Culture
Books Help Nanako Relax During Her First PerfectStrangers Meetup
Nanako used books as an opening line on her first PerfectStrangers meeting. A helpful respondent and a recommended cheesecake made the encounter feel
Jess Ho's People With Money Misfires as Satire and Feels Overcooked
Jess Ho interrogates race, class and gender, but the novel's satire is uneven and key characters collapse into caricature.
✎ Editor's PickStop Saying "Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover"
A book cover is more than packaging. It is the reader's first encounter with a story, shaping expectations, preserving cultural identity and proving that design remains one of publishing's most powerful forms of storytelling.