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Bobby Hall/Logic’s literary debut never attempts to dig below the surface of the ideas it’s clearly stealing from.

Emma Lee’s compiled Instagram comics on modern love won’t – much like modern love itself – be for everyone.

Does nothing to address how the miserable future it suggests can be avoided, offering a gobbledygook message that shouldn’t be taken seriously.

Brings a taste of Popova’s Brain Pickings site offline for those who question what defines life for each of us.

An intense, fast-paced African-influenced fantasy epic promising a trilogy worth waiting for.

A nuanced look at a deteriorating relationship within the larger context of a deteriorating sense of self-worth.

Medearis tastefully paints his first novel with lucid images and storyline nearly as complex as a Julian Schnabel painting.

Motoya’s English-language debut is an eclectic collection of stories blending variations on feminism with the psychedelic.

A celebration of the oral tradition, with engaging storytellers helping to unravel the identity of a lost child.

A decent illustrated memoir that leans too heavily on the mechanical, and not the psychological.