A much-anticipated addition to the mystical, queer-normative world of the Birdverse, R. B. Lemberg’s "Yoke of Stars" is a moving tale about the transformative power of stories. Stone Orphan, an apprentice assassin, awaits their first... Read More

Intergenerational family secrets reemerge in Defne Suman’s devastating novel "Summer Heat". Melike is a Turkish art historian who agrees to guide Petro, a documentarian, through Byzantine churches. But intimacy with Petro challenges... Read More

Lynne Spriggs O’Connor’s memoir "Elk Love" pays homage to the challenging, beautiful land that brought her deep, enduring love. A scholar and museum curator fascinated by Native American art, city-bred O’Connor had visions of... Read More

"Mississippi Swindle" is Shad White’s gripping account of the largest public fraud in Mississippi’s history—the misuse of nearly $100 million in federal welfare funds. Appointed Mississippi’s state auditor in 2018, White led the... Read More

Michelle M. Nickerson’s "Spiritual Criminals" is a gripping account of the Camden 28, Catholic war protesters who burglarized a federal building and were acquitted in a well-publicized trial in the early 1970s. While eight members of... Read More

In Mary Fleming’s evocative novel "Civilisation Française", three women’s lives intersect in 1980s Paris. Lily moves to Paris in 1982 to study at the Sorbonne. American-born, Lily was raised in London and speaks French quite well;... Read More

A softened primary palette reflects the gentle nature of this picture book about two brothers facing and overcoming back-to-school anxieties. Pip is starting first grade; he’s worried that his little brother, Archie, won’t need him... Read More

In the charming graphic novel Time Buddies, a spin-off from the Cat Ninja series, a schoolboy and a talking owl traverse millennia. On a museum field trip, Bentley is fascinated by hieroglyphics and sees one image that resembles him. In... Read More