A Marvellous Light, by Freya Marske

What is it about watching two characters who are into each other but won’t reveal their feelings that draws us … More

The Peculiarities, by David Liss

Thomas Thresher is the sort of person who, if I met him in real life, I would have nothing to … More

H.G. Parry draws her sprawling historical fantasy to an abrupt close in A Radical Act of Free Magic. The first … More

In the waning days of the Yuan Empire, a girl whose original name we never learn takes her dead brother’s … More

The Hidden Palace, by Helene Wecker, is not the book I was expecting. I think it might not be the … More

John Nyquist returns for a fourth outing in Jeff Noon’s surreal, layered novel, Within Without. These mysteries are not for … More

A Master of Djinn, by P. Djèlí Clark, was a completely enchanting novel. I was instantly hooked on this adventurous … More

When you think about it, we rarely see good anger. Literature is full of annoyance, frustration, rage, and wrath—but it’s … More

No good deed goes unpunished. Fortunately, most people’s good deeds don’t involve the harrowing, strange things that Noemí’s does. In … More

Alex Landragin’s Crossings is the kind of book that I’ve been waiting for, but not because of its content. With … More