Before he was the writer and illustrator of the Madeline books, Ludwig Bemelmans was a […]
Beasts of the Earth, by James Wade
Trigger warnings for references to incest and child sexual abuse. Harlen LeBlanc is a haunted […]
The Bass Rock, by Evie Wyld
Trigger warnings for mentions of rape, domestic violence, child abuse, gaslighting, and femicide. The small […]
A Restless Truth, by Freya Marske
Is there a word for nostalgia over something you’ve never personally experienced? Because I think […]
The Glass Pearls, by Emeric Pressburger
Trigger warning for brief descriptions of medical experimentation and torture committed during the Holocaust. Originally […]
The Censor’s Notebook, by Liliana Corobca
It isn’t until nearly the end of Liliana Corobca’s semi-experimental novel, The Censor’s Notebook, that […]
Daughters of the New Year, by E.M. Tran
Xuan would be first in line to argue back with Cassius of Julius Caesar, who […]
All Your Children, Scattered, by Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse
Between April 7 and July 15, 1994, hundreds of thousands of Tutsis and Twa people […]
Shrines of Gaiety, by Kate Atkinson
I know Dickens isn’t to everyone’s taste. All those characters and all those crisscrossing plots […]
Days Come and Go, by Hemley Boum
Trigger warnings for brief depictions of domestic violence and rape. Some families seem cursed. Whether […]