Archaeology department graduate students encounter more than mere relics on an expedition gone wrong in Ella Alexander’s wry novel "The Sleeping Land". Kit, Val, and Mark exist in uneasy alliance under their department head, George, a... Read More

In David Wright Faladé’s immersive novel "The New Internationals", cross-cultural friendships and romances challenge racial barriers in post–World War II Paris. During the Nazi occupation, Cecile’s parents enrolled her in a... Read More

In Eva Menasse’s historical novel "Darkenbloom", the wartime secrets of a small Austrian town are compromised by the urgent demands of the present. The book begins in 1989 in the Austrian village of Darkenbloom. Though it’s no longer... Read More

A favored son longs to be accepted by his resentful brothers in "Seventeen Spoons", the moving second novel of Esther Goldenberg’s epic biblical trilogy. Joseph, longed for for ages, receives special treatment from his parents, earning... Read More

A decision made in haste reverberates across multiple kingdoms in Patricia A. McKillip’s lush fantasy classic "The Book of Atrix Wolfe". Blackmailed to betray the ethics of his practice, an enraged mage calls up violent forces to end a... Read More

In Suzanne Manizza Roszak’s radiant novel "The Poison Girl", a brilliant, determined girl escapes the maledictions of her jealous father. Just after Bice was born, her beleaguered mother died. Her father—perhaps blaming himself;... Read More

It’s Sarah’s first Eid in her new country, and she’s looking forward to friends and relatives filling her Eidi bag with money, just like they did in Pakistan. When she arrives at the masjid, however, no one has any coins for her.... Read More

In Zeeva Bukai’s novel "The Anatomy of Exile", a Jewish Israeli mother struggles to reconcile herself to a tragedy from her past while watching a similar situation unfold for her own daughter. Tamar’s sister-in-law, Hadas, is killed... Read More