If you immediately understand this phrase, and you get it on an emotional level, then these stories will probably speak to you in ways that they might not otherwise.

If you’re looking for a quick, absorbing read with a lot more depth than you’d expect from a novelette, check out Novic by Eugen Bacon.

Feeling contemplative or in the mood for something poignant? Chris Kluwe recommends Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon by Mizuki Tsujimura and translated by Yuki Teijima.

If you’re looking for something fantastical in scope, yet gritty in execution, you’re not going to go wrong picking this one up.

If you remember one thing from Arley Sorg’s review of Not Your Papi’s Utopia: Latinx Visions of Radical Hope, he wants it to be—You need to read this book.

If you’re looking for your next mind-bending SF read, Melissa A. Watkins highly recommends Mindscape by Andrea Hairston.

Melissa A. Watkins thought the prose in The Memory of the Ogisi by Moses Ose Utomi was some of the best she’s read in recent years. Find out what else she loved about this new book.

Looking for your next gritty read? Find out why Arley Sorg thinks When Devils Sing by Xan Kaur ought to be it.

If you’re looking for a novel blending the ’90s rock scene with faerie magic with male friendship, then Chris Kluwe has a book to recommend for you: The Only Song Worth Singing by Randee Dawn.

If you’re looking for a book with a haunted town and an unlikely friendship, then perhaps The Corruption of Hollis Brown by K. Ancrum is for you. Find out why Arley Sorg recommends it!