A compulsively readable exploration of the secret lives of the flora all around us.

Powerful stories plumb the heartache of losses in everyday living.

A fever dream plays out against the backdrop of Angolan independence.

A slender, tender volume, easily consumed in a single afternoon.

Russia’s leading contemporary author provides a chilling and timely look back at where her country appears to be headed again.

Anthony Marra’s latest is a luminous collection of interconnected stories.

From an 11th century tale of England told in a “shadow tongue”, to a wildly alternative history of Nixon’s Cold War, to a painfully realistic assessment of post-Stalinist Russia, this issue of HNR has something for everyone.

The unlikely friendship between two of the late 19th century’s best known authors, an escaped slave who hides in plain sight on the stage of a minstrel show, and a family’s unraveling against the backdrop of the Cuban missile crisis, all in this issue of HNR.

A fairytale, something wispy and ephemeral, with a half-dreamy, half-nightmarish quality, and perhaps a bit of happily-ever-after thrown in.

This eloquent debut novel offers an empathetic reminder that our similarities are always larger than our differences.