20 Books You Might Have Missed (but Shouldn't)

by Colleen Oakley

As much fun as you’ll ever have with middle-aged marriage and ecoterrorism. Full review >

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by Yuko Tsushima ; translated by Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda

A superb literary mystery that leaves readers, like the protagonists, constantly guessing. Full review >

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by Rivers Solomon

With this exhilarating and unforgettable work, Solomon proves to be a formidable writer. Full review >

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by Colwill Brown

A brilliant portrait of female friendship, nearly the equal in honesty and subtlety to Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels. Full review >

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by Katherine Packert Burke

Wry and intimate and real, this character study is worth lingering over. Full review >

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by Julia Kornberg ; translated by Jack Rockwell & Julia Kornberg

A striking debut from a new global voice. Full review >

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by Xhenet Aliu

Family is about more than blood in this tenderhearted and touching novel—a riveting read. Full review >

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by William Boyle

A great, gravely unsettling novel that welcomes repeated readings. Full review >

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by Julie Iromuanya

An affecting, observant rendering of the immigrant experience in contemporary America. Full review >

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by Luis Jaramillo

Gripping and cinematic, the novel’s worlds of El Paso past and present will bewitch and enrapture. Full review >

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by Jeanne Theoharis

A powerful must-read that sheds new light on King and the Civil Rights Movement. Full review >

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by Jeanne Carstensen

A vivid snapshot of a broken asylum system. Full review >

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by Magdalena J. Zaborowska

A creatively conceived appreciation for a decorated life and its far-flung influences on race, queer culture, and art. Full review >

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by Jack Lohmann

A surprisingly riveting look at the role of death, in life, as illustrated via a single element. Full review >

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by Raphael Cormack

A fascinating, detail-laden history of a time when occultism ran rampant. Full review >

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