It’s gift-giving season once again, and there’s nothing quite like seeing the look on a person’s face when they receive a gift they love. As book lovers can attest, books make great gifts. But what if the person you’re buying for isn’t a huge book person? Here are some ideas of newer titles to gift to the more selective readers in your life. Easy Weeknight Dinners: 100 Fast, Flavor-Packed Meals for Busy People Who Still Want Something Good to Eat by Emily Weinstein Take the stress out of weeknights with 100 easy, quick, and flavorful recipes from NYT Cooking. It’s Tuesday, 4 p.m. What’s for dinner? For busy people who want something good to eat, culinary powerhouse New York Times Cooking makes meal planning easy, with thousands of recipes to explore in the app. In Easy Weeknight Dinners, editor in chief Emily Weinstein has curated some of the greatest hits—100 favorite dishes that you can make in as little as 10 minutes, from trusted writers Melissa Clark, Eric Kim, Yewande Komolafe, Ali Slagle, and more, served with mouth-watering photos and notes from the NYT Cooking community. Organized by main ingredient, length of cooking time, and wow factor, you’ll find: truly fifteen-minute recipes, sheet-pan miracles for easy clean-up, minimum effort for maximum magic, and plate-licking sauces that steal the show. Whether you’re seeking a standout meal for one, crowd-pleasers for picky kids, or something special for company, Easy Weeknight Dinners offers versatile, flavor-packed meals for busy lives. The Official Agatha Christie Puzzle Book: Put…

It’s summer! The season of beach reads, page-turning suspense, and cozy reading at the cabin. Whether you travel far or stick close to home, it’s the perfect time to kick back, relax, and get into a good book. And there are plenty of new releases to add to your TBR list! Here are some recent releases across varied genres that I am excited to dive into this summer. The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai, Jesse Kirkwood (Translator) – Literary Fiction/Cozy Mystery What’s the one dish you’d do anything to taste just one more time? Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant. Run by Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare, the Kamogawa Diner serves up deliciously extravagant meals. But that’s not the main reason customers stop by… The father-daughter duo are ‘food detectives’. Through ingenious investigations, they are able to recreate dishes from a person’s treasured memories – dishes that may well hold the keys to their forgotten past and future happiness. The restaurant of lost recipes provides a link to vanished moments, creating a present full of possibility. A bestseller in Japan, The Kamogawa Food Detectives is a celebration of good company and the power of a delicious meal. One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware – Thriller A high-tension and ingenious thriller following five couples trapped on a storm-swept island as a killer stalks among them. Lyla is in a bit of a rut. Her post-doctoral research has fizzled out, she’s pretty sure they won’t…

August is a month of adventure, sunshine, and soaking up the last vestiges of summer. It’s also a month for reading! While you’re relaxing at the cabin, soaking up sun on the beach, or chilling at home in your favorite chair, consider picking up these newer fiction titles that I’m excited to dive into. Wolvers by Taylor Brown — Literary Thriller Richly detailed, character-driven, and lyrical, this is a book I am excited to read not only because of the myriad themes it touches on, but also because the author uniquely includes the she-wolf’s perspective in the story. Told from four perspectives, award-winning author Taylor Brown presents a suspenseful, thrillingly-written tale of pursuit, survival, and redemption set at the burning edge of today’s American Southwest, where once-extinct wolves have returned, the land is tinder-dry and fragile, and desperate men seek to reclaim what they believe is theirs to rule. Broke, dispossessed, and angry at the government after losing his family’s New Mexico ranch, Trace Temple is looking for revenge. He’s living out of his truck when a shadowy militia movement hires him to take down the legendary she-wolf of the Dark Canyon pack, One-Eleven. But One-Eleven is no ordinary wolf. Cunning, fiercely protective of her young, and seasoned in the ways of men, she leads her pack deep into the forbidding desert peaks and canyons, always one step ahead of pursuit. After a harrowing brush with death in the backcountry, Trace has a change of heart—only to be replaced by…