Book Reviews & Recommendations
Ry Herman’s This Princess Kills Monsters is an absolute delight a sharp, funny, and gloriously queer reinvention of the Grimm Brothers’ The Twelve Huntsmen. It’s the kind of story that knows exactly how ridiculous fairy tales can be and loves them all […]
Samantha Crewson’s Every Sweet Thing Is Bitter is not an easy book to read, but it is a powerful one. Her debut novel plunges deep into the wounds of family, abuse, and generational pain, delivering a haunting and visceral story about a […]
Jonas Hassen Khemiri’s The Sisters is a big, generous novel that aims for the whole constellation of a life: family, diaspora, art, love, ambition, and the curse of loss that seems to hover over every generation. Told across three decades and structured […]
Tasha Suri’s The Jasmine Throne is a triumph of imagination and emotional depth, the kind of epic fantasy that feels both ancient and urgently modern. Drawing inspiration from Indian history and mythology, Suri crafts a world of burning temples, forbidden magic, and […]
Hanya Yanagihara’s To Paradise is a sprawling, audacious literary project that attempts to capture the evolution of love, loss, and the search for utopia across three centuries of alternate Americas. Following the international acclaim of A Little Life, Yanagihara returns with a […]
Kristen Kish’s memoir is not a kitchen tell all. It is a clear eyed account of how a Korean adoptee from the Midwest found her way to professional kitchens, national TV, and a life that finally fits. Accidentally on Purpose moves through […]
Rivers Solomon turns the haunted house inside out in Model Home, a literary horror novel that treats a gated Dallas McMansion like a fault line running through one Black family. It is eerie, emotionally brutal, and relentlessly thoughtful. Where many hauntings end […]
Francine Oomen returns to the world that raised a generation with a new entry aimed at those former teens who are now juggling rent, relationships, and the quiet panic of adulthood. Hoe overleef ik alles wat ik niemand vertel? promises a grown […]
Andrea Bartz returns with a moody island thriller that trades neon cocktails for rip currents. The Last Ferry Out strands grief stricken Abby on Isla Colel, a once buzzy paradise hollowed out by a hurricane and a vanishing ferry schedule. She has […]
Tash Aw’s The South is a quiet stunner about heat, hunger, and the stories families hand down. Set largely in late 1990s Malaysia, the novel follows Jay, a teenager who travels with his parents and sisters to a failing family farm after […]