The Books List

Top Picks for Book Club & Beyond

- KRISTYN KUSEK LEWIS

Poems That Hit Home

How About Now, the spectacular new collection by bestselling poet Kate Baer (What Kind of Woman), is all about change: the effects of getting older, what it’s like to watch your children grow, how relationships evolve (or don’t). Touching on everything from text chains to bridesmaid speeches to panic attacks, the poems uncover the profundity behind our seemingly ordinary lives. Keep this slim book on your nightstand—it reads like words of compassion from your wisest friend.

Folkloric Fiction

In the new novel by