In the middle of World War II, Irene Woodward escapes an abusive fiancé to join […]
I Have Some Questions for You, by Rebecca Makkai
I don’t know why so many of us are fascinated by true crime. I know […]
The Imposters, by Tom Rachman
Trigger warnings for brief scenes of torture and suicidal ideation. As I read The Imposters, […]
American Ending, by Mary Kay Zuravleff
Trigger warning for interpersonal violance. Two epiphanies bookend American Ending, by Mary Kay Zuravleff. Near […]
Lone Women, by Victor LaValle
For more than a million people, the American West was a place to disappear, to […]
Girls and Their Monsters, by Audrey Clare Farley
Trigger warnings for physical, verbal, and sexual abuse of children. On May 19, 1930, Carl […]
Hotel Cuba, by Aaron Hamburger
Based on family history, Aaron Hamburger imagines the journey of a pragmatic (and often exasperated) […]
The Postcard, by Anne Berest
I kind of wish that everyone had a writer in the family who could do […]
The Midnight News, by Jo Baker
Charlotte Richmond, the protagonist of Jo Baker’s affecting novel, The Midnight News, seems to carry […]
The Pallbearers Club, by Paul Tremblay
Art Barbara is kind of an odd guy. He’s always been a bit odd and […]