Sometimes the best way to understand brutal realities is to read a well-conceived, well-written novel about how those events play out in the lives of real — if fictional — people.

Book reviewer Suzanne Perez looks at a dysfunctional family drama that illustrates the messy bonds between siblings.

In today's book review, Suzanne Perez looks at a thrilling new novel that explores the psyche of a serial killer.

Up next, book reviewer Suzanne Perez looks at a novel that explores humanity's approach to overwhelming loss.

Up next, KMUW book reviewer Suzanne Perez looks at a true-crime novel that blurs the line between fact and fiction.

Book reviewer Suzanne Perez looks at a dystopian novel about a reform school for mothers.

The new memoir-slash-cookbook, “Taste: My Life Through Food,” reveals a whole other side of actor Stanley Tucci: his “love of food and all that it encompasses.”

KMUW's Suzanne Perez has a reading challenge for you. The #ReadICT Challenge is in its sixth year.

KMUW's Suzanne Perez says a new novel is equally charming, tender, sad and inspiring.

Book reviewer Suzanne Perez says that a new collection of essays by one of her favorite writers does not disappoint.