In Erica McKeen’s dazzling novel "Cicada Summer", a young woman, her ex-lover, and her aging grandfather reckon with the aftermath of tragedy while cloistered together in a... Read More

Daring women keep secrets, heal their neighbors, and protect each others’ futures in Bonnie Jo Campbell’s captivating novel "The Waters". On an island in a Michigan swamp... Read More

Rubén Degollado’s resonant novel "The Family Izquierdo" maps three generations within a Mexican family on the Texas side of the Rio Grande. A family tree orients the reader... Read More

About the history, fantasies, projections, and outright lies that have formed Western civilization’s concepts of what’s good, true, and beautiful, Bernd Brunner’s... Read More

Imagination is a lifeboat, and complacency an albatross, in Lydia Millet’s visionary novel A Children’s Bible. A gaggle of families converge at an ocean-adjacent mansion for... Read More

“At a certain point,” writes Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri, “the nightmare becomes home.” The entries of Petri’s collection are satirical dances through... Read More

Charming horror may sound like an oxymoron, but it is an apt description of Landis Blair’s whimsical graphic novel "The Envious Siblings". Inspired by the works of Edward... Read More

Rawi Hage’s novel "Beirut Hellfire Society" is an intimate glimpse at the effects of civil war that challenges social and religious norms. Pavlov is the son of an undertaker... Read More

Novuyo Rosa Tshuma shapes the history of a family into a riveting, detailed novel. Following in the footsteps of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun, Tshuma crafts... Read More

Fat is not the antithesis of health, as this insightful book shows. "The Secret Life of Fat" by Sylvia Tara takes a fresh look at a taboo. The word “fat” is so often... Read More