Hood finds human-shaped hope even in the desperate landscape of a death-penalty-obsessed culture. Jeff Hood’s The Execution of God: Encountering the Death Penalty doesn’t just make the case that God is dead, but that each of us... Read More

Settings are technicolor in this brilliant and engaging historical novel. Lucy Treloar’s "Salt Creek" is a mesmerizing novel in which an English woman reminisces about her Australian youth and the tragedies that befell her family. In... Read More

Sharma’s spiritual search is intimate and careful, and ultimately one of understanding. Given the perception that the Middle East is largely hostile to the LGBTQ community, Parvez Sharma’s spiritual memoir "A Sinner in Mecca" is... Read More

Quiet, magical spaces and kingdoms in turmoil intersect, making for a wondrous reading experience. "The Forgotten Beasts of Eld" is a lyrically written, intricate fantasy focused on one woman’s life and loves. Sybel is a wizard, secure... Read More

Longing permeates Donaldson’s lines, transferring to his readership. Jesse Donaldson’s "On Homesickness" is a lovely, nostalgic tribute to the author’s boyhood home, delivered in a series of brief and poetic vignettes. Donaldson... Read More

Grover’s essays provide insight into Ojibwe life, even as it contends with the encroaching tendencies of surrounding cultures. This collection of short essays offers wisdom, humor, and affection from an Ojibwe grandmother who is also a... Read More

Every event is like a tabloid headline in this engrossing memoir, written by a former spy. Who killed John F. Kennedy? If you elect to believe Marita Lorenz—who survived Bergen-Belsen, abandonment in the Amazon, and torrid affairs with... Read More

Root’s celebration of pristine places is a valentine to a small region that inspired giants of conservation. Though it is not as celebrated as other nature areas, southeastern Wisconsin helped birth a love of the outdoors in important... Read More