Capturing the imagination with a welcome dark tone, "Animal Husbandry" is a satisfying short story collection. The short stories in Jeff Fleischer’s collection "Animal Husbandry" range from fun and bizarre to thought-provoking and... Read More

Misogyny and religious conviction are vicious bedfellows in Eduardo Sangarcía’s horrifying, humbling literary novel "The Trial of Anna Thalberg", based on the Würzburg witch trials that tore through poor populations with their... Read More

A fairy tale with an edge, Stefanie vor Schulte’s "Boy with a Black Rooster" explores a vast land afflicted by cruelty and ill fortune. Martin is a kindhearted orphan whose father went insane and killed the rest of his family. Looked... Read More

Franz Nicolay’s riveting book "Band People" is a behind-the-scenes investigation into the internal dynamics of rock bands. Nicolay notes that documentary The Beatles: Get Back was an eye-opener to many because it revealed what he and... Read More

The author makes the introductions in this tongue-in-cheek, wild ride of a picture book about remarkable children—some of them fantastical, others closer to reality than you think. Each child receives a detailed spread with multiple... Read More

A grieving son reconstructs his dying father’s painful life story in Feurat Alani’s historical novel "I Remember Fallujah". Rami has always been a secretive father, spending long hours working and refusing to indulge the curiosity of... Read More

A Chinese photographer in colonial Singapore and a museum archivist forge a connection through their yearning, time-crossing correspondence in Elaine Chiew’s mesmerizing speculative novel "The Light Between Us". In 1920, Tian Wei runs... Read More

An inherited property, a child who sees ghostly presences, and a brooding, handsome love interest make "The Inhabitants" a Gothic treat. Combining Gothic and modern influences with intricate and sinuous pacing, Beth Castrodale’s... Read More