Book reviews from Tin House Press — fiction, nonfiction, children’s and independent titles, read and reviewed by our editorial team.
In her debut memoir, Russ interweaves memories of her childhood with an account of her relationship with her partner of 13 years. Brian, who was initially just a friend, had everything that the author coveted and did not yet have herself: confidence, sureness, and capability. When they transitioned to a romantic relationship, Russ leaned heavily …
When Anna Kamoria was attending her North Carolina high school, she also trained in sword fighting and martial arts with her mother Adelyna’s “handsome, stoic” friend Derrick, and she felt different from her classmates “in a way that made it hard to relate to others.” One night, her mother was murdered by unknown assailants and …
Elspeth Blackwood and her older sister, Isla, were raised in a family of trusted healers. They live together in a cottage outside Fife with Elspeth’s 4-year-old daughter, Annabel, who’s called Anna. Anna’s father was a sailor who headed out to sea shortly after learning Elspeth was pregnant, never to be heard from again. The two …
Neiman, the director of an international public think tank called the Einstein Forum, continues the probing cultural critique begun in her Learning From the Germans (2019) and Left Is Not Woke (2023). Appalled by President Trump’s “ideas that are destructive enough to warrant the word evil,” she proposes a return to “universalism.” In the wake …
Kat, a strong-willed teenager, sees the escalation of armed conflict in real time as tanks begin rolling into town, broadcast on news channels. She heads to a community shelter as bombs start to drop. Schools close, supplies are rationed, and citizens depart by choice or force. Just as Kat’s family is attempting to leave, soldiers …
Alice Kaplan is looking forward to finishing her studies at Cornell University when her father’s sudden death forces her to stay in New York City and help her mother. Hoping to make her name as a journalist, she joins the staff of a feminist newspaper. Her assignments, along with her debates with other staff members, …
A nauseating wannabe influencer in the toxic manosphere, Brodie Hendren uses the money he makes from credit card fraud and selling Nazi memorabilia to stalk his ex-wife. Meanwhile, two thieves who became the closest thing to sister and brother in a foster family turn into adversaries of peak criminal acumen, executing competing heists for pricey …
Nearly a century of German political and social shifts are translated into human experience in Sacks’ new novel, starting with a 1933 prologue introducing young Klara von Arnsberg—“Narrow all over, sharp at the edges. Hard, a little cruel”—the daughter of a wealthy industrialist family. Klara’s betrayal of Max, her “clever and kind” Jewish friend, is …
In this debut personal finance book, Herriot introduces readers to the concept of “time freedom,” the idea that wealth doesn’t mean accumulating enough money to retire early—it means securing sufficient income and savings, combined with control over work scheduling, to allow one to move between periods of work and periods of leisure instead of enduring …
