Review: Tyrell Johnson’s The Wolves of Winter is a standout apocalyptic tale
While the apocalypse plot is fairly standard, this story shines in the details
View ArticleReview: Dhonielle Clayton’s The Belles is divine dystopia
In this dystopian society, dark questions around power and class swirl beneath surface beauty
View ArticleReview: Speak: The Graphic Novel is a game-changer
Speak is about the agonizing months of shock, isolation and self-harm that follow after a girl is raped at a party
View ArticleReview: Martha Batiz’s Plaza Requiem and disappearance as repression
Jade Colbert reviews three works heavily influenced by history
View ArticleReview: Terry Watada’s The Three Pleasures shines a light on...
Jade Colbert reviews three works heavily influenced by history
View ArticleMust she TV: Nell Scovell, Joy Press and the ups and downs of female writers...
Two new books focus on the (very few) women in television writing rooms
View ArticleReview: Nathan Ripley’s cracking good debut thriller Find You in the Dark
This pseudonymous author's fast-paced novel is satisfyingly sinister, with each revelation more disturbing than the next
View ArticleReview: Gregg Hurwitz continues his excellent Orphan X series with Hell Bent
Evan Smoak is on a different kind of mission in the third novel in this thrilling series
View ArticleReview: Eighteen Below continues Stefan Ahnhem’s Fabian risk series in style
If you’re not already a fan of this terrific series, start with Book 1, The Ninth Grave, and read all three in a row
View ArticleReview: Jessica Fellowes’s The Mitford Murders is a murder mystery for...
For those who miss Lady Mary and Bates, the Mitford series is a winner
View ArticleReview: The Unquotable Trump gives the president the comic parody treatment
Sean Rogers reviews three new comics
View ArticleReview: Cartoonist Connor Willumsen's debut gives depth to life's...
Sean Rogers reviews three new comics
View ArticleReview: Caitlin Macy’s Mrs. delves into rarefied world of Upper East Side
Caitlin Macy takes the reader to a world that’s unfamiliar to most of us
View ArticleReview: Emily Anglin’s The Third Person is full of unexpected turns
Each short story begins with two characters in a tense social situation, then introduces a third who casts the situation in a new light
View ArticleReview: Naivo’s Beyond the Rice Fields captures the personal amid profound...
Beyond the Rice Fields is about the rise of foreign influence on Madagascar
View ArticleReview: Nicola Lagioia’s Ferocity feels like Florida noir transplanted to Italy
The novel is about misogyny and violence in southern Italy
View ArticleReview: Rachel Hartman’s Tess of the Road is awe-inspiring and relatable
This fantasy novel delivers wisdom on unexpected subjects
View ArticleReview: Jen Wang’s The Prince and the Dressmaker has a jaw-dropping ending
Graphic novel demonstrates that clothing is not inextricably linked to a particular gender or sexuality
View ArticleReview: Hadley Dyer’s Here So Far Away is poetic realism at its finest
Story is about forbidden love, but it’s not salacious or unbelievable
View ArticleReview: Michelle Dean’s Sharp and Elizabeth Renzetti’s Shrewed shine light on...
Two new books of essays examine a history of remarkable women who have seized on knowledge as power – critics be damned
View ArticleReview: Uzodinma Iweala’s Speak No Evil falls short of issues it tries to...
What does it mean to be young, gay and diasporic African? In his new book, the author of Beasts of No Nation grapples with how to depict a most fraught sexual awakening
View ArticleReview: Jo Nesbo’s take on Macbeth is superb
What if Shakespeare’s tragic hero sported a Gatling gun and his Lady ran a casino? A retelling of the Bard’s classic by a master of Scandinavian noir makes for riveting reading, not so much in the...
View ArticleReview: Lynn Gehl’s Claiming Anishinaabe finds a new paradigm of Indigenous...
Jade Colbert reviews books from Canadian independent publishers
View ArticleReview: Michelle Berry’s The Prisoner and the Chaplain lingers on the moments...
Jade Colbert reviews books from Canadian independent publishers
View ArticleReview: Robert Harris’s Munich turns to history for his latest page-turner
Margaret Cannon reviews crime fiction
View ArticleReview: Maureen Jennings’s Let Darkness Bury the Dead is one of the best...
Margaret Cannon reviews crime fiction
View ArticleReview: Mel McGrath’s Give Me The Child considers a pint-sized psychopath
Margaret Cannon reviews crime fiction
View ArticleReview: Joe Ide’s Righteous is a worthy sequel to his thriller IQ
Margaret Cannon reviews crime fiction
View ArticleReview: Alice Hoffman’s The Rules of Magic is a truly fantastical escape
Marissa Stapley reviews the latest in commercial fiction
View ArticleReview: Cherise Wolas’s The Resurrection of Joan Ashby and life's many...
Marissa Stapley reviews the latest in commercial fiction
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