Michael Farris Smith has written eloquently about masculine brutality and trauma, and he does so again in Nick, an elaboration of The Great Gatsby.
Bryan Washington does a stellar job narrating as Benson, holding his own with experienced actor Akie Kotabe, who voices Mike’s sections.
Katie the Catsitter will be adored by readers who can’t get enough adventure stories, mysterious goings-on, coming-of-age tales or cats. Many, many, MANY cats.
Readers of Daniel Loedel’s debut will bear witness to human choice and compunction, to love and loss, to the fantasy that helps make sense of what is real.
Devastating, hilarious and touching, this is an acutely intelligent story about womanhood, parenthood and all the possibilities that lie within.
An intellectual and captivating work of satire, Black Buck serves as an instruction manual for Black and brown people working in white-dominated spaces.
Julia Claiborne Johnson paints a vivid picture of a hot Reno summer during which women wait to see whether their luck has run out or is just beginning.
Beloved author George Saunders teaches the masters in his new book, sharing invaluable insights into classic Russian short stories.
Peter Ho Davies’ third novel is a poetic meditation on the nature of regret and a couple’s enduring love. It’s a difficult but marvelous book.
A multitude of missteps have affected the family in Una Mannion’s taut, richly imagined debut novel, A Crooked Tree.
Poetry is best read aloud, so this audiobook is the ideal format for this collection. It’ll take you from laughter to outrage to hope.
Catherine Hernandez’s sharp-eyed, queer dystopian fantasy is no gentle wake-up call. It is a blaring fire alarm against authoritarianism, and transphobia.
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