Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky Notes was first published in the journal Epoch in 1864. It is a first-person narrative in the form of a “confession” and was originally titled A Confession. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. Notes from the Underground […]
Lila Cain’s The Blackbirds of St. Giles is a searing portrait of liberation betrayed and hope reborn, set against the backdrop of 18th-century London’s most notorious slum. This evocative historical fiction novel follows Daniel and Pearl—two siblings thrust from enslavement into the deceptive promise of freedom—only to find themselves navigating the treacherous shadows of St. […]
In The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies, Alison Goodman masterfully reshapes the contours of historical fiction by blending a Regency-era setting with the sharp contours of social justice, secret investigations, and the delightfully irreverent voice of a middle-aged heroine who refuses to fade quietly into society’s margins. This book is not merely a mystery wrapped […]
Your Mom’s Gonna Love Me by Matt Rife on December 3, 2024 Genres: Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs, Humor / Form / Essays Pages: 272 Format: Audiobook Buy on Amazon Goodreads Matt Rife is well aware that he’s both the most loved and the most controversial comic in America today. And honestly, he thinks […]
Sarah Moss returns with Ripeness, a profound meditation on the weight of family secrets and the complex architecture of belonging that establishes her as one of contemporary fiction’s most insightful voices. This latest offering demonstrates the author’s remarkable ability to weave intimate personal narratives with broader themes of migration, identity, and the stories we tell […]
Katee Robert’s Rebel in the Deep serves as the ambitious finale to her Crimson Sails trilogy, following the nautical adventures that began with Hunt on Dark Waters (2023) and continued through Blood on the Tide (2024). This third installment attempts to weave together the complex political machinations, romantic entanglements, and magical warfare that have defined […]
When I began writing the manuscript that would become Kat’s Greek Summer, the WIP title was Greek God Summer. I saw Kat, my fourteen-year-old protagonist, going on something of an odyssey during her summer in Greece. One where she would face metaphoric god-like characters—both good and bad—as well as endure god-like trials—again, both good and […]
Carlyn Greenwald’s Murder Land transforms the magical world of theme parks into a sinister playground where corporate greed meets teenage determination. This YA thriller follows seventeen-year-old Billie Cooper through one harrowing night at Californialand, where her promotion to ride operator becomes a fight for survival. Greenwald, known for her romantic contemporaries like Sizzle Reel and […]
In Marguerite by the Lake, Mary Dixie Carter returns to familiar thematic territory—where beauty, class, and desire blend with deception and decay—but this time, she sharpens her storytelling to a surgical edge. A psychological thriller that thrives on stillness rather than screams, the novel unspools slowly, artfully, like petals unfurling beneath a stormcloud. At the […]
In Letters from the Dead, Isabella Valeri delivers a commanding debut that wraps gothic tradition in the velvet folds of modern psychological suspense. With prose as cold and refined as the Alpine estate where much of the story unfolds, Valeri invites readers into a world where loyalty is currency, legacy is a weapon, and the […]