Reader's Choice: Sally McConnell The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen MILS catalog record “The Sympathizer is a blistering, award-winning exploration of identity, politics, and America, wrought in electric prose. The narrator, a Vietnamese army captain, is a man of two minds and divided loyalties, a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist sleeper agent in America after the end of the Vietnam … Continue reading "Reader’s Choice: The Sympathizer"

Reader's Choice: Shannon Lindsay Starter Villain by John Scalzi MILS catalog record (SPL copy on order) “Inheriting your uncle’s supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who’s running the place. Charlie’s life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, … Continue reading "Reader’s Choice: Starter Villain"

Reader's Choice: Andrew Stoessel American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson MILS catalog record “It’s 1986, the heart of the Cold War, and Marie Mitchell is an intelligence officer with the FBI. She’s brilliant, but she’s also a young black woman working in an old boys’ club. Her career has stalled out, she’s overlooked for every high-profile squad, and … Continue reading "Reader’s Choice: American Spy"

Reader's Choice: Laura Watson The Eyes & the Impossible by Dave Eggers MILS catalog record “Johannes is a free dog, a fast dog. He lives in an urban park by the sea, and every day, he runs through the park, seeing all, missing nothing, and reporting what he sees to the park’s three ancient Bison, the Keepers … Continue reading "Reader’s Choice: The Eyes & the Impossible"

Reader's Choice: Katherine Page James by Percival Everett MILS catalog record “When Jim hears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he runs away until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck has faked his own death to escape his violent father. As all … Continue reading "Reader’s Choice: James"