Gabino Iglesias
Kelly Link's debut novel 'The Book of Love' is magical, confusing, heartfelt, strange
For years, fans of Kelly Link, one of the finest purveyors of contemporary short fiction, have wonde...
Is Bigfoot real? A new book dives deep into the legend
My obsession with literature exploded in my early teens. Back then, my diet consisted mostly of what...
In 'Martyr!,' our endless quest for purpose in a world that can be cruel and uncaring
Kaveh Akbar's poetry has been published in places like The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Paris...
They're not cute and fuzzy — but this book makes the case for Florida's alligators
Rebecca Renner's Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades delivers everyth...
'The Reformatory' tells a story of ghosts, abuse, racism — and sibling love
Tananarive Due's The Reformatory is one of the best novels published in 2023. A superb mix of litera...
'Let Us Descend' follows a slave on a painful journey — finding some hope on the way
Jesmyn Ward's Let Us Descend is a superb historical-fiction novel sprinkled with supernatural elemen...
'Brooklyn Crime Novel' explores relationships among the borough's cultures and races
A woman screams from her apartment. A kid introduces a new friend to the risky art of shoplifting. A...
In 'The Enchanters' James Ellroy brings Freddy Otash into 1960s L.A.
The Demon Dog is back. So is Freddy Otash, and he's trying to dig up the most important dirt of his ...
'The Fraud' asks questions as it unearths stories that need to be told
Zadie Smith's The Fraud is a lot of things: a meticulously researched work of historical fiction, a ...
'Holly' is one of Stephen King's most political novels to date
"Books are a uniquely portable magic." Many readers have, at some point, come across this famous Ste...
'Trail of the Lost' is a gripping tale of hikers missing on the Pacific Coast Trail
Andrea Lankford left a decorated career as a park ranger after growing tired of the bureaucracy invo...
Isabel Cañas' 'Vampires of El Norte' elegantly navigates a multiplicity of genres
The lines between genres are now blurrier than ever, and that means writers who love to play with el...
'The Beast You Are' is smart, self-aware, fun, creepy, and strange
Author Paul Tremblay has long been obsessed with exploring new ways to deliver horror narratives. Fr...
'All the Sinners Bleed' elegantly walks a fine line between horror and crime fiction
At once a narrative about a serial killer on the loose, a tale of the lingering effects of racism in...
Dennis Lehane's 'Small Mercies' is a crime thriller that spotlights rampant racism
Dennis Lehane's Small Mercies may take place in Boston's Southie neighborhood in 1974 — but the topi...
'House of Cotton' is a bizarre, uncomfortable read — in the best way possible
Monica Brashears' House of Cotton is hard to classify. On the surface, it's a Black southern gothic ...
'The House Is on Fire' spotlights privilege, sexism, and racism in the 1800s
Good historical fiction must bring to the page something that really happened while also filling in ...
In 'The Teachers,' passion motivates, even as conditions grow worse for educators
Alexandra Robbins' The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession opens...
Margaret Atwood's 'Old Babes in the Wood' tackles what it means to be human
Margaret Atwood, without a doubt one of the greatest living writers, is best known for her incredibl...
'The God of Endings' is a heartbreaking exploration of the human condition
Early March might seem like too early in the year to state "This is one of the best novels of 2023,"...
'The Angel Maker' is a thrilling question mark all the way to the end
Alex North's The Angel Maker is one of those tense, gripping narratives that walk a fine line betwee...
'I Have Some Questions For You' is a dark, uncomfortable story that feels universal
A long list of praiseful adjectives — sharp, twisty, enthralling, cerebral, surprising — would serve...
'Black on Black' celebrates Black culture while exploring history and racial tension
These lines appear on the first page of Daniel Black's Black on Black: On Our Resilience and Brillia...
'How to Sell a Haunted House' is campy and tense, dark but also deep
Grady Hendrix's work occupies a unique interstitial space between emotional storytelling, unnerving,...
Bret Easton Ellis' first novel in more than a decade, 'The Shards,' is worth the wait
It's been a dozen years since Bret Easton Ellis published a novel. And his latest, The Shards, is a ...
'Inside the Curve' attempts to offer an overview of COVID's full impact everywhere
In her foreword to Inside the Curve: Stories From the Pandemic, Jill Tiefenthaler, National Geograph...