Beijing Sprawl
by Xu Zechen, translated by Jeremy Tiang and Eric Abrahamsen
Muyu and his fellow young bachelors may have moved from the provinces to the massive Chinese capital, but from the rooftop of their single-story building of crowded apartments on Beijing's western out... (Tom)
Grand Old Oak and the Birthday Ball
by Rachel Piercey and Freya Hartas
Who doesn't love a big book packed with tiny, hand-drawn details? You can play visual detective with your young readers through dozens of tours of the Grand Old Oak, and best of all (with those dozens... (Tom)
Monica
by Daniel Clowes
How to describe the work of Dan Clowes for those who haven't been reading him for thirty-odd years? Cranky, biting, hilarious, and tender: he often puts his jaw-dropping drafting skills in the service... (Tom)
Ru
by Kim Thúy
Composed of short autobiographical-but-fictional vignettes tracing a life from a Vietnamese childhood during the war to a Malaysian refugee camp to Quebec, there's a crystalline quality to each piece... (Tom)