“All may be fair in love and war, but this is ornithology. Cheating is practically one of our scientific principles.” Beth Pickering is on the verge of finally capturing the rare deathwhistler bird when Professor Devon Lockley swoops in, capturing both her bird and her imagination like a villain. Albeit a handsome and charming villain,…
Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher
“Some thoughts burrow into your mind as thoroughly as a wasp larva burrows into an unsuspecting caterpillar. The trick, which I am still learning, is how to live without being devoured by them.” The year is 1899 and Sonia Wilson is a scientific illustrator without work, prospects, or hope. When the reclusive Dr. Halder offers…
This Monster of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara
“‘Aelius’s beliefs are his own.’‘Are they?” Kadra flipped through a stack of letters. ‘He’ll be devastated to hear it He’s been trying to make them everyone else’s for quite some time.’” Eighteen-year-old Sarai doesn’t know why someone tried to kill her four years ago, but she does know that her case was closed without justice….
The Strength of the Few by James Islington
“Grief, my mother once told me, is love’s most honest expression. The last and hardest aspect of truly, truly caring for someone. She said it at her own mother’s funeral rites, tears in her eyes even as she tried to comfort a boy too young to understand why he was so sad, why his grandmother…
Under One Roof by Ali Hazelwood
“I should start dating again. Should I start dating again? Yeah. I should. Except that . . . men. No, thank you.” As an environmental engineer, Mara knows all about the delicate nature of ecosystems. They require balance. And leaving the thermostat alone. And not stealing someone else’s food. And other rules Liam, her detestable big-oil lawyer of…
Nobody’s Baby by Olivia Waite
“Trouble is, when you tell people the system is good because it’s different than people, some people hear: The system is more important than people. And then they act accordingly. And someone who doesn’t deserve it gets hurt.” A wild baby appears! Dorothy Gentleman, ship detective, is put to the test once again when an…
Stuck With You by Ali Hazelwood
“And I’ve been scared, scared like never before, that I’d hurt you.” He lifts his hand. Curves it around my cheek. “That I’d left you in some—any kind of pain. That I couldn’t make amends. Which, let me tell you, is no fun when you know in your lizard brain that you’re about five minutes…
The Calico Cat at the Chibineko Kitchen by Yuta Takahashi
Nagi Hayakawa is facing an impossible choice. With only a few years left to live, should she marry the man she loves? Desperate for advice from her mother, who died years ago, she reserves a table at the Chibineko Kitchen. When she takes her first bite of the miso-marinated tofu and rice, the resident kitten…
Discourse on Colonialism by Aimé Césaire
“What am I driving at? At this idea: that no one colonizes innocently, that no one colonizes with impunity either; that a nation which colonizes, that a civilization which justifies colonization—and therefore force—is already a sick civilization, a civilization which is morally diseased, which irresistibly, progressing from one consequence to another, one denial to another,…
Below Zero by Ali Hazelwood
“Caring what others think is a lot of work, and—with a handful of exceptions—I’m not a huge fan of work.” Hannah’s got a bad feeling about this. Not only has the NASA aerospace engineer found herself injured and stranded at a remote Arctic research station—but the one person willing to undertake the hazardous rescue mission…
The Great Book Wyrm 