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Dive into mesopunk books with our subgenre guide and recommended top reads, including THE DAUGHTER OF DOCTOR MOREAU by Silvia Moreno-Garcia!

There are quite a few new paperbacks and hardcovers out this week, many of them suitable for holiday gift-giving if you’ve been very last-minute about it.

Though there’s nothing particularly interesting about the story itself, I can’t stop thinking about FaZe x Batman, a new DC comic series that pairs Batman with the actual guys from a real-life pro gamer team. It’s a cynical campaign that comes overloaded with merch — rather than offering any details about the story, promo material focuses instead on the tie-ins with jerseys, tees, hoodies, mousepads, key caps, and a PJ set. Incredibly, there is no...