Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips
On the shoreline of the Kamchatka peninsula at the northeastern edge of Russia, two sisters, aged 8 and 11, go missing. Echoes of the disappearance reverberate across a tightly woven community, with the fear and loss felt most deeply among its women.
Donna Has Left the Building by Susan Jane Gilman
Donna Koczynski is an ex-punk rocker, a recovering alcoholic and the mother of two teenagers whose suburban existence detonates when she comes home early from a sales conference in Las Vegas to the surprise of a lifetime.
My Life as a Rat by Joyce Carol Oates
This poignant novel traces a young woman's life of banishment from her family to discovering her own identity and emerging from her exile as a "rat" into a transformed life.
Rules for Visiting by Jessica Francis Kane
This novel follows May Attaway, a university gardener who sets out on an odyssey to reconnect with four old friends over the course of a year.
Conviction by Denise Mina
A true-crime podcast sets a trophy wife's present life on a collision course with her secret past. Hooked already? Us too.
1919 by Eve L. Ewing
Eve L. Ewing explores the story of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 through poems recounting the stories of everyday people trying to survive and thrive in the city.
Grace Will Lead Us Home by Jennifer Berry Hawes
A deeply moving work of narrative nonfiction on the tragic shootings at the Mother Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jennifer Berry Hawes.
Outrages by Naomi Wolf
How 19th century laws gave the state new powers to criminalize love between men—and how the movement for gay rights rose from the ashes. Since the book's release, The New York Times reports that author Naomi Wolf is correcting portions of the book after an awkward radio interview in which she was alerted to major errors in it.