A searching portrait of faith under pressure and the price of keeping the peace The Gospel of Caiaphas follows the life of the High Priest of Israel, Caiaphas, from the death of his father when he was five years old to the destruction of the Second Temple in his old age. Through Caiaphas’s journey, the […]
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SWANBLADE by D.K. Kristof
This daring, fast-paced, bionic action-hero’s supercharged origin story serves Gen V energy. Archived lab records, family secrets, tormenting flashbacks, and an action-packed 1950s sci-fi setting bring this graphic novel to daring, dynamic life. SWANBLADE: Year Zero is a superhero origin story that sees the sharp claws of bioengineered genetic experiments collide with tangled, twisted human […]
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Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi
The dust of antiquity settles differently when a woman brushes it aside herself. In Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi, the last Pharaoh of Egypt tears away centuries of male-authored mythology to reclaim her narrative—not as history’s footnote to Julius Caesar or Marcus Antonius, but as the central force of her own extraordinary existence. A Curse Dressed […]
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Book of the Month March 2026
Quizlit’s Book of the Month March 2026 is the astonishing The School of Night by Karl Ove Knausgaard. In a thrilling twist on Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus, Knausgaard masterfully spins a cautionary tale about the lengths that we will go to achieve success—and how far we are willing to fall. This post may contain affiliate links […]
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International Booker Prize 2026
The International Booker Prize 2026 longlist has been announced. This year’s list features 13 books translated from 11 languages, by authors and translators representing 14 nationalities. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. International Booker Prize 2026 The longlist for the 2026 International Booker Prize […]
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The Biscuit Tin by Loriana Paterson
An intimate portrait of endurance, desire, and the messy truths of growing up and moving on The Biscuit Tin follows the life of Marie Delaney, tracing her journey from a young English woman who leaves her rural village to marry a Frenchman, only to traverse through an unhappy marriage, early widowhood, and yet another complicated […]
A harrowing account of the devastating, real-life hurricane that hit Galveston in 1900 When Remembering the Storm begins, Ellie is nearing her 95th birthday. As a retired life-long school teacher, Ellie spends her days meeting up with her friends for lunch, volunteering at the local library, and attending the Galveston Historical Foundation meetings to advocate […]
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And Now, Back to You by B.K. Borison
There’s something deliciously ironic about two people who predict the weather for a living being completely blindsided by their own emotional forecast. And Now, Back to You by B.K. Borison delivers exactly this premise, serving up a contemporary romance that explores what happens when rigid routine collides with spontaneous adventure—and whether the resulting storm can […]
Monsters, magic, and a missing person case collide in this riveting novella that doubles as a study of self-identity and the search for truth. There are monsters among us in Chelsea Sutton’s Krackle’s Last Movie, a delightfully campy novella with a dark side. Evoking classic creature features and supernatural thrillers, Sutton immerses readers in a […]
An engaging chronicle of a modern day pilgrim, hitting the highways and byways of America from 2018-2022 Seeing America Between the Lines is a pensive and insightful journey into the mind of Ronald K. Henderson, a man exploring a country he’s beginning to understand less and less in fraught times. With more free time and […]