Where we look at the forces shaping what gets written, published, and read, featuring author and podcaster Sarah MacLean on why romance has become the engine of modern publishing.

A viral dystopian romance set in a corrupt surveillance state, following a mercenary who botches the assassination of the president’s son.

And on the Book Biz segment, the romance genre as the engine of publishing.

A sweeping family saga that traces the intertwined lives of three generations of women, moving from war-torn Germany and Ireland to coastal Maine.

In this debut novel, we meet a Nigerian-American family set on a crash course towards each other. And on our Book Biz segment, the role of agents in publishing today.

In this romantasy set in a Roman-inspired world ruled by vampires, a young woman faces a deadly competition where survival depends on mastering forbidden powers.

Through intertwining narratives, the novel follows a cast of characters in Pakistan, taking us from the chaotic cities to lawless feudal countryside. And in the Book Biz segment, how A.I. is affecting publishing.

This historical novel takes us to Poland in the late 1930s, where two young Jewish women must work together to find a missing teacher while storm clouds gather around them. Plus the Book Biz on digital-first publishing.

We all know what happened to Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn, but what if she woke up the day after her execution and took it upon herself to seek justice?

A darkly comedic noir novel set in 1974 San Francisco following a young woman as she becomes obsessed with murder and desire after a co-worker's death, leading her to challenge her controlling husband.

“The Complex” moves between the U.S. and modern India to follow the illicit liaisons, political ambitions, and betrayals of a prominent Delhi family, unraveling in the shadow of a nation's transformation.