Books reviewed in April 2021

by Kiley Reid
A sharp social commentary wrapped in a page-turning story about a young Black woman caught between her white employer and her white boyfriend, both with their own ideas about what she should be.

by Michael Pollan
A fascinating exploration of how four plants - apples, tulips, marijuana, and potatoes - have shaped human history as much as we've shaped them.

by Alexis Schaitkin
A haunting novel about the mysterious death of a young woman on a Caribbean island vacation and her sister's obsessive quest for truth years later.

by Rumaan Alam
A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone wrong.

by Heather Anish Anderson
The inspiring memoir of Heather 'Anish' Anderson's record-breaking Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike and her journey to find herself in the wilderness.

by Celeste Ng
A riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives.

by Stephanie Wrobel
A dark psychological thriller about a mother-daughter relationship poisoned by Munchausen syndrome by proxy and the twisted aftermath of truth.

by Colin O'Brady
Colin O'Brady's gripping account of his solo, unsupported, and unassisted crossing of Antarctica - a feat many thought impossible.
8 books reviewed in April 2021