It’s hard to know quite what to make of Rodrigo Rey Rosa’s Human Matter: A […]
Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune, by Roselle Lim
The news that her agoraphobic mother has passed away sends Natalie Tan back to San […]
The Diary of a Bookseller, by Shaun Bythell
In 2001, Shaun Bythell bought The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland. In The Diary of a […]
Sharp Objects, by Gillian Flynn
Trigger warning for self-harm. Camille Preaker, the protagonist of Gillian Flynn’s torturous novel Sharp Objects, […]
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, by Michelle McNamara
Traditionally, true crime follows a chronology that covers the history of a series of crimes. […]
Among the Lost, by Emiliano Monge
Trigger warning for references to rape and torture. Emiliano Monge’s Among the Lost (solidly translated […]
Over Seas of Memory, by Michaël Ferrier
Author Michaël Ferrier’s grandfather is a mystery. All the family knows, a scant two generations […]
Let’s Pretend this Never Happened, by Jenny Lawson
Jenny Lawson has a strange brain. Some readers may be familiar with her odd thoughts […]
Into the Jungle, by Erica Ferencik
Lily has escaped her life as a foster child by moving to Bolivia, the homeland […]
The Secret Place, by Tana French
Imagine a thermometer. At the bottom at the people we consider acquaintances. We say hi […]