A brother and sister let their imaginations run wild as they embrace the first snowfall in this cozy picture book. The magic touch of the first snow transforms a greenhouse into an ice castle and a snow sculpture into a friendly polar... Read More

A grieving son reconstructs his dying father’s painful life story in Feurat Alani’s historical novel "I Remember Fallujah". Rami has always been a secretive father, spending long hours working and refusing to indulge the curiosity of... Read More

Forbidden love tears apart an Egyptian Levantine family in Éric Chacour’s novel "What I Know About You". Tarek always followed the path laid out by his family: he became a doctor to please his strict father, and he married the woman... Read More

Even during the Rush Era, Quill took his time cleaning the forest, mountains, and sea that all the animals enjoy. His efforts went unnoticed. When Quill went into hibernation, however, the other animals soon realized the impact of his... Read More

Atsuhiro Yoshida’s novel "Goodnight Tokyo" delves into the nighttime activities of a disparate group of Tokyoites. For her latest assignment as a prop procurer for film sets, Mitsuki must secure loquats off-season. Enlisting Matsui’s... Read More

An indefinable connection grows between a reluctant bodyguard and a yakuza’s daughter in Akira Otani’s novel "The Night of Baba Yaga". Shindo’s life is far from perfect, but when she is pressed into service as a chauffeur and... Read More

Intergenerational family secrets reemerge in Defne Suman’s devastating novel "Summer Heat". Melike is a Turkish art historian who agrees to guide Petro, a documentarian, through Byzantine churches. But intimacy with Petro challenges... Read More

Adèle Rosenfeld’s "Jellyfish Have No Ears" is a poignant novel in which lost hearing reshapes a woman’s understanding of the world. Louise has always been somewhat “uprooted from language” because of her imperfect hearing. Now... Read More