Fiction

The Dream Builders

The Dream Builders is an elegant, intimate story about people adrift in a chaotic city, an unpredictable economy and a rapidly changing world. These characters long for home, belonging, stability and comfort, struggling to root themselves even as the ground shifts beneath them.

Brotherless Night

By V.V. Ganeshananthan

In this moving novel, V.V. Ganeshananthan traces the human aspects of war—the physical losses and tragedies as well as the conflicts of values that are often the true battlefields.

The Book of Everlasting Things

By Aanchal Malhotra

In this absorbing novel, Aanchal Malhotra spins a bittersweet family saga of love, loss and connection.

The Three Lives of Alix St. Pierre

By Natasha Lester

Natasha Lester’s central character is so strong that the rest of the narrative shapes itself to her like a well-tailored gown, making The Three Lives of Alix St. Pierre a wonderfully human and utterly gripping work of historical fiction.

In the Upper Country

By Kai Thomas

Kai Thomas’ debut novel is written with great power and a beautifully heightened eloquence that calls to mind the exhortations of the old abolitionists.

Decent People

By De'Shawn Charles Winslow

In his second novel, De’Shawn Charles Winslow invites readers on an satisfying ride that, through his keen observations of human nature, leads to deeper considerations of the glacial progress of racial equality.

Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku Vol. 1

By Fujita

Romance fans should try this trope-filled series starring co-workers who become something more.

Uzumaki

By Junji Ito

Including all three tales in one volume, this collection comes from one of the nost exciting Japanese horror writers.

Shubeik Lubeik

By Deena Mohamed

Deena Mohamed’s richly detailed drawings imbue contemporary Cairo—and its all-too-familiar atmosphere of bureaucracy, rigid laws and class-based bias—with the magic of wishes, dragons, flying cars and talking donkeys.

Moriarty the Patriot Vol. 1

By Ryosuke Takeuchi

This creative take on the Sherlock Holmes villain is perfect for mystery fans.

Dinosaur Sanctuary Vol. 1

By Itaru Kinoshita

If you’re looking for a kinder, gentler Jurassic Park, this could be it.

If you're looking for a kinder, gentler Jurassic Park, this could be it.

Age of Vice

By Deepti Kapoor

In her riveting second novel, Deepti Kapoor plays Virgil to our Dante, skillfully guiding us through contemporary India’s political, social, economic and criminal circles.