In an isolated northern chateau, a baron’s doctor dies under suspicious circumstances and the Interprovincial Medical Institute sends a replacement. The Institute is revealed to have colonized physicians' minds across generations while tending the remnants of humanity.

A series of personal essays by George M. Johnson that trace growing up as a Black queer youth in the U.S., linking autobiographical scenes to direct address to younger Black queer readers.

A first-person memoir recounting the author's migration from El Salvador to the United States as a child. The narrative follows the physical and emotional journey, the dangers and practical hurdles of traveling undocumented, and the ongoing effects of displacement on family and identity.

Set in a near-future, economically collapsed Toronto, the novel follows characters navigating a city left to decay after officials abandon it.

A linked collection of short stories that reimagines traditional fairy tales and folk tales by amplifying their latent, often unsettling elements.

An orphaned young woman receives sponsorship from an unseen benefactor who sends her to college; she writes regular letters to him detailing her life, opinions, and small rebellions. The letters track her education, friendships, and social adjustments as she negotiates gratitude, independence, and self-definition.

A small, stranded community faces a dire survival problem and must decide how to preserve life when resources and choices are scarce. The book stages debates, factions, and a mounting moral pressure as the group confronts whether and how to continue as a social unit under extreme conditions.

A first-person memoir by Qian Julie Wang about arriving in the United States as a child with her parents and living undocumented. The narrative follows her family's struggle with poverty, precarious work, and the constant fear and limitations that come with noncitizen status.

A contemporary, character-focused novel centered on characters navigating fraught private relationships and ethical pressure in an American setting. The narrative opens from intimate vantage points and builds tension through choices, secrets, and the slow widening of consequences rather than by external action.

A newly placed woman at a secluded country house confronts eerie, inexplicable phenomena tied to the home’s past while she navigates grief, social scrutiny, and household secrets. The book sets up a slow-building collision between domestic routine and uncanny intrusions that heighten psychological strain.

Set in a future where humans live isolated beneath a mechanical infrastructure, the story follows individuals who rely entirely on a pervasive Machine for daily needs and communication.

A first-person account by Suleika Jaouad of surviving serious illness and the aftermath, tracking the author's time as a patient and the challenges of rebuilding life afterward. The book situates medical experience within social and psychological questions about identity, belonging, and self-recovery.

A live-in nanny takes a job at a remote, high-tech Scottish house and later finds herself accused of a murder that occurred there.

Janet Mock recounts her path to womanhood from childhood through young adulthood, focusing on the realities of growing up transgender and multiracial in Hawaii and negotiating family, community, and medical systems.

A psychological horror novel about a recently bereaved man living with smart, networked elements in his home that complicate — and possibly intrude upon — his mourning.

A determined investigator reopens a dangerous case tied to recent political violence and personal loss, tracing clues that connect domestic life to wider conflict. The book follows her efforts to untangle family grief and a history of unrest while someone with violent intent may still be at large.

Told from the viewpoint of a returning World War II veteran, the novel follows his arrival in Los Angeles and the tense relationships he forms there while an external string of murders and police investigation encircle him.

Suzanne Simard recounts her career as a forest ecologist and presents her research showing that trees connect and exchange resources through fungal mycelial networks.

A methodical police investigation into a series of linked killings anchors the book: detectives follow cryptic clues that connect victims and a recurring symbolic motif as they race to identify a serial perpetrator.

A contemporary romance centered on a queer woman navigating a return to—or life within—a small-community context while forming a romantic and sexual relationship that forces emotional reckonings.

A novel that frames an alleged demonic possession as a matter for testing and judgment: characters confront religious belief, evidence, and moral responsibility as the question of Satan’s presence is treated almost legally.

Set around a richly imagined city and its secret histories, the novel follows characters entangled with djinn, political factions, and the social order of an elemental magical society.

A West African–inspired YA fantasy about a sixteen-year-old girl who fails a compulsory purity rite and is declared impure when she bleeds gold.

Two professionals connected to dating technology navigate attraction and past grievances while juggling careers and public reputations. The setup focuses on their personal chemistry and the complications that arise when business, dating apps, and prior history collide.