"Where Madness Lies" is an utterly compelling historical novel about the Nazi genocide, told from the perspective of psychiatric patients who reveal the generational impact of mental illness. The two-part story begins in 1934 in Germany,... Read More

In the whirling, spirited short stories of Morgan Christie’s "These Bodies", familiar concerns meet metaphorical otherworldliness. Unable to find seasoning salt anywhere in town, a woman finds a store on a previously unseen street; she... Read More

In Nektaria Anastasiadou’s Istanbul-set romance "A Recipe for Daphne", history and culture influence three people brought together by their shared identities. At seventy-six, armed with Viagra and his irrepressible desire for love,... Read More

Melanie Finn’s novel "The Hare" interrogates the complicated, often messy aesthetics of modern womanhood. Rosie is guileless, yearning, and eighteen when she submits a delicate self-portrait as part of a lark application to Parsons;... Read More

In Claudia Hernández’s complicated novel about war, longing, disappointment, and resilience, "Slash and Burn", story and style vie for supremacy. The story begins with the memory of a schoolgirl struggling through an exam on which the... Read More

A mysterious death brings chaos and clarity in Priyanka Champaneri’s novel, "The City of Good Death". To die in Kashi is to be freed from the endless burden of reincarnation and rebirth. Pramesh, who manages a hostel for dying... Read More

"Not My Ruckus" is an incisive novel that probes people’s dark motivations, but ends with hope. Chad Musick’s "Not My Ruckus" is a brutal, potent psychological drama about abused teenagers, revenge, and friendship in 1980s Texas.... Read More

"The Measure of Gold" is a touching World War II novel that features both fantasies and cruel sacrifices. In Sarah C. Patten’s absorbing, bittersweet historical romance novel "The Measure of Gold", saboteurs in World War II Paris work... Read More