BOOKLOVES

In her debut book “Defund,” Black Lives Matter Canada co-founder Sandy Hudson presents a passionate and meticulously researched case for police abolition. Published in the wake of renewed global discourse about policing following the 2020 murder of George Floyd, Hudson’s work attempts to demystify the often misunderstood rallying cry to “defund the police” and explores […]

There’s something deeply refreshing about a craft book that doesn’t promise to make you a bestselling author overnight or offer a foolproof formula for creative success. Instead, Maggie Smith’s Dear Writer extends a warm, steady hand to guide you through the messy, exhilarating, sometimes terrifying wilderness of making art. Like sitting across from a trusted […]

Bailey Seybolt’s debut thriller “Coram House” is a masterclass in atmospheric storytelling that combines the best elements of true crime, historical fiction, and psychological suspense. Set against the bone-chilling backdrop of a Vermont winter, this novel delivers a meticulously constructed mystery that probes the darkest corners of institutional abuse while examining how trauma ripples through […]

In the ever-expanding genre of space horror, S.A. Barnes has carved out a distinctive niche with her latest novel, Cold Eternity. Following the critical success of Dead Silence and Ghost Station, Barnes once again demonstrates her mastery of blending claustrophobic isolation with existential dread. Cold Eternity takes readers on a harrowing journey aboard the Elysian […]

Yu Hua’s City of Fiction is a haunting meditation on displacement, survival, and the elusive nature of belonging. Set against the seismic social changes of early 20th-century China, this quietly powerful novel paints a world both immediate and dreamlike. Translated with finesse by Todd Foley, the book feels timeless, yet achingly human — a testament […]

Joe Dunthorne’s “Children of Radium” is a masterful work of investigative memoir that begins, as many family histories do, with a simple curiosity about ancestry. But what unfolds is far from the heroic tale of Jewish escape from Nazi Germany that Dunthorne initially expected to write. Instead, he discovers the unsettling truth that his great-grandfather, […]