In this moving memoir, Eger details her long journey to physically and emotionally heal after surviving Auschwitz, fleeing communism, and immigrating to the US. Eger uses her life and psychological training to offer advice and hope on living with trauma.

Miri tries to make sense of what happened to her wife, Leah, when she was missing for six months on what should have been a 3-week submarine expedition. Meanwhile, Leah reveals to us what happened to her and her crew under the sea.

A feverish and surreal manga interpretation of Kafka’s work, this slim and slightly claustrophobic book is both a dizzying visual translation and a translation (into English from Japanese) or a translation (of the original German into Japanese.)

A blend of memoir and cultural investigation that takes readers on a deep dive into the world of blindness. As he confronts his own gradual but progressive vision-loss, Leland explores the rich culture and community of blindness that is often invisible to the seeing world.

A look back at 50 years of hip-hop from a member of The Roots and the director of Summer of Soul. Questlove grew up alongside hip-hop and this history is personal, informative, and fun to read.

This debut novel is a fun supernatural romance set at the Jersey Shore. When a spell goes awry, a witch and a merman find themselves thrown together in a series of unexpected events that lead to romance. The perfect escape from reality with a magical happy ending.

The political is personal and vice versa in this novel that follows the dissolution of an affair during the collapse of the German Democratic Republic. Erpenbeck expertly examines themes of hope, obsession, and loss. This is one of the best books I’ve read in my life.

Fans of smart young women with complicated family dynamics who are driven by love and honor to solve mysteries and catch murderers should try this novel about a young nurse named Hyeon, set in and around the royal palace in 1758 Joseon (Korea).

Told from the perspective of 3 female characters, the reader experiences what it was like in 1879 for African Americans traveling West for a chance of a new life. The eAudiobook version is a delight.

Aidan Thomas is a single father, a widower, an upstanding man in the community, keeping a woman captive in his shed. Told from the perspectives of his victims, his daughter, and his love interest, this is a chilling, victim focused, addition to serial killer thrillers.