Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany
by Jane Mount
Those of you who know Jane Mount only from her colorful illustrations of shelved and stacked book spines might be surprised—as I was—that her new book of literary "miscellany" is as miscellaneous as i... (Tom)
Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction
by Gabrielle Moss
Return with Gabrielle Moss to what she calls a "pastel parallel universe," the moment in teen and tween fiction between the '70s heyday of Judy Blume and the millennial rise of J.K. Rowling. In that i... (Tom)
Seattleness: A Cultural Atlas
by Tera Hatfield, Jenny Kempson, and Natalie Ross
What is Seattle? Anyone who has lived here more than a year has watched the city transform under our feet, as it has many times before. The three creators of Seattleness use their expertise in design,... (Tom)
The Snooty Bookshop: Fifty Literary Postcards
by Tom Gauld
This could be a book—it's shaped like one, and it has a title and an author—but once you start taking the postcards out to mail to your friends, who will appreciate Gauld's wry cartoon commentaries on...