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In W.B. Laughead’s 1916 logging industry pamphlet, a minor Midwestern folk hero underwent a major growth spurt.

For decades, Juan Rulfo’s novel, “Pedro Páramo,” has cast an uncanny spell on writers. A new translation may bring it broader appeal.

In Eliza Clark’s novel “Penance,” a 16-year-old becomes more fascinating in death than she was in life.

Emily Cockayne’s “Penning Poison,” a history of anonymous letters, reveals the ways we’ve been torturing one another, verbally, for centuries.

Isle McElroy’s second novel, “People Collide,” puts a pair of bored newlyweds in each other’s shoes.

Vincenzo Latronico’s novel “Perfection” explores the capital of Europe’s expat scene in its heyday.

Laurent Binet’s novel “Perspective(s)” begins with an artist lying dead in a Florentine chapel.

In Catherine Chidgey’s seventh novel, “Pet,” a motherless 12-year-old girl falls under the intoxicating spell of a mysterious teacher at her Catholic school in New Zealand.

“Piglet,” by Lottie Hazell, is a tantalizing layer cake of horror, romance (sort of) and timely questions about the power of appetite.

In Fernanda Trías’s novel “Pink Slime,” one woman holds out in her town after an environmental disaster, trapped in a limbo of indecision.