Books reviewed by Joe Hoeffner at BookBrowse.

Joe Hoeffner

Joe Hoeffner is a writer and critic who recently earned his MLitt degree from the University of Stirling. He currently lives on Long Island.

Blazing Eye Sees All (05/07/25)

Invisible Cities (01/29/25)

The Dark We Know (09/04/24)

Bury Your Gays (07/17/24)

Cecilia (06/05/24)

I Cheerfully Refuse (04/17/24)

Cahokia Jazz (03/06/24)

Serial Killer Games
by Kate Posey

A morbidly funny and emotionally resonant novel about the ways life—and love—can sneak up on us (no matter how much pepper spray we carry).

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The Original Daughter
by Jemimah Wei

A dazzling debut by Jemimah Wei about ambition, sisterhood, and family bonds in turn-of-the-millennium Singapore.

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Awake in the Floating City
by Susanna Kwan

A debut novel about an artist and a 130-year-old woman bound by love and memory in a future, flooded San Francisco.

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Ginseng Roots
by Craig Thompson

A new graphic memoir from the author of Blankets and Habibi about class, childhood labor, and Wisconsin’s ginseng industry.

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