In this picture book, the life and work of Pauline Baynes, the iconic illustrator of the worlds of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, receive overdue credit. Though Pauline brought magical worlds to life, her own story was less fantastical... Read More

A woman hiding personal neurological secrets probes the limits of genetic control in "The Adjudicator", Susan Daitch’s tense dystopian novel. Zedi, an adjudicator for Pangenica, a major corporation where babies’ genes are coded to... Read More

In Sally Page’s historical novel "The Secrets of Flowers", a traumatized widow investigates early twentieth-century transatlantic shipping. Emma struggles to find her place in the world after the death of her husband, Will. Leaving... Read More

In Pamela Reitman’s bittersweet historical novel "Charlotte Salomon Paints Her Life", the German Jewish artist struggles to express herself and survive in the shadow of the Third Reich. In 1939 in Berlin, Kristallnacht shatters... Read More

In Cynthia Pelayo’s novel "Vanishing Daughters", a woman haunted by grief is stalked from the shadows of her waking and dreaming lives. After Bri loses her mother, Aurora, to cancer, she takes over the house that has been in her family... Read More

In Antti Tuomainen’s dark comedic thriller "The Burning Stones", competition for the CEO position at a Finnish sauna company heats up when someone begins killing off the potential applicants. Anni is Steam Devil’s top salesperson,... Read More

Abused in her childhood and taught to believe that she doesn’t deserve love, a woman seeks independence in Sarah Jollien-Fardel’s heartbreaking novel "My Favorite". After a village doctor ignored the truth about her injuries, Jeanne... Read More

Sylvian Trudel’s novel "The Harmattan Winds" is an unusual coming-of-age tale imbued with undercurrents of magic, mystery, and tragedy. Hugues is an adopted orphan of unknown ethnic origins who falls under the spell of Hakébé, an... Read More