9 Books You Shouldn't Overlook

by Ceridwen Dovey

As unsettling as they are beautiful, these quietly wise stories wedge themselves into your mind—and stay there. Full review >

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by Matthew Neill Null

The writing is exact and assured, the story complex and rewarding. Fans of John Sayles’ film Matewan will find this a... Full review >

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by H.S. Cross

Cross has made a solid start for continued exploration of this strange yet for many readers familiar world, one that might... Full review >

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by Anna Bikont translated by Alissa Valles

Bikont’s fearless research—she even confronted the brothers known to have led the Jedwabne murders—makes this a fantastic... Full review >

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by Leslie Pietrzyk

Like Magic Rocks in a fishbowl, these stories turn the stones of grief into something bright, crystalline, mesmerizing. Full review >

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by Lori Ostlund

An example of realism in its most potent iteration: not a neatly arranged plot orchestrated by an authorial god but an... Full review >

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by Lawrence Ferlinghetti ; edited by Giada Diano Matthew Gleeson

The artistic intensity of life suffuses this epic memoir spanning the “interior monologues” of a gifted American artist. Full review >

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by Jill Bialosky

Like Edward feels upon discovering a transcendent piece of art, this book finds that little opening at the edge of your soul... Full review >

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by Summer Brennan

Well-written and superbly reported. Full review >

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