Welcome back to our monthly column about buzzy galleys. Awards season is taking shape, with no clear consensus favorite. The Booker named its shortlist, and the National Book Awards its longlists. The Kirkus Prize will be awarded on October 8. Book critic and founder of Alderbrink, a new magazine devoted to fine press books, Adam Morgan recommended Anna North’s Bog Queen (Bloomsbury, 10/14), which he called “really tense and atmospheric with a strong sense of place.” He writes, “It fe...
