Roll another number: Muddled litRPG novel can’t overcome inborn structural defects
The most noteworthy aspect of the novel is its style.
“We are going to hell”: Argentine writer Diego Muzzio’s novel The Eye of Goliath is a Gothic-tinged excursion into madness
Successive characters in The Eye of Goliath are presented as psychically bifurcated.
Almost thirty years after its first appearance, Ryu Murakami’s most notorious novel remains a potent shocker
Audition may qualify as an outlier in Murakami's canon, given the relatively deliberate pace with which the bulk of the story unfolds.
Yellow shadows: How Robert W. Chambers’s “The Repairer of Reputations” influenced Lovecraft and Langan
"The Repairer of Reputations" does cleave to Lovecraft's understanding of fear as "the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind."
Sally Rooney’s publisher withdraws her books from U.K. sale over the author’s support of Palestinian activist group
In 2025, Rooney, who is a resident of the Republic of Ireland, cancelled all upcoming appearances in the U.K.
Women fight back: Two recent horror novels shine a feminist lens on genre material
Mallory Arnold's Cross My Heart, I Hope You Die and Sarah Langan's Trad Wife share certain structural and narrative elements in common.
Ania Ahlborn’s hillbilly horror novel Brother is a bleakly aversive treat
Ahlborn's novel became a viral sensation after being taken up by genre influencers on TikTok.
Sanitizing atrocity: In a new book, historian Assal Rad examines the Western media’s manipulation of language in Gaza coverage
Rad focuses on headlines because she notes that this is often all a person will read.
Josh Silver’s debut novel for adults does double duty as a dark thriller and a satire of the modern publishing industry
This is a book readers should approach with caution.
Vanishing acts: Marlon James’s sprawling sixth novel examines the ways gay men are erased from society
There is little doubt that The Disappearers is a very good book.