Interwoven with the stark realism of the novel are hints of a fairy tale. Simultaneously bleak and hopeful, Michael Köhlmeier’s "Yiza" traverses the expansive landscape of human suffering as seen through the eyes of displaced migrant... Read More

Brigitte Findakly, along with her husband, cartoonist Lewis Trondheim, provides perspective on the history of Iraq through her graphic memoir, "Poppies of Iraq". Findakly grew up in Iraq. Her book begins with a memory of visiting the... Read More

A summer holiday adventure full of humor, surprises, and mistaken identities, "Clementine Loves Red", by Krystna Bolgar, translated from its original Polish, tells the rollicking tale of young Macadamia, lost in the woods in search of... Read More

Choyce’s refusal to pigeonhole his characters makes them into people most readers will easily care about. Two teen outsiders become unlikely friends and, ultimately, allies, in Lesley Choyce’s well-written and compulsively readable... Read More

Designs within designs, these pictures of animals, flowers, mandalas, and the like are multilayered and elaborate. The book’s compact design makes this the perfect drag-along on subway trips and to dentists’ waiting rooms. The result... Read More

He expertly ties individual stories into larger themes of Jordanian identity, without losing focus on his narratives. The late Tayseer al-Sboul was considered one of Jordan’s most respected writers, a poet and author with a knack for... Read More

The side-by-side layout of image and story enhances the work of both the book’s creators. While a collaboration between an author and illustrator is hardly new, writer Leon Rooke and artist/painter Tony Calzetta took an unusual... Read More

As a quick thriller with fascinating religious elements, "Island of the Assassin" snares interest and rushes relentlessly toward surprising conclusions. In Joseph Roccasalvo’s "Island of the Assassin", a curious priest becomes the... Read More