Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzru I’m adding this to the growing list of books about artists coming out lately. Here, Jay’s previously promising career as an ...

Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees by Aimee Nezhukumatathil Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s World of Wonders is one of my most recommended books of all ...

There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif AbdurraqibHanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, cultural critic, and MacArthur Genius, but ...

Anisa Ellahi wants to be a translator of great literature, but that world doesn’t really open up to her until she meets Adam. When Anisa invites Adam to ...

The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell I know that when I pick up an Amanda Montell book I’m in for a good time. ...

Punk Rock Karaoke by Bianca XuniseThis book is set in the Southside of Chicago and school is out for the summer. Our main characters are around 19 or 20-ish ...

The white picket fence is a commonly used bit of symbolism. It’s the American Dream. Or suburbia. Or whiteness. Or a happily ever after. ...

Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward The first Catriona Ward book I ever read was The Last House on Needless Street, and it’s probably still my favorite. ...

Appalachian Ghost by Raymond Thompson Jr. In the 1930s, when work was scarce, roughly 5,000 people — the majority of them African American — found ...

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James by Percival EverettThis book is a retelling of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the point of view of James, also known as Jim, the ...

Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk (Sapphic Gothic Novel) This literary, feminist, sapphic vampire novel has been getting rave reviews, including in The New York ...