Book Reviews

New reading recommendations from Colorado Review

  • Small Scale Sinners

    Small Scale Sinners

    By Mahreen Sohail

    “Poems are pathetic and diaries are pathetic. Really, literature is pathetic,” declares Eileen Myles in...

    $20.00
  • The Flat Woman

    The Flat Woman

    By Vanessa Saunders

    Vanessa Saunders’ The Flat Woman, an experimental novel and winner of the 2025 FC2 Ronald...

    $18.95
  • The Last Way

    The Last Way

    By Cameron L. Mitchell

    There are only three characters in The Last Way, Cameron L. Mitchell’s debut novella: the...

    $14.50
  • Make Your Way Home

    Make Your Way Home

    By Carrie R. Moore

    In the riveting opening story of Carrie R. Moore’s debut collection, a young couple attending...

    $17.99
  • The Shadow of the Mammoth

    The Shadow of the Mammoth

    By Pablo Morábito

    “Landing on the Moon,” the third story of Pablo Morábito’s newly translated collection The Shadow...

    $17.99
  • Archipelago

    Archipelago

    By Natalie Bakopoulos

    In The Odyssey, Odysseus tricks the cyclops, Polyphemus, by lying when asked his name— Odysseus...

    $17.99
  • Hellions

    Hellions

    By Julia Elliott

    In “The Mothers,” a story in Julia Elliott’s excellent new collection, Kate is a screenwriter...

    $17.95
  • Where I Went Wrong

    Where I Went Wrong

    By David Galef

    There’s no easy or obvious way to portray the trauma of loss and the spiraling...

    $19.95
  • Woodworm

    Woodworm

    By Layla Martínez

    Two Lines Press, the award-winning San Francisco-based publisher renowned for its focus on original literature...

    $21.95