Eskor David Johnson’s debut novel about an immigrant newcomer to the fictional megacity of Polis is entertaining, clever and mysterious.

The Seattle Times spoke with the local author about his new book, “Again and Again,” and his thoughts on the banning of his 2018 novel “Lawn Boy.”

The former Washington resident and bestselling author of “Maid” sat down with The Seattle Times to discuss writing, procrastination and the ethical quandaries of memoir.

Here are this week’s bestsellers from Publishers Weekly.

Here are the top local bestsellers from the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association.

The Seattle Times spoke to Alderman about technological wariness, prospective paths to change and a novelist’s place in an increasingly algorithmic world.

In “The Liberators,” the Korean American poet and translator takes a turn at fiction, tackling the complicated web of family through an immigrant lens.

The two-time National Book Award-winning author’s latest novel is about power and violence in the antebellum South.

The death of George Floyd and a rise in Asian American hate crimes in 2020 changed how the author shaped his memoir about growing up in Detroit in the ’80s.

Jamaican poet Safiya Sinclair’s searing debut is a love letter to Black Caribbean girls and women, an exploration of Rastafarianism and more.