Dream Count: A Novel

By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Dream Count: A Novel

After a 12-year fiction drought, the author makes it rain.

The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells

By Rebecca Rego Barry

The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells

An animated, unpersuasive case for a writer’s resurrection.

Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart

By GennaRose Nethercott

Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart

These smart, trippy tales will delight fans of the paranormal.

Rot: An Imperial History of the Irish Famine

An exceptional account of a crippling, long-ago blight.

Red Clay: A Novel

By Charles B. Fancher

Red Clay: A Novel

A formerly enslaved family navigates post-Civil War life.

Mornings Without Mii

By Mayumi Inaba; translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori

Mornings Without Mii

A sincere, sometimes irritating ode to a feline companion.

Making Sense of Slavery: America’s Long Reckoning, from the Founding Era to Today

A reflection on the ways historians frame the peculiar institution.