The Pass Catherynne M. Valente Winner: American Library Association (ALA)

Winner: American Library Association (ALA) Booklist Top 10 Biography of the Year

By Alec Worley

Adrian Serghie

Eisner Award-winning cartoonist

Clay Loudermilk stumbles into a screening of a bizarre snuff film that wraps him up in a mystery surrounding a series of cult-inspired killings

The Pass Catherynne M. Valente Winner: American Library Association (ALA)By Katriona Chapman. Published by Fantagraphics. Hardcover, 184 pages, Colour, 2026. In this keenly observed character study, up and coming London chef Claudia struggles to balance the weight of ambition with her personal life. In her early thirties, Claudia is fast becoming a sensation on the culinary scene. While putting her chic London restaurant, Alley, on the map, she decides to enter the upcoming Chef of the Year competition. All this, as she is