Tezer Özlü’s "Cold Nights of Childhood" is a work of autofiction that spans decades, cities, and one woman’s many lives. A woman grows up in restrictive Istanbul in the 1950s and 1960s. She battles depression. She begins her story... Read More

In Ludmilla Petrushevskaya’s novel "Kidnapped", two boys are switched at birth, leading to unexpected consequences. The story unfolds against the backdrop of the Soviet Union’s collapse. Alina, a poor university student who has been... Read More

Mexican poet Isabel Zapata probes the enduring mysteries of pregnancy and birth in "In Vitro", a memoir in fragments that travels from fertility treatment through to the early weeks of pandemic-time motherhood. “I want to shatter the... Read More

The stories of Scott Gloden’s collection "The Great American Everything" explore family relationships and social problems. Anxious parents drill their five-year-old daughter on how to handle emergencies with frightening results. A... Read More

In Georgina Clarke’s entrancing historical novel "The Dazzle of the Light", bold Londoners find themselves connected by crimes. In 1920, Ruby’s movie-star good looks and talent for hiding her Cockney accent make her one of the best... Read More

A woman’s attempt to avenge her sister leads to a fantastical adventure in Jeremy C. Shipp’s novel "The Merry Dredgers". Seraphina is a birthday party princess, a pet feeder, and the only person left who cares about her spirited,... Read More

In the thoughtful mystery novel "The Raptor’s Grasp", a university community comes together to find a murderer. In Freya Smallwood’s coastal California mystery novel "The Raptor’s Grasp", a local university community is tested by... Read More

In S. M. Beiko’s fantasy novel "The Stars of Mount Quixx", inner truths and love come to the fore in a remote, unusual countryside setting. Constance and Ivory are on a summer trip in Mount Quixx, where a mysterious fog has settled and... Read More