Aliza's Picks

Aliza (she/her) is a lifelong Washingtonian, tarot reader, third-generation bookseller who enjoys fantasy, fairy tales, horror, weird fiction, graphic novels, social sciences, philosophy, and leftist screeds. Her favorite books include Lolly Willowes: Or The Loving Huntsman by Sylvia Townsend Warner, The Haunting Of Hill House by Shirley Jackson,The Raven & The Reindeer by T Kingfisher, The Broken Earth Trilogy by NK Jemison, The Unworthy by Augustina Bazterrica, Siren Queen by Nghi Vo, Kindred by Octavia Butler, Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohammed, Pleasure Activism by Adrienne Marie Brown.

Literary Likes: overly ornate prose, inhuman transformations, katabasis, apotheosis, feminist liberation, pretentious arthouse nonsense.

Literary Dislikes: unimaginative prose, easily resolved conflict, regressive social norms, saccharine plots.