Besides books for our children, it is a healthy habit to keep on reading for our pleasure.

All the books presented here are, for a reason, destined for adults.

First, a graphic novel:

A New York Public Library Best Comics for Adults 2025 award, this book follows a set of witches through, at least, two hundred years.

Told from different points of view (always from the victim’s vantage point), we can see the evolution of their magic, how they profit from their position of power, and how, sometimes, this sparks backlash from the communities.

It is by no means a pro-witches book; instead, it has an interesting view as they navigate needs, use and abuse men’s sexual energy, and take advantage of orphaned children, and how the world outside their sphere is cruel, misogynistic, and dangerous as well.

The Maria sisters travel through Argentina, leaving a trail of shattered spirits in their wake. Sole Otero tells a story of needs and magic, with a dark humor I found curiously entertaining. This is a master storyteller, skillfully weaving contemporary themes (sex, isolation, social media) with darker undercurrents of female rage, human exploitation, and belief systems.

A South American cartoonist who deserves all the attention, Sole Otero has won the Fnac-Salamandra Graphic Novel Award in 2019 and the Audience Award from the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2023 with her work Naftalina (Mothballs).
The translator, Andrea Rosenberg, recently translated two Eisner Award-winning books: Run For It by Marcelo D’Salete and The House by Paco Roca.

Witchcraft is available since October 07, 2025.

Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Pages: 376/ Paperback
EAN/UPC: 9798875001277

Up next, a collection of letters:

Frida Kahlo’s Love Letters by Suzanne Barbezat (Author)

One very weird fact about this iconic artist is that it is very difficult to find her personal letters and notes in her original Spanish.

I don’t know if that is because the Frida Kahlo state has issues about it… For me, this book was a roundabout opportunity to see some of them, as the facsimiles (copies of the originals, doodles included) are present throughout the text.

A resilient, loving, intense human being, Frida is best known for her portraits and sad facts about her life. However, throughout these passionate love letters, we get to see a glimpse of the vulnerability behind it all. First, as a kid, when she was pretty much behaving like a normal teenager before her accident, and later as a moody, disciplined youth who took her inability to walk for extended periods of time as a challenge.

Her love for Diego Rivera and her subsequent lovers make for an amazing read. There is, above all else, a huge capacity for love. Above infidelity, rage, frustration, and pain, Frida really loved life.

To the letters sent to her first love, Alejandro Gomez Arias, and to her husband Diego Rivera, there are letters written to several other people, including Julien Levy, Nickolas Muray, and Jose Bartoli.

The curation and foreword (I wonder if the translation as well) was made by Suzanne Barbezat, a travel writer based in Oaxaca, Mexico. She also wrote Frida Kahlo at Home (2016).

Frida Kahlo’s Love Letters is on sale since May 06, 2025.

Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Pages: 160 Hardback
EAN/UPC 9781836001546

Now, here is a short story collection:

This is my first Morábito book (I had heard a great deal), and I was not disappointed: he makes some weird stories, not necessarily supernatural but eerie nonetheless.

The first story is about a nail, for instance: A couple hangs a nail (to hang a picture), but the man gets infatuated. He feels that the nail purports deeper significance than any picture possibly could. It is a bit maddening, but you tend to agree with his mania. Like I said, weird without being supernatural.

The eighteen stories start with weird questions: the meaning of grass; what if you were a musician that could only play a single note… They are time capsules inside our weirdest imagination, and you get to go along for the ride and enjoy the telling.

Fabio Morábito was born in Egypt to an Italian family. When he was fifteen, his family relocated from Milan to Mexico City, and he has written all his work in Spanish ever since. He has won many awards for his poetry, translation work, and literary work.

The Shadow of the Mammoth is on sale since September 02, 2025.

Published by Other Press
Paperback | Pages: 208
ISBN: 9781635425321

Finally, another graphic novel (a digital one):

I kept wondering, looking at the artwork of this graphic novel, if the people living on the island were meant to be inside a dystopia or a utopia. Not so many people, ritualistic behaviors, a special link to whales… what’s not to like? Wangi and Banyu are two rival sisters, each of whom has a unique ability. They want to use their art to save their world, despite the warnings issued by their elders.

Together they will embark on an adventure rife with giant turtles, flying ships, and talking mermaids. I am siding it on more of an adult read because of the metaphoric language it uses.

I would have preferred a printed copy of this one; the digital allows you to pore over the details, but doesn’t let you see the big pictures as they are intended to be seen.

Source: geekdad.com