Ask this crew for beach reads, and you get serial killers and, well, more serial killers. But also distressed stand-up comics. Happy summer!

In which the team endorses surreal, weird, dark, funny, affirming, and eye-opening work — including a rare non-fiction pick.

In which the team reads some new & twisty fiction.

Two Mona Awads is better than one, plus a bonus pick for Women’s History Month.