Light of the Fire: A Novel

Two women grapple with the fallout from a long-ago cruel act.

The Curse of Pietro Houdini: A Novel

Needlessly murky plot points mar this otherwise clever art-heist tale.

The Backstreets

By Perhat Tursun; translated by Darren Byler and Anonymous

The Backstreets

A young Uyghur man struggles to find something in this disorienting Kafkaesque tale.

I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

This thought-provoking debut deftly balances humor and pathos.

Come & Get It: A Novel

Money issues loom large in this uneven, character-driven campus drama.

Confrontations

By Simone Atangana Bekono; translated by Suzanne Heukensfeldt Jansen

Confrontations

A Black Dutch girl is driven to commit a shocking act of violence.

The Case of Cem

By Vera Mutafchieva; translated by Angela Rodel

The Case of Cem

An ambitious if flat account of a long-ago, would-be sultan.

The Shards

By Bret Easton Ellis

The Shards

A teenage Ellis contends with a serial killer in this autofictional memoir.