Book Reviews


An illustration of the City Watch during a revolution in Ankh-Morpok, in the novel 'Night Watch'.

Discworld’s “City Watch” series is a glorious example of how police forces should work

Natalia Ahmed
A picture of the cover of "Secret Santa." The main character, Samantha Claus, is wearing a Santa costume and hat. The cover says "Secret Santa" across the top in large green lettering. Then it says "The story of the girl who saved Christmas" at the bottom in green lettering as well.

Forget Santa, his niece Sam Claus can do the job just as well in “Secret Santa” by Megan Leach

Tatayana Allen
Cover of 'Black Canary: Breaking Silence' by Alexandra Monir.

Black Canary comes to us as a teenager in “Breaking Silence”, and I love this new story

Natalia Ahmed

The author, Yaa Gyasi, weaves historical fiction with mysticism.

In the aftermath of BLM Yaa Gyasi’s “Homegoing” shows us the history we are yet to overcome

Sarah Khan
Author Chloe Gong and the cover of her debut novel, These Violent Delights.

Chloe Gong talks “These Violent Delights” and reimagining Shakespeare in 1920s Shanghai

Helena Ong

Witches are at the forefront of the Suffragette movement in Alix E. Harrow’s “The Once and Future Witches”

Yasmin Islam

Jessica Jung

Jessica Jung spills major K-Pop tea in her book “Shine” and we are here for it

Hannah Rachel Abraham
The image shows two panels, one on the left side showing the book cover of Ahalya with the illustration of a woman on the cover, and shows Koral Dasgupta on the right panel.

Koral Dasgupta’s latest novel “Ahalya” infuses feminism into Indian mythology

Deboparna Poddar
The image shows the book cover of Uprooted by Naomi Novik.

Naomi Novik’s “Uprooted” is a stand-alone fantasy wonderland for all magic lovers

Deboparna Poddar

Edward and Bella, a brown-haired couple, hold each other close as they dance.

“Midnight Sun” makes Twilight great again… by being worse

Sana Panjwani
[Image Description: book cover of "The Vanishing Half." Two rainbow female silhouettes "vanishing" into each other] via Vox.

Brit Bennett’s “The Vanishing Half” is a timely tale about white-passing privilege

Afsha Kasam
Kristen Bell holding up her book, "The World Needs More Purple People."

Kristen Bell’s “The World Needs More Purple People” has been deeply mischaracterized by critics

Dola Haque