If We Were Giants, Dave Matthews and Clete Barrett Smith
Yes, it’s the Dave Matthews we all love. For his debut novel, Dave Matthews found inspiration close to home.He was … Continue reading →
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The World on Either Side, Diane Terrana
Reviewed by Kimberly Christensen Young Adult Fiction Content Warning: This book includes descriptions of death, depression, attempted suicide, animal poaching, … Continue reading →
A Peculiar Peril, Jeff VanderMeer
Jonathan Lambshead stands to inherit his deceased grandfather’s overstuffed mansion—a veritable cabinet of curiosities–once he and two schoolmates catalog its … Continue reading →
The Wormwood Trilogy, Tade Thompson
In the Wormwood Trilogy’s concluding two novels, The Rosewater Insurrection (2019) and The Rosewater Redemption (2019), the seeds of colonial … Continue reading →
Trace Elements, Donna Leon
In “Trace Elements,” a character who worked in the field collecting samples of contamination for a company that measures the … Continue reading →
Lot: Stories, Bryan Washington
Few writers have done for their city what Washington has done for Houston, which is to say, to articulate how … Continue reading →
The Bear, Andrew Krivak
In this arresting, exquisite novel, time acquires a new quality. When human civilization is over and there’s no hope left … Continue reading →
Alexandria, Paul Kingsnorth
Paul Kingsnorth’s Buckmaster trilogy, a much looser series, also draws to a close this year. It began in 2014 with The … Continue reading →
The Lost Book of Adana Moreau, Michael Zapata
Through litanies of the names of overlooked poets and science fiction writers of color, through multiple survival stories from New … Continue reading →
The Last Wave, Pankaj Sekhsaria
Ever the aimless drifter, Harish finds the anchor his life needs in a chance encounter with members of the ancient … Continue reading →