Henry, black and stooped, unlocked the door with a key on a large metal ring. - The Hustler by Walter Tevis
Here is this baby, crying in my, and don’t he just know when to stop? - Martin and John by Dale Peck
In which side characters are the real ones - The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life, Vol. 2 (light novel) by Usata Nonhora
Common High School Tropes But Stays Classy about Anxiety - Komi Can't Communicate, vols. 1-2 by Tomohito Oda
Moving Beyond Black and White: An Immigrant’s Perspective on Race in the United States - Not Quite Not White: Losing and Finding Race in America by Sharmila Sen
Paint me a small railroad station then, ten minutes before dark. - Bullet Park by John Cheever
The first sunny day of spring evaporated the dampness that had accumulated in the soil through the winter months, and warmed the bones of the old people who now could stroll the gentle orthopedic paths of the garden. - Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende
A New Start - The Slasher by Michael Collins
A Valentine’s Delight - A Big Surprise for Valentine's Day (Holidays with the Wongs #4) by Jackie Lau
The Hate U Give - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
“Ultimately, the reason Harvey Weinstein followed the route he did is because he was allowed to, and that’s our fault. As a culture that’s our fault.” - Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow
If I Had a Dollar for Every Dead Guy I Found In My Tub… - Whose Body by Dorothy L. Sayers
Sapphire Blue is like junk food – you’ll enjoy it but it won’t stick with you - Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier
Redshirts by John Scalzi is silly, fun, and full of adventure. - Redshirts by John Scalzi
The Last Time I Lied is a slow burn that sticks with you - The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
Less thriller, more meditation - American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
A urgent rallying cry - We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom
On a clear, blueblack, starry night, in the city of Berlin, in the year 2003, two young people sat down to dinner. - The Rotters' Club by Jonathan Coe
A little bit of everything - The Other Americans by Laila Lalami
A world inhabited by demons, robots, and talking animals - The Stonekeeper (Amulet, #1) by Kazu Kibuishi
Colors in rainbows - Black Is a Rainbow Color by Angela Joy
Robo Boogey - Happiness for Humans by P.Z. Reizin
Tough Decisions - Dark Night of the Soul by Gary Reilly
Non-Binary Stars - Behind the Sun, Above the Moon by Ziggy Schutz, Paige S. Allen, Brooklyn Ray, J.S. Fields, S.R. Jones, Alex Harrow, Emmett Nahil, Sara Codair, Anna Zabo
The lose of a pet does not have to not have hope - Where Lily Isn’t by Julie Paschiks
Different colors “talk” to different pollinators - Flower Talk by Sara Levine
Never say never - Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong by Prudence Shen
Your Gut is a Wonderland - Gut: The Inside Story of Our Most Underated Organ by Giulia Enders
I recall reading, in The New York Review of Books, a couple of years ago, an article that jellyfish were taking over the planet. - Typewriters Bombs Jellyfish by Tom McCarthy
What happens when the last dragon on earth lives in the Bayou? - Highfire by Eoin Colfer
It’s really amazing that humanity has lasted as long as it has - The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul by Eleanor Herman
A must-have for your bug-out bag - The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch by Lewis Dartnell
The Man, the Myth, the Legend - Hard Work, but It’s Worth It: The Life of Jimmy Carter by Bethany Hegedus
Quickest, tallest, most fearless athlete - Althea Gibson: The Story of Tennis’ Fleet-of-Foot Girl by Megan Reid
More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to. - Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson
Now, what could I do with the boy? Joshua asked himself. - Making of the Zombie Wars by Aleksandar Hemon
Truth is Not Always Freeing - The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly
The country house party from Hell. - Proper English (England, #0) by K.J. Charles
“One of them says, ‘Why did they do it?’ And the other answers, ‘Because they could.’ That is the only answer there ever is.” - The Power by Naomi Alderman
She Was Like a Sexy, Rabid Raccoon. And He Was a Goner. - Not the Girl You Marry by Andie J. Christopher
There Will be a Reckoning. - The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
The proof has been in the pudding for a long time. - Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea by Mark Blyth
Rules to this but for now call me Joan Jet-Pack! - Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
An interesting take on Elric - Elric Vol. 1: The Ruby Throne by Michael Moorcock
An open letter to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse - Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse
“It is at the moments when the doors open, when things flow between the worlds, that stories happen.” - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
“I am tired of twisting myself into painful shapes for mere scraps of respect or consideration. Tired of bending this way and that in search of approval that will only ever be half granted.” - The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics (Feminine Pursuits #1) by Olivia Waite
A Different Type - When The Thrill Is Gone by Walter Mosley
Simply a Beautiful Memoir - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Knock knock - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow