Set among a New Jersey synagogue’s staff and congregants in the month prior to the October 7, 2023 attacks, Nathaniel Popkin’s sobering novel "Partly Strong, Partly Broken" reveals the discord already roiling in liberal Jewish... Read More

A man works to justify his misdeeds, even as his new partner falls into unhealthy patterns, in "The Resilience of Red Thread", an insightful domestic novel. Domestic violence features into Catherine Marshall-Smith’s foreboding novel... Read More

The introspective novel "The Invisible Canvas" follows a woman as she uses therapy to come into her own. In Kalyani Adusumilli’s intricate novel "The Invisible Canvas", a South Asian American woman’s emotional breakdown leads to... Read More

Two hurting families heal with the help of an ancient Jewish ritual in Jessica Brilliant Keener’s affecting, hope-filled novel "Evening Begins the Day". After learning about her husband’s emotional affair, Rachel is bereft. She flees... Read More

In Alex Potts’s wry graphic novel "Was That Normal?", a man vacillates between social connections and solitude. In his forties, Philip rents a room, works from home, and is desperate to enjoy some social interaction. He’s awkward in... Read More

In Anna Rosner’s bittersweet novel "Last Year with Maddy", a childhood friendship is tested by family challenges. Twelve-year-old Aviva finds it difficult to keep friends other than Maddy. The girls are as close as sisters—best... Read More

A sixteen-year-old grapples with school, social life, and an unstable home in the outstanding graphic novel "Burn It Down", the second book in the Rigsby WI series. Anna plays violin and works as the stage manager of her school play,... Read More

In Victoria Tatum’s timely ensemble novel "More Than Any River", generations of farmers and workers along the Sacramento River cope with formidable threats to their region and way of life. Covering more than a century, this... Read More