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November 2025
DARK, SINISTER & MACABRE – FICTION
Ron Currie’s The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne follows the title character, a grandmother and crime boss in Maine whose empire begins to unravel when her daughter, Sis, goes missing and a sinister outsider arrives. When Sis is found dead, the whole town seeks shelter from Babs’ wrath as the story explores love, retribution, and the ancestral roots that both nurture and confine us. Brendan Slocumb’s The Dark Maestro: A Novel follows Curtis Wilson,…
HOW TECH BILLIONNAIRES ARE SHAPING OUR FUTURE – NONFICTION
Faiz Siddiqui’s Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk offers a portrait of a man once frequently heralded as a modern-day Edison who took a new place in the public consciousness with his desire to disrupt not just the automotive and space industries but the policies that shape our nation. Hubris Maximus is a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of lionizing magnetic leaders. Buy Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk – Siddiqui…
IMMIGRATION & AMERICA: A CONVERSATION – NONFICTION
In Indian Genius: The Meteoric Rise of Indians in America, Meenakshi Ahamed shares fascinating portraits of the Indian Americans at the forefront of the wave of Indian success stories. Based on a series of interviews and featuring portraits of well-known figures and fresh, surprising stories, Indian Genius reveals the private strengths behind these individual’s public achievements. Joining Ahamed in conversation are author-panelists George Packer and Todd S. Purdum. Buy Indian Genius: The Meteoric Rise of Indians in America – Ahamed Buy The Emergency: A Novel – Packer Buy Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television – Purdum…
ALONE IN ANNE FRANK’S HOUSE – NONFICTION
In 2021, French writer Lola Lafon was granted permission to stay overnight – alone for 10 hours – in the Annex in Amsterdam, where Anne Frank and her family hid from the Nazis. In When You Listen to This Song: On Memory, Loss, and Writing, she reflects on what we tell ourselves about tragedy, grappling with loss, and why, facing danger and confinement, women write. Moderating is Michael Glickman, CEO and founder of jMUSE, Jewish Museums Project,…
FATHERS & SONS: STORIES OF RESILIENCE, SURVIVAL & LOVE – NONFICTION
In Becoming Baba: Fatherhood, Faith, and Finding Meaning in America, Aymann Ismail shares his journey as the son of Egyptian immigrants, coming of age as a Muslim in the shadow of 9/11. As he builds a career in political journalism and starts his own family, Ismail reckons with religion, masculinity, and inheritance, asking what it means to be a Muslim man – and a father – in America. Julian Brave NoiseCat’s We Survived the Night interweaves oral history,…