president through the treatment of his slaves, but rather through the lens of Ona Judge's daring escape from the Washington's ownership and the manhunt that ensued. - Jacob, Book Culture Selects letter, New Non-Fiction paperback, February 2018
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Boathouse starts as a simple story but it builds in both intensity and complexity as it goes and echoes with the complications of the past on the present. - Cari, Book Culture Selects letter, Literature in Translation, February 2018
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...full of insidious magic, unnerving landscapes, and plenty of peril to go around, The Hazel Wood is a fairy tale with a delightfully dark heart. - Haley, Book Culture Selects letter, Forever Young Adult, February 2018
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