In Youssef Rakha’s bold novel "The Dissenters", a son pieces together his mother’s Egyptian story. Following his mother’s death, Nour experiences visions of her in their attic. Piecemeal, he writes to his estranged sister, Shimo,... Read More

An interdisciplinary history of flooding and flood stories, Gareth E. Rees’s book "Sunken Lands" explores the eerie legacy of climate change in humanity’s past. Weaving the oracular, poetic, and horrifying together in tales of... Read More

Incorporating a wide range of references to art, science, and religious history, "Knock at the Sky" is Liz Charlotte Grant’s beautiful, daring, sweeping interpretation of Genesis. In this mesmerizing discussion of the biblical book,... Read More

Shifting between Nigeria and the US, Olufunke Grace Bankole’s novel "The Edge of Water" is about the separation and reunion of mothers and daughters. Esther details her experience of motherhood through letters to her daughter Amina,... Read More

In Lilian West’s mystery novel "Pretty Dead Things", a bride-to-be works to solve a peculiar cold case buried and forgotten about for decades. Newly engaged Cora relocates to Hickory Falls, the small town where her fiancé grew up. At... Read More

In Elizabeth Lowham’s enthralling fantasy novel "Casters and Crowns", a reverse Sleeping Beauty curse forces a princess to confront the truth about magic in her kingdom. Aria will inherit her father’s crown—if she can survive the... Read More

A woman navigates life and death in a post-apocalyptic world in Manuela Draeger’s literary novel "Kree". Long after wars and famine decimate the world, new creatures, religions, and autocracies arise to carve out places of power among... Read More

Jessica Friedmann’s essay collection "Twenty-Two Impressions" sheds novel light on the potential of the tarot to guide how people move through and experience life. The text opens with an in-depth exploration of the history of the... Read More