I love epistolary novels. Something about the format—though I am sure it’s incredibly challenging for […]
A Botanist’s Guide to Parties and Poisons, by Kate Khavari
Saffron Everleigh is used to doing difficult things. After all, she’s managed to get herself […]
Murder at Gulls Nest, by Jess Kidd
Trigger warning for brief depiction of a rape. Nora Breen is a woman on a […]
The Usual Desire to Kill, by Camille Barnes
There’s no one who can get on our nerves like family can. This is certainly […]
These Days, by Lucy Caldwell
There is a distinct sense of anticipation at the beginning of Lucy Caldwell’s novel, These […]
The Paris Express, by Emma Donoghue
The people who board the train in Granville, a resort town on France’s Norman coast, […]
33 Place Brugmann, by Alice Austen
Alice Austen’s 33 Place Brugmann tells a connected story of surviving—or not surviving—World War II […]
A Fool’s Kabbalah, by Steve Stern
Trigger warnings for rape and many Nazi atrocities. Gershom Scholem has arrived in Offenbach am […]
Punished, by Ann-Helén Laestadius
Trigger warning for child abuse and forced cultural assimilation. None of the five Sámi in […]
Isola, by Allegra Goodman
In the afterword to Isola, Allegra Goodman’s new book, she writes that she found inspiration […]