When we describe someone as haunted, we usually mean that they exhibit a palpable sadness […]
The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett
Trigger warning for brief depictions of domestic violence and racism. Set over thirty years in […]
Cormorant Lake, by Faith Merino
There are so many ways to be a mother that I don’t know how lexicographers […]
Such a Fun Age, by Kiley Reid
I think my first experience with a story that made the skin on my neck […]
Solutions and Other Problems, by Allie Brosh
Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half came out seven years ago. Since then, I’ve been […]
The Bride Wore Black, by Cornell Woolrich
Originally published in 1940, Cornell Woolrich’s The Bride Wore Black is interesting (at least to […]
The Nickel Boys, by Colson Whitehead
Trigger warning for child abuse and racism. In the pages of The Nickel Boys, Colson […]
The Book of Collateral Damage, by Sinan Antoon
Authors and philosophers have said it for centuries. You can’t go home again and you […]
Hidden Valley Road, by Robert Kolker
Trigger warning for child sexual abuse. One of the scariest things, I think, that can […]
We Keep the Dead Close, by Becky Cooper
Jane Britton was murdered early in the morning on January 7, 1969 and no one […]