In Susanna Clarke’s wondrous and moving novel "Piranesi", a gentle man finds the tranquility of his vast but bounded world challenged by visitors from the outside. Piranesi lives in a house whose halls seem endless. He’s been close... Read More

The pain of adolescence is complicated by family secrets and persistent grudges in Elena Ferrante’s devastating novel, "The Lying Life of Adults". For thirteen-year-old Giovanna, her father’s side of the family has always been a... Read More

In Antoine Laurain’s acerbic cozy mystery The Readers’ Room, a debut novel makes waves among the Paris literati––and with two homicide detectives. Publishing darling Violaine Lepage is much admired for her impeccable taste and... Read More

When love is great, its loss can consume you; so a family learns in Meredith Hall’s delicate, poignant novel, "Beneficence". Doris became a Senter the day her husband, Tup, brought her to his family farm. She was happy to settle into... Read More

From the depths of the sea to neighboring planets, no destination is off limits in Anneliese Mackintosh’s thrilling feminist adventure novel. Solvig cannot be contained. Since childhood, she’s been restless to go farther, try harder,... Read More

Timed to match pushed-down pains reemerging, "Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club" is a blistering novel that reveals deep social rifts. In a Newfoundland blizzard on Valentine’s Day, malcontent townspeople gather at the... Read More

The characters of Rachel Swearingen’s beguiling short story collection sparkle with charisma, living high on testing boundaries. A couple finds the perfect apartment, but it’s filled with the belongings of the previous resident, and... Read More

A Mexican American girl progresses from kindergarten to graduation in 1960s and ’70s California in "Living Color", a collection of linked stories by Donna Miscolta. One of four children in a transient Navy family, Angie Rubio knows she... Read More