Patriot

This posthumously published memoir by Alexei Navalny began as an effort to uncover the truth about his mysterious “illness” and morphed into the saga of an unbreakable battle with the Kremlin.

Reviewed by Grace Utomo

High Solitude

Léon-Paul Fargue’s idiosyncratic book contributes to the lineage of the flâneur, that indelible Parisian lurker of corridors and street cafes.

Reviewed by Patrick James Dunagan

May Our Joy Endure

Québécois writer Kev Lambert’s latest novel offers a trenchant social critique in a chaotic unspooling of words.

Reviewed by Marcie McCauley

What Good Is Heaven

In their debut poetry collection, Raye Hendrix interrogates kindness and mercy while exploring love’s complicated gestures.

Reviewed by Jennifer Saunders

Near-Earth Object

John Shoptaw emphasizes that resilience and creation are as much a part of our behavioral repertoire as violence and despoliation.

Reviewed by Lee Rossi