Elin, a Norwegian doctor whose life has just imploded, has only a plastic skeleton to […]
How Can I Help You? by Laura Sims
Laura Sims’s novel, How Can I Help You?, took me right back to the handful […]
The Centre, by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
I envy polyglots. I truly do. I wish I could easily pick up languages without […]
The Dead Take the A Train, by Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey
Trigger warning for self-harm. Cassandra Khaw (of The Salt Grows Heavy) and Richard Kadrey (of […]
A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens, by Raul Palma
Hugo Contreras will be the first to tell you that he’s a fraud at the […]
Cities of Women, by Kathleen B. Jones
Christine de Pizan is one of the few medieval women we know from their own […]
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Few friends can say, like the characters in Jesse Q. Sutanto’s highly entertaining novel Vera […]
The Apology, by Jimin Han
There’s something about people—and characters—who insist that their way is the best way that absolutely […]
The Hollow Places, by T. Kingfisher
One of the sad things about being an adult is that, when you find a […]
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 […]