These spooky short stories form a big picture that’s even more haunting than the eerie puzzle pieces.

Wendy Lower peels back the Holocaust’s layers of statistics, numbing shock and horror to reveal one of the human stories underneath

Few musicians have been more thoroughly researched and eulogized than Beethoven, but The Final Symphony offers a compelling tour through his illustrious career.

An immigration story that paints Colombia as vibrant, almost mythical land, both punishing and magical.

A fascinating, occasionally speculative examination of “lost” cities which also dissects just where murky concepts like ‘lost civilisations’ really come from

Parts of This Road of Mine defy even creative non-fiction.

As second books in fiction trilogies go, this one is among the best.

Brings to life a loving, vibrant family steeped in personal, communal and cultural perseverance that, intentionally or otherwise, enriches each of its members’ lives.

A must-read for fans of the musician and his city. But if anyone unfamiliar with either should be so inclined to embark on a new journey with this book, oh the places it will take them.

What is remarkable about Saunders’ survey is that the stories it holds up as exemplary are vastly different from one another, and remain untamed by Saunders’ rigid schemas and aw-shucks platitudes.