Two women, their lives separated by a century, learn the meaning of standing witness to horrific injustice in Roohi Choudhry’s epic historical novel "Outside Women". In 1890s India, after the British abolish slavery in their colonies,... Read More

Abused in her childhood and taught to believe that she doesn’t deserve love, a woman seeks independence in Sarah Jollien-Fardel’s heartbreaking novel "My Favorite". After a village doctor ignored the truth about her injuries, Jeanne... Read More

Sylvian Trudel’s novel "The Harmattan Winds" is an unusual coming-of-age tale imbued with undercurrents of magic, mystery, and tragedy. Hugues is an adopted orphan of unknown ethnic origins who falls under the spell of Hakébé, an... Read More

Geopolitical and magical intrigue entangle in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s intricate fantasy novel "Days of Shattered Faith". As a new aide to Gil, Pallesand’s diplomat in Usmai, Loret seconds her superior in a duel with Lor’s diplomat.... Read More

In Mary G. Thompson’s empathetic novel "One Level Down", a woman forced into a child’s body fights to escape her father’s simulation. Escaping Earth’s overcrowding and irreparable environmental damage, colonists encounter disease... Read More

In Natalia Theodoridou’s haunting novel "Sour Cherry", women are entrapped by the gluttonous monstrosities of their sons and husbands. To elucidate her husband’s abuse, a mother tells her child a story about a cursed lord. She begins... Read More

In Shubha Sunder’s novel "Optional Practical Training", an Indian immigrant tries to make a home in the US. After completing her undergraduate degree, Pavrita begins teaching physics at a school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, extending... Read More

In the face of global political events, connected people are set on different paths of self-discovery in the thoughtful thriller "The Gales of Alexandria". Ehab Elgammel’s political adventure novel "The Gales of Alexandria" zeroes in... Read More