May 29, 2022
Many of us have had complicated reading years, struggling to keep our attention trained on any one book—let alone finish one. So Jynne Dilling Martin, an associate publisher at Riverhead Books, and Kalima DeSuze, activist and founder of the intersectional feminist bookstore at Cafe con Libros in Brooklyn, shared some of their favorite page-turners to pull you out of your reading slump. There’s something for everyone, from a poem-like novel that’s less than 300 pages to a New York Times bestselling book club pick.