Poured Over Double Shot: Keziah Weir and Katie Williams
These two new novels ask a crucial question: who gets to tell our stories? Keziah Weir’s The Mythmakers follows one…
Jenna Seery
Jenna Seery has been a Barnes & Noble Bookseller since 2017 and a reader since birth. After getting a degree in English Literature (and a couple other degrees for good measure) she joined the BN team to be around books as much as she could. She’s most at home among the fiction shelves (literary fiction to the front, please!) but she spends a fair share of her time with poetry and history books as well.
Poured Over Double Shot: Tania James and Julia Fine
These two novels transport readers into rich, vivid historical settings — whether it’s a journey from colonial India to Europe,…
A Tribute to Literary Icon, Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy was notorious for not doing interviews about his writing; he was always very clear about letting the work…
Poured Over Double Shot: Juno Dawson and Emma Törzs
Powerful women, families of all kinds, fantastical adventures and so much more unite these two spellbinding tales. Juno Dawson’s The…
Poured Over: Elif Batuman on Either/Or
Either/Or, Elif Batuman’s sequel to Pulitzer Prize finalist The Idiot, is the humorous and relatable ongoing story of a Turkish…
Poured Over: Barbara Kingsolver on Demon Copperhead
“This is the place; this is the right place for me, it’s home.” Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver’s Pulitzer Prize-winning return…
Poured Over: Ramona Ausubel on The Last Animal
“What if we could do anything? Should we do it? What are the consequences?” Ramona Ausubel’s new novel The Last…
Poured Over Double Shot: Héctor Tobar and Jonathan Eig
These two authors tackle important subjects with new research and keen insight. Héctor Tobar’s Our Migrant Souls delves into the…
Poured Over Double Shot: Luis Alberto Urrea and Rita Chang-Eppig
Starring strong female characters in rich, captivating, historical settings, we can’t wait for you to dive into these two new…
Poured Over: Tom Hanks on The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece
Tom Hanks (yes, that Tom Hanks) returns to the world of fiction with The Making of Another Major Motion Picture…
Poured Over: R.F. Kuang on Yellowface
“I’ve become increasingly cynical about the industry’s ability to change itself and how it deals with representation and marginalization.” R.F.…
Poured Over: Brandon Taylor on The Late Americans
“I am a firm believer in consequences.” Brandon Taylor’s new novel, The Late Americans, finds a group of young people…
Poured Over: Katy Hessel on The Story of Art Without Men
“In 1649, Artemisia Gentileschi wrote, ‘I’ll show you what a woman can do.’” In The Story of Art Without Men…
Poured Over: Samantha Irby on Quietly Hostile
Few people are as funny as Samantha Irby, and her new collection of essays, Quietly Hostile, proves it. Irby joins…
Poured Over: Emma Cline on The Guest
Emma Cline, author of the The Girls, returns with her propulsive new novel, The Guest. This is the story of…
Poured Over: Mary Beth Keane on The Half Moon
“I think everyone should have secrets.” Mary Beth Keane’s new novel, The Half Moon, follows a small-town couple navigating the…
Poured Over: Ramona Emerson on Shutter
“When I was working forensics, I always thought, we do this work for the people who need us to do…
Poured Over: Brinda Charry on The East Indian
“I have to transport myself, and only then I can transport my reader.” Our May Discover Pick, Brinda Charry’s, The East…
Poured Over: John Wray on Gone to the Wolves
“It’s more than responsibility. It’s fear of just sucking — I don’t want to write some garbage that people are…
Poured Over: Abraham Verghese on The Covenant of Water
“I loved that sense of the slow evolution of a community and watching it happen under your eyes.” Abraham Verghese,…