BOOKLOVES

In her electrifying debut novel, Ande Pliego crafts a deliciously twisted tale that both honors and subverts the locked-room mystery genre. You Are Fatally Invited is an intricate puzzle box of a novel that explores the dark corners of the publishing world while delivering pulse-pounding suspense and moral complexity. Setting the Stage: A Deadly Writer’s […]

In her mesmerizing Gothic horror novel Hungerstone, Kat Dunn crafts a compelling feminist reimagining of Sheridan Le Fanu’s vampire classic Carmilla. Set against the backdrop of Victorian industrialization and the stark wilderness of England’s Peak District, the novel weaves together themes of repression, appetite, and female agency into a dark tapestry of psychological and supernatural […]

Throughout history, women who dared to challenge societal norms or express their emotions openly have often been dismissed as “crazy.” This reductive label has been wielded as a weapon to silence, discredit, and control women who refuse to conform to patriarchal expectations. In her raw and unflinching memoir “Men Have Called Her Crazy,” artist Anna […]

The Doomsday Clock Ticks Closer to Midnight It’s 3:03 PM on an ordinary spring afternoon. The sun is shining, birds are chirping, and millions of Americans are going about their daily lives, blissfully unaware that in mere minutes, their world will end in nuclear fire. This is the terrifying scenario that unfolds in Annie Jacobsen’s […]