Uzodinma Iweala stirringly brings to life a young man at war with himself in this moving new novel… read more

Tagame is especially deft at showing how bigotry can subtly poison people’s thoughts and actions… read more

Angot examines the process of writing—of expression—itself, along with every twist and turn of an obsessed, violated, powerless mind…. read more

Anne Raeff’s Winter Kept Us Warm is a profound success that manages to take its place in the canon of excellent war literature while also maintaining a kind of magical surreality…. read more

Love at Cooper’s Creek is an engaging tale with just the right mix of tension, pleasure and variety of interactions to delight the reader… read more

Jeanne Thornton’s book of short stories, The Black Emerald, is fantastic, meaning both that it’s very good, and also that it’s really weird… read more

Susan X Meagher has long been a go-to author for lesbian romance readers who enjoy layered stories with excellent character development, and Vacationland does not disappoint in either of these respects… read more

Hollinghurst brings alive a generational tale that begins at the dawn of WWII in the storied world of Oxford University… read more

Mysterious train rides. Hot but dangerous hook ups in Central Park. Special agents. Magic books. Nuns. Gore. Spooky stuff on a boat. Nasty jail scenes. Horrific episodes born from desire gone awry reach out to frighten you time and again in the second volume of Unspeakable Horror…. read more

Patrick Nathan’s debut novel declines to conform to the rules of any established literary category…. read more