The Best American Essays 2023

Bree Grenwich

THE EPIC ROMANTASY THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT. In a world where divine power bleeds into the mortal realm, Thais Morvaren has mastered the art of deception. Secretly, she hides her ability to forge weapons from starlight. But, when Thais' powers are exposed, she finds herself forced into the deadly Trials of Ascension -where those with divine powers are given the choice: ...

Jasmine Mas

From global bestseller Jasmine Mas comes a brand-new story of obsession that asks... When the hunter is hunted, who becomes prey? The Emperor's Enemy She is Zora Ravenal: Knight Mage, Bear of the North, and only hope of her people against the ravenous empire. The Hunter's Mark He is Aleksander the Sadistic: divinely ordained emperor and royal mage, hellbent on capturing Zora, o...

Bree Grenwich

THE EPIC ROMANTASY THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT. In a world where divine power bleeds into the mortal realm, Thais Morvaren has mastered the art of deception. Secretly, she hides her ability to forge weapons from starlight. But, when Thais' powers are exposed, she finds herself forced into the deadly Trials of Ascension -where those with divine powers are given the choice: ...

Raven Kennedy

PRE-ORDER YOUR NEW ROMANTASY OBSESSION FROM THE GLOBAL SENSATION, RAVEN KENNEDY From the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Plated Prisoner series comes the first book in an alluring and addictive romantasy duology set in a world of fae and dark magic -- It's time to pay the Piper. Our world cracked open like an egg. Power burst out, and with it, nine monstrous Banes re...

Nneka. Oluoha

"A powerful exploration of the consequences of mental health issues being silenced due to cultural expectations and trauma comparison." -Paria Hassouri, award-winning author of Harvesting Rosewater and Found in TransitionHow do you ask for help when your whole life has been built around pretending you're fine?Nkem Nzenwa has everything that should make a woman happy: a successf...

Laurie Gilmore

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dream Harbor series, comes a new small-town romance set in the quirky town of Maple Hollow. The darker the woods, the bigger the secrets... Ruby Bellerose lives on the edge of the woods, in a cottage more akin to a fairy tale than modern day life. Her love life is practically non-existent, and she keeps away from the whisper...

Vivian Gornick

One of our most vital and incisive writers on literature, feminism, and knowing one's selfFor nearly fifty years, Vivian Gornick's essays, written with her characteristic clarity of perception and vibrant prose, have explored feminism and writing, literature and culture, politics and personal experience. Drawing writing from the course of her career, Taking a Long Look illumina...

Vivian Gornick

Writer and critic Vivian Gornick's long-unavailable classic exploring how Left politics gave depth and meaning to American life"Before I knew that I was Jewish or a girl I knew that I was a member of the working class." So begins Vivian Gornick's exploration of how the world of socialists, communists, and progressives in the 1940s and 1950s created a rich, diverse world where o...

Vivian Gornick

Vivian Gornick's relationship with her mother is difficult. At the age of forty-five, she regularly meets her mother for strolls along the streets of Manhattan. Occasionally they'll hit a pleasant stride, fondly recalling a shared nostalgia or chuckling over a mutual disgust, but most often their walks are tinged with contempt, irritation, and rages so white hot her mother will...