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Mice 1961 by Stacey Levine (Verse Chorus Press)

2025 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Fiction

The Village Beyond the Mist by Sachiko Kashiwaba, Translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa, Illustrated by Miho Satake (Restless Books)

"Any good book for children proves a reliable portal… Pick up this book and be spirited away." -Gregory Maguire for The New York Times

Be Gay, Do Crime edited by Molly Llewellyn, Kristel Buckley (Dzanc Books)

IPPY 2025 Gold Medal Award Winner for Anthology

The Missing Kidney and Other Stories by Maxine Rosaler (Delphinium Books)

"Fans of Lorrie Moore can quench their thirst for witty short stories and self-aware, smart-ass narrators with these tales of love and work in New York City in the 1970s and ’80s." - Oprah Daily, 26 Best Summer Reads of 2025

Monsterland: A Journey Around the World's Dark Imagination by Nicholas Jubber (Scribe)

"Jubber masterfully uses these legends as jumping-off points for meditations on the longevity of such stories and on what they mean for society: “monsters echo their landscapes and join communities together,” he posits. Fans of folk horror will love this." - Publishers Weekly, starred review

Six Little Sticks by Tiffany Stone, Illustrated by Ruth Hengeveld (Greystone Kids)

“A humorous seek-and-find counting book….Sharp-eyed young readers will enjoy searching the pictures for tiny, comic clues as to the whereabouts of the babies as they practice counting down from six to one and back up again to six and beyond.” - Wall Street Journal

Night Divides The Day: The Doors Anthology by The Doors (Genesis Publications)

"...people will delight in [this] beefy new book that chronologically recounts the Doors' rise and too-soon end." - USA TODAY

Beast by Richard Van Camp (Douglas & McIntyre)

"In his latest, Van Camp, a member of the Dogrib (Tłįchǫ) Dene Nation, weaves ’80s pop culture references and supernatural elements into a page-turning thriller that follows a teen who confronts a terrifying threat to his community." - Kirkus

The Way of Florida by Russell Persson (Baobab Press)

"...[I]mmediate and despairingly poetic...[S]trangely tailored language is central to Mr. Persson’s fine recasting." - Wall Street Journal

Decade of Dissent: How 1960s Bob Dylan Changed the World by Sean Egan (Jawbone Press)

"From why Dylan changed his name to his 1966 motorcycle accident to the release of his 1970 album, Self Portrait, Decade Of Dissent explores in detail the decade that solidified the artist as one of the greatest musicians of all time." - Spin Magazine, author interview