A forensic anthropologist and her partner travel abroad in search of the truth behind a boy’s brutal murder in the feverish dystopian novel "Not Long Ago Persons Found". A seven-year-old boy’s torso is found in a city’s river with... Read More

Danger and duty collide on the alpine expanses of the Cascade Range in Christopher Van Tilburg’s inspiring memoir-cum-history book "Crisis on Mount Hood". Sourced from the archives of the Hood River Crag Rats, the US’s oldest... Read More

Lynda V. Mapes’s probing nature book "The Trees Are Speaking" is about North America’s old-growth forests on both coasts, preservation and restoration efforts, and climate change. Profiling dozens of researchers and activists,... Read More

A Toronto woman tries to balance motherhood with being a musician in Lindsay Zier-Vogel’s heartfelt novel "The Fun Times Brigade". Amy’s newborn daughter, Alice, screams, won’t sleep, and won’t take a bottle. Amy’s husband,... Read More

Be Steadwell’s novel "Chocolate Chip City" is about gentrification and protest. It is also a hymn to Black love, Black queerness, and Black spirit that pulses with the joy of existence. The Jones sisters—Ella, Jasmine, and... Read More

"The Enduring Wild" is Josh Jackson’s captivating portrayal of California wilderness under the Bureau of Land Management, including large wilderness areas in the Mojave Desert, Eastern Sierra, and the Lost Coast. The Bureau of Land... Read More

The difficult yet enriching world of environmental activism is dissected in the essays and how-tos in "Tools to Save Our Home Planet". Organized in the style of a guidebook, the book pulls together some of the most consequential voices... Read More

Barbara Presnell’s grace-filled memoir reflects on the loss of her father and a sibling trip to Europe to re-create his World War II travels. Presnell’s father, Bill, died after surgery when she was fourteen years old. Her mother,... Read More