The invasion was gentler than expected: The Seep entered the water supply, melded with people, and dulled their fears, offering them a future free of pain, need, and death. But there are some who find this new utopia wanting. Chana... Read More

"The Bear" is a dreamy dispatch from the end of the world. In Andrew Krivak’s palimpsest novel, the reassertion of nature over the bones of human civilization is a dignified and regretless process. The girl and her father may very well... Read More

In Damien Angelica Walters’s occult thriller "The Dead Girls Club", there are some childhood secrets that can’t be outgrown. When they were young, Heather and her best friend, Becca, were fascinated by all things dark and creepy.... Read More

Julia O’Malley’s fascinating "The Whale and the Cupcake" emphasizes the respectful, adaptive qualities that make Alaskan cuisine unique. The book, published in partnership with the Anchorage Museum, collects essays that originally... Read More

Are its tempting dishes heavenly, or simply bound to land you in caloric hell? Don’t let such arbitrary diametrics detract you from picking up Valya Dudycz Lupescu and Stephen H. Segal’s "Forking Good", a quippy, watch-party-minded... Read More

In Zeruya Shalev’s searing contemporary novel "Pain", an Israeli woman who survived a terror attack is forced to address the wounds that will not heal. Ten years ago, Iris survived a bus bombing. Scraped off of molten pavement, she... Read More

Johannes Anyuru’s stunning They Will Drown in Their Mothers’ Tears is a rare, powerful multiverse novel that reflects the best and worst of human potential. Pushed from a bridge by a fascist, the young woman’s mother declares... Read More

No one can predict how their desires will shift in the moody and swift novel "The Other Side of Love". A scorned lover convinces an old friend to help him seek retribution in Attilio Guardo’s dramatic revenge fantasy, "The Other Side... Read More