The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
by Olga Ravn, translated by Mart
Where are you, in this little novel? From its subtitle, you can tell you are in the next century, and from the description on the back (and, slowly, from the reports within) you learn you are in a spa... (Tom)
The Midwich Cuckoos
by John Wyndham
I tend to avoid sci-fi, but when I heard that John Wyndham—a grandparent of the genre—had written a novel considered an example of “cozy catastrophe,” well, resistance was futile. Along with the Engli... (Liz)
The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service
by Laura Kaplan
Engaging and informative from the first page, The Story of Jane details the experiences of many women involved with Chicago's underground abortion service in the years leading up to Roe v. Wade. These... (Anika)
Vladimir
by Julia May Jonas
With romance novels replacing their Fabio-licious covers with cute cartoony illustrations, it's refreshing to see Vladimir stepping boldly, winkingly, into the void. And the winking continues inside.... (Tom)