A decadent horror story (for the oyster) narrated with awe and gusto, Andreas Ammer’s "Portrait of an Oyster" is must for all who find their joy on the half shell. Once “a cheap form of nourishment” twice consumed to near... Read More

An ambitious reconstruction of a hidden personal life, "Gabriële" is Anne and Claire Berest’s biographical novel about their formidable great-grandmother. At twenty-seven, Gabriële Buffet had carved out an unusual life—studying... Read More

Saskia Nislow’s thrilling and fast-paced horror novel "Root Rot" is about family dysfunction and the inescapable reality of returning to the earth after death. The Crybaby, the Liar, and the One Who Runs Away explore their... Read More

Across more than a century, three women connected by a narrative persist beyond the brokenness of their worlds in "A Line You Have Traced", Roisin Dunnett’s stunning speculative novel. At the end of World War I, brilliant Bea assists... Read More

Jessica Zucker’s self-help book "Normalize It" demonstrates that storytelling is the way to break the cycles of silence, stigma, and shame that keep women from disclosing difficult episodes in their lives. Zucker shares composite case... Read More

Joined together, the grumbles of ill-appreciated and misunderstood knickknacks become cacophonous in Elisabeth Saake’s cheeky, delightful gift book "Tchotchkes and Their F*cked-Up Thoughts". Beware your baubles—they’re not content... Read More

"20 Amici, 40 Ricette" is American entrepreneur John Bersani’s inviting culinary guide to Italy’s Chianti region. On his first visit to Tuscany, Bersani was seduced by its landscape, art, people, and food. He later bought a home in... Read More

Cecily Gilligan’s sweeping encyclopedia "Cures of Ireland" archives centuries of Irish folk medicine, herbalism, and healing charms. Drawing on firsthand interviews and archival research, this expansive book details hundreds of Irish... Read More