The Contrarian’s Fluff-Free Guide to Summer Reading

by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo

Complex and enigmatic; a book that defies both expectations and definition. Full review >

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by Mark Haber

A sharp, taut portrait of curdled, angry leadership. Full review >

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by Solvej Balle ; translated by Sophia Hersi Smith & Jennifer Russell

A lively entry in a provocative series, thick with questions about morals and ethics. Full review >

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by Ben Lerner

A tart meditation on narrative and integrity. Full review >

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by Marta Pérez-Carbonell ; translated by Rosalind Harvey

Unsettling and powerful, this novel about who and what we choose to believe is a triumph. Full review >

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by Tomás Q. Morín

A bright, fresh book that is best enjoyed with a record playing in the background and a cat on the reader’s lap. Full review >

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by Sara van Os

A decadently bizarre novel for fans of queer survival stories. Full review >

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by Julián Delgado Lopera

A stark portrait of the damage passed from parent to child. Full review >

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by Jacqueline Harpman ; translated by Ros Schwartz

Another stunning missive from Harpman’s repertoire. Full review >

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by Isabel Waidner

A towering achievement from one of contemporary literature’s most original minds. Full review >

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by Chaun Webster

A virtuoso work of literary experimentation in the service of a forgotten history. Full review >

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by Yeganeh Torbati & Bozorgmehr Sharafedin

A consciousness-changing record of the oppression of extremism lived and resisted at the personal level. Full review >

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edited by Kavita Bhanot & Jeremy Tiang

A bold collection of essays on the power politics of translating global literature into English. Full review >

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by Eleni Sikelianos

A moving family memoir and a triumph of cultural archaeology. Full review >

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by Brendan Ballou

A well-reasoned denunciation of justice unserved, and a cogent demand for overhauling a patently corrupt system. Full review >

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