Trigger warning for rape, racism. At the outset of Catherine Kurtz’s troubling novel, Feast, Minha […]
Honey, by Imani Thompson
The first one wasn’t meant to be fatal. The second was maybe an accident. The […]
A Perfect Hand, by Ayelet Waldman
The further I got into Ayelet Waldman’s incredible new novel, A Perfect Hand, the more […]
Strange Beasts, by Susan J. Morris
There are few things as satisfying to me in a story than women who, after […]
The Bookshop Below, by Georgia Summers
Readers frequently describe books as magical. We’re being metaphorical about how stories can transport. But […]
No Man’s Land, by Richard K. Morgan
Duncan Silver’s Great War never ended; it was only the enemy that changed. After he […]
Nonesuch, by Francis Spufford
Iris Hawkins knows what she wants. She wants a fun night with a man. She […]
The Sea Child, by Linda Wilgus
Isabel brings a lot of secrets with her to her very humble new home in […]
The King at the Edge of the World, by Arthur Phillips
Mahmoud Ezzedine, a talented physician to the Ottoman sultan, did not want to be included […]
A Spell for Drowning, by Rebecca Ferrier
Family stories from Cornwall inspired Rebecca Ferrier’s new novel, A Spell for Drowning. Countless years […]