Blood & Ink: The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder that Hooked America on True Crime
By Joe Pompeo
A deliciously tawdry, well-told tale.
Kibogo
By Scholastique Mukasonga; translated by Mark Polizzotti
A spare, multilayered fable about colonial Rwanda.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
The Enigma Affair
By Charlie Lovett
Over-the-top characters make for a rowdy, farfetched read.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
Dünkirchen 1940: The German View of Dunkirk
By Robert Kershaw
This in-depth chronicle leans heavily on detail while providing novel insights.
The debut novelist talks ballet, the Holocaust, and leaving JFK on the cutting-room floor.
Under My Bed and Other Essays
By Jody Keisner
The body keeps the score in these reflections on fear and female autonomy.
Southern at Heart
By Cameron MacKenzie
What the DC writing community taught me about myself.
On Freedom
By Maggie Nelson
A refreshing, daring consideration of our most tangled social problems.
The Right to Sex
By Amia Srinivasan
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What does true agency — political and practical — look like for women?
