Once There Were Wolves, Charlotte McConaghy
From bestselling author Charlotte McConaghy, Once There Were Wolves is a novel about a scientist reintroducing wolves to the Scottish … Read more
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Beneath the Mountain, Luca D’Andrea
Nestled in the Dolomites, this breathtaking, rural region that was once part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire remains more Austro than … Read more
Crow Winter, Karen McBride
Since coming home to Spirit Bear Point First Nation, Hazel Ellis has been dreaming of an old crow. He tells … Read more
High as the Waters Rise, Anja Kampmann
German poet Anja Kampmann’s award-winning debut novel is the dazzling, heart-rending story of an oil rig worker whose closest friend … Read more
Spotlight – Glendy Vanderah
Click here to return to the series The global novel exists, not as a genre separated from and opposed to … Read more
Good Neighbors, Sarah Langan
Climate change is wreaking havoc, adding its own sinister atmosphere to Maple Street, when a huge toxic sinkhole opens up … Read more
Waiting for the Night Song, Julie Carrick Dalton
A startling and timely debut, Julie Carrick Dalton’s Waiting for the Night Song is a moving, brilliant novel about friendships … Read more
Leave the World behind, Rumaan Alam
When the end of the world as we know it comes about in Rumaan Alam’s gripping third novel, Leave the … Read more
Operation Redwood, S. Terrell French
Middle Grade Fiction Reviewed by Kimberly Christensen Shuffled off to his aunt and uncle’s house in San Francisco while his … Read more
Elatsoe, Darcie Little Badger
Little Badger’s debut novel, “Elatsoe”… is a young adult fantasy about a 17-year-old Lipan Apache girl who can awaken the … Read more
Trace Elements, Donna Leon
In “Trace Elements,” a character who worked in the field collecting samples of contamination for a company that measures the … Read more
The Second Sleep, Robert Harris
It’s within this strange and ambiguous historical setting that Harris has also fashioned a cautionary tale for today — a … Read more
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, Olga Tokarczuk
Translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones (originally titled Prowadź swój pług przez kości umarłych). Man Booker International Prize Nominee (2019). Olga is also a … Read more
Disappearing Earth, Julia Phillips
It’s possible, though, that novelists are responding to the effects of climate change in ways other than direct representation…Julia Phillips’s … Read more
Where Oceans Hide their Dead, John Yunker
The long-awaited sequel to The Tourist Trail…Robert Porter has quit the FBI in search of his long-lost (and presumed dead) … Read more