An orphaned toad journeys through the natural world in the magnificent graphic novel "Alyte". Alyte is one of many eggs on his father’s back. When his father dies, he is thrown into a harsh but beautiful world. After meeting other... Read More

Translated from Chinese, with illustrations reminiscent of Chinese animation, this picture book demonstrates that unlikely friendships can yield the sweetest rewards. On her way home, Bunny follows the smell of fresh bread to a bakery... Read More

An encyclopedic recipe book, Laure Kié’s "Delicious Japanese Street Eats" brings together Japanese culinary culture and cooking know-how in a colorful, eye-catching format. A mouthwatering collection of recipes for popular and... Read More

In Gina Butson’s pensive novel "The Stars Are a Million Glittering Worlds", a woman evades her grief. After her mountaineering father’s death, Thea, a New Zealander, backpacks in Guatemala, falling in with a drug-fueled community of... Read More

Women, blue-collar workers, and Indigenous people in Mexico respond in hallucinatory ways to the violence of men and abusive authority figures in Elena Garro’s intricate short story collection "The Week of Colors". Incorporating... Read More

Worlds are constructed from tender possibilities in Theodora Goss’s alluring, unforgettable short story collection "Letters from an Imaginary Country". “You’re going to be dead in twenty-four hours. Would you like to save the... Read More

Mythical beings plot long-awaited revenge against each other in Shauna Lawless’s atmospheric fantasy novel "Daughter of the Otherworld". The mythical Tuatha Dé Danann and their descendants have waited over one hundred years for their... Read More

A man grapples with the lingering effects of his late father’s homophobia in Ravi Teixeira’s graphic novel "Heaven, West Virginia". After his father’s death, Lamont arrives in the Appalachian town of Heaven to stay with his aunt,... Read More