Inspired by a true story from Chinese history, this painterly picture book serves as a reminder that queer people—and queer love—have always existed. When Yuan’s advisors tell him he must understand perfection to rule well, Yuan is... 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

First a force within Eastern European oral traditions before flowing into popular culture as a frightening witch, Baba Yaga is a character whose many incarnations suggest fascinating depth. Stories about her are teased out and mined for... Read More

Forbidden love tears apart an Egyptian Levantine family in Éric Chacour’s novel "What I Know About You". Tarek always followed the path laid out by his family: he became a doctor to please his strict father, and he married the woman... Read More

Christophe Lebold’s biography of one of popular music’s greatest songwriters is outstanding, grounding its subject in the historical times that formed him and his art. Following Leonard Cohen from his childhood in Canada through to... Read More

Introducing telemedicine to doctors and patients in terms of its most significant benefits, "Skip the Waiting Room" is an informative health-care primer. Chris Rovin, Jared Sheehan, and Talib Omer’s forward-looking health-care book... Read More

A prized violin becomes akin to a living, breathing object within a musician’s family in the wrenching, informative memoir "Made in Italy". Thomas Walter Kelley’s memoir "Made in Italy" recounts his and his wife’s astonishing time... Read More