We Want So Much to Be Ourselves: A Novel

In prewar Berlin, ordinary citizens confront (or ignore) rising fascism.

Up All Night: A World History of Nightlife

The cool kids have always known where best to be seen.

Culpability

By Bruce Holsinger

Culpability

Unnervingly relevant moral dilemmas ignite this AI-propelled family drama.

Slip

By Mallary Tenore Tarpley

Slip

A smart, nuanced account of navigating fraught relationships with food.

American Trickster: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda

The 1970s hustler claimed he’d been sent by a shaman.

Carryout: Stories

By Hasan Dudar

Carryout: Stories

Palestinian refugees settle in Toledo, Ohio, and struggle to adapt to their new culture.

This Past Was Waiting for Me: A Chronicle at Quarter Century

An astute, multi-genre analysis of gentrification’s destructiveness.