Year in review Raquel Aparicio for The Boston Globe Whatever else we say about 2021, it was a great year for books. Of the countless wonderful titles published, here's a list of 90 we loved most in fiction,

Editor’s note: This is the last in our series of features on our selections of our Best Filipino Books of 2021. “Forth” by Rosmon Tuazon, translated to English by Ben Aguilar (Balangay Books, 2021) A lacerating hardness dominates Rosmon Tuazon’s “Forth.” Lines

My mother and I spent an afternoon unfurling my lola’s apartment a few days after she died, back in 2017. In her closet, my grandmother had stored a big cardboard box with an address in Manila written on the side

BIBLIOLEPSYBy Gina ApostolEarly in Gina Apostol’s “Bibliolepsy,” the assured young narrator states that some people might be disappointed to know she had a happy childhood. The same sorts of people may also be disappointed to know that Apostol won the

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On the Shelf 'Fiona and Jane'

Editor’s note: This is the last in our series of features on our selections of our Best Filipino Books of 2021. “Forth” by Rosmon Tuazon, translated to English by Ben Aguilar (Balangay Books, 2021) A lacerating hardness dominates Rosmon Tuazon’s “Forth.” Lines

As we say goodbye to celebrating literacy month in November, let us officially say hello to Christmas season this December—though who are we kidding, we’ve been feeling the spirit of Christmas since September came.  To bring one celebration to another, here

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