In Franziska Gänsler’s moving novel "Eternal Summer", a woman in distress and her daughter arrive at a quiet German hotel, finding unexpected companionship with the hotel owner. Horrific wildfires and heatwaves mark the setting... Read More

Family, loyalty, and forgiveness are at the center of Leslie Gray Streeter’s humorous novel "Family and Other Calamities". Dawn, a self-made Black journalist, is the founder of the online entertainment publication Glitter. Her hard... Read More

Samantha Rose Hicks’s spiritual guide "Talking with the Tarot" takes a fresh approach to learning and interpreting the tarot. The book traces the long, conflicted history of the tarot and its early association with marginalized... Read More

Jordan Rosenfeld’s thriller "Fallout" spotlights environmental awareness and personal agency. Project Nemesis, a band of rebels set on environmental protection, sabotage and blackmail shady energy companies. Their methods garner... Read More

Fatma Qandil’s literary novel "Empty Cages" moves with quiet intent, tracing a life through memory’s fragments. Herein, empty cages offer both release and confinement, holding a life that teeters between adventure and the mundane.... Read More

Inspired by the true story of a personal art piece that became a comfort to thousands, this heart-wrenching picture book includes an age-appropriate portrayal of grief. Makio and Mr. Hirota make a game of watching for Makio’s father... Read More

A search for a missing journalist uncovers layers of conspiracy and betrayal in Domenic Stansberry’s intriguing novel "The Lizard", which is part thriller, part character study. S. E. Reynolds, a former reporter, makes his living... Read More

Helen Wolff’s exquisite autobiographical novella "Background for Love" captures a brief yet idyllic Côte d’Azur respite from the impending fascism of 1930s Germany. A nameless German woman travels with her forty-year-old lover from... Read More