A SURVIVOR OF THE 2004 tsunami shares her grief, anger, confusion at the loss of her family. Touching, frank.

GRIPPING STORY OF a mother and daughter on the run, united by love and fear.  Great prose and translation.

GRITTY, SPOOKY, FANTASTICALLY well plotted New York police thriller from comics great Warren Ellis.

CHARMING LITTLE BOOK boils down psychology, self-help, and common sense into a cheerful guide to sanity.

WONDERFULLY ENTERTAINING HISTORY, anthropology, and sociology of tools for cooking and eating. Smart fun!

COMPLEX, ALLUSIVE META-NOVEL plays with structure, yet captures the poignancy of a father/son relationship.

TWO FRENCH WOMEN from very different backgrounds do what they must to survive World War II. Haunting, incisive.

ELOQUENT, COMPASSIONATE WORK by a Polish physician and researcher links medicine with the arts and humanities.

FASCINATING TWIST ON the Frankenstein story—a retelling from the “monster’s” point of view.  Masterful!

SPARE, INTENSELY COMPELLING novel of a hard-luck young man growing up in 1970s Oslo.  Not a word wasted!