1+ week, 5+ day ago   (347+ words) With empathy and creativity, Mothersucker fuses the horror of the supernatural with the all-too-real horror of misogynistic violence. Every new vampire novel is a reason to celebrate, and Kim Bohyun’s Mothersucker, translated from Korean by Archana Madhavan, is a punchy,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (383+ words) A quietly impactful novel of community and personal growth, The Birthing Tree explores some of the same ground as Amanda Peters’ widely read 2023 debut, The Berry Pickers. Set in Nova Scotia, Amanda Peters’ second novel, The Birthing Tree, tells the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (230+ words) Add us as a Google Preferred Source The Disappearers is a masterfully crafted book, but make no mistake: It is, at times, a harrowing read. And yet, like my conversation with its author, I found it difficult to walk away…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (350+ words) Pamela Paul explores how to harmoniously coexist with others in a chaotic environment—such as a public park—in her amusing picture book, The Path. Ah, the park on a sunny day, where one encounters an embarrassment of riches: fresh…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (413+ words) In Crocodilopolis, a saga of Costa Rica teetering on the edge of fascism, John Manuel Arias wields the power of myth to characterize a feud between two brothers. Latin American novelists have been writing cutting-edge family sagas for generations. From…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (213+ words) Domingo’s deceased father returns to him in the form of a pigeon to help his son process his grief in Bless Me, Papi, a poignant meditation on bereavement, growing up and love that transcends every boundary. In 1999, 13-year-old Domingo José…...