Mockery comes easily; the harder work is figuring out what to do for the people at the center of the story.

Adriana E. Ramírez's new nonfiction book "The Violence" is built around oral histories of life in Colombia through the 20th century.

Adriana E. Ramírez on gratitude, "productination," and the power of out-engineering your weaknesses💥

Discover your next new read with the Service95 Book Club’s edit of the best new book releases for April 2026.

As a child, I once asked my grandmother why she did not forgive or forget, given her fierce Catholicism. We were playing cards on the bed in her large, white bedroom in Barranquilla, surrounded by …

From 'Yesteryear' to 'Transcription,' these are the can't-miss books coming out this month

Other countries have nicknames for their rough periods. But nobody is quite as direct as Colombians, who dispense with any pretensions by simply calling the decade from 1948 to 1958 exactly what it was: La Violencia.

My Family's Colombian War

So, here are the top 94 feminist books we’re looking forward to in 2026—written by women, feminists, LGBTQ writers, writers of color, and more.

A family’s experience is bounded and warped by the violence and instability that overtook Colombia in the last half of the 20th century.