To write “A Harlem Wedding” Warren spent years doing her homework as she went through hundreds of pages of documents and letters between characters represented in the book. Regarding Jimmie, “The love of Yolande’s life,” Warren writes, “He nearly jumped out of Yolande’s letters to her father, waiting to be a part of the story.”

For the non-science-oriented reader, she spins extraordinary analogies, as she takes each concept of theoretical physics step-by-step and breaks it down. From Langston Hughes to Robert Frost, R.E.M., Spider-Man, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” the 808 drum machine and Jackie Robinson, Prescod-Weinstein pulls out decades of pop culture and historical references to make her points.

Jimenez excels at boiling down her characters’ struggles into nuggets of written wisdom, and this book is no exception, highlighting the laughter, camaraderie and the tangled decisions life hurls at us.

Chock full of fast-paced banter, Score also reminds readers how the ordinary moments of life can be funny and tense all at once. She balances humor, which there is plenty of here, with more serious issues

Vinnie visits a local market in her new town of Wills Harbor, Md., and, after a rough interaction with a customer, the teenage cashier passes Vinnie a note that says, “Please help me. I think he killed Avery.” Thus begins the itch that, as a former cop, Vinnie can’t shake.

Just as America gears up to mark its own 250th birthday in 2026, Austen’s enduring literary legacy resonates deeply.

This book is not a solution, as much as a reflection on how humans can band together even as the world explodes around them. The author’s father was a fireman during and before the Blitz

This book is a delight for anyone who’s ever tried to sit in a nice cafe and have dinner by themselves while feeling self-conscious. It’s about how a person can still be lonely, even in a crowded city with people bustling all around.

Oozing blood and with many bumps in the night, Harrison artfully blends dread, passion and humor to give her readers a mixture of the Upside Down from “Stranger Things” and a Barbie Dreamhouse of fright.

You, the detective, are given evidence as the story progresses to try to solve the murder alongside the suspects themselves