Existing friendships are revitalized, and new ones flourish, in Melody Carlson’s cheerful Christian novel "All Booked Up", about women who share a Victorian home. Riva, an isolated widow in her sixties, is a bibliophile who is... Read More

Family secrets have an outsized spiritual influence in Liz Prato’s virtuoso historical novel "Purgatoire". Near the Purgatoire River in Colorado at the turn of the century, mining industries start up, attracting European immigrants.... Read More

The warm and informative self-help book "Carry On" brims with supportive words for queer and trans people, drawing on scholarship, stories, and advice from activist Nillin Lore and others. The book’s eight chapters cover leaving the... Read More

In Stacie Ramey’s cozy mystery novel "Spellbound by Murder", a single mother and her teenage daughter return to their family bookstore, facing murder and magical secrets. Veronica and Phoebe leave Florida for Mystic Hollow to help Gran... Read More

Queer Black author and professor Tisa Bryant’s bold, inventive autobiographical essay collection is about memory, grief, home, and belonging. The hybrid essays combine poetry, stream-of-consciousness prose, scraps of dialogue, lists of... Read More

Sarah Freeman’s colorful, boisterous crafting guide "Handmade Happiness: Yarn Crafts" includes thirty projects that use a variety of yarns and techniques. The book details basic supplies needed, as well as foundational techniques like... Read More

Rebecca Solnit’s clearsighted, inspiring essay collection celebrates the achievements of the progressive movement and poses a hopeful vision of the future. This book celebrates an “epic transformation” still underway, driven by the... Read More

A fateful lesbian relationship grounds Mariam, It’s Arwa, Areej Gamal’s revealing historical novel about sustenance amid grief. Sent to live with her grandmother in Egypt, Mariam aches to be known. Then, in a metro station amid... Read More