Category Archives: Fiction

The unpredictable and remarkable life of chemist-turned-TV-star Elizabeth Zott, and how she confronts the 1960s perceptions of women.

An uncommon romance that illuminates the warmth of human relationships, with the Flint water crisis looming in the background.

The Order is a mystery book set in 16th century Europe that unfolds into a commentary on Christianity and what it truly seeks to accomplish.

A George Saunders short story about a fox who adores humans until he gets to know humans.

Written in classic Karen Russell form–luminous, off-kilter, hugely creative, all wrapped in lush language–watching the protagonist travail the bleak landscape of hollowed-out morality in Sleep Donation forces the reader to wonder just how much of Russell’s inspiration is rooted in magical realism, and how much of it is from reality.

One day, the townspeople of Oran notice that rats are dying everywhere; the plague soon follows and Oran is suddenly isolated from the world, and the characters grapple with the startling realization that something awful is just beginning.

A fascinating mystery about wine, World War II, and generations of haunting family secrets.

How does capitalism force people to evaluate themselves? What will people sacrifice—family, dignity, heritage—to appease whatever capitalism demands of us?

One of the most impactful novels in US history—its descriptions of the meatpacking industry’s disgusting sanitary conditions resulted in the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act.

Elwood Curtis, a black boy in the 1960s, is wrongly sentenced to a horrifying juvenile center, where he is determined to remember that he is worthy.