Edible: An Illustrated Guide to the World’s Food Plants by Helen Bateman, Monica Berton, and Fiona Doig

A beautifully illustrated guide to the plants we eat everyday, as well as those you have never heard of. Great for those who love edible gardening, cooking, and the history behind what we eat. [Molly]

Measuring the World by Daniel Kahlman

Measuring the World is Daniel Kahlman’s second novel, though his first to be published in the U.S. It is, without a doubt, one of the best works of historical fiction to come out in years. This is a must-read on par with Di Lampedusa’s The Leopard. Really, it’s that good. [Tom]

Red Colored Elegy by Seiichi Hayashi

Just flip through it— this is one of the most beautiful graphic novels I’ve ever seen. It’s less the story than the sparseness and loneliness that inhabits this book, exhibited in empty speech bubbles, violently empty landscapes, people trying to make art. [Hannah]

The Alcoholic by Jonathan Ames; illustrated by Dean Haspiel

A hilarious and horrifying memoir by novelist Ames (author of Wake Up, Sir!) which mercilessly exposes the personal shortcomings, disappointments, and deep insecurities which have shaped and complicated his life. Deftly illustrated by Haspiel, who collaborated on Harvey Pekar’s brilliant The Quitter (another exercise in regret and failure). [Andrea]

Today I Wrote Nothing by Daniil Kharms; translated by Matvei Yankelevich

This collection of sketches, stories, and plays will appeal to readers of Beckett, Breton, and even Pinter. Kharms’ work with the Soviet-era group OBEIRU?the Association of Real Art?predated the European theatre of the absurd and writers like Kafka and Witold Gombrowicz; Kharms himself produced some of the most provocative work of the 1920’s and 1930’s. [Jeff]

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