In Lee Wind’s exciting novel "A Different Kind of Brave", two gay teenagers who emulate James Bond fall in love and crisscross the Americas to shut down a harsh conversion therapy institution. Sixteen-year-old Nico escapes Dr.... Read More

A powerful wizard protects her right to self-determination in Patricia A. McKillip’s fantasy classic "The Forgotten Beasts of Eld". “Every time I read "The Forgotten Beasts of Eld", I am filled with love,” writes Marjorie Liu in... Read More

Arash Azizi’s "What Iranians Want" documents the demands and aspirations behind the Iranian people’s struggle for freedom. On September 13, 2022, Mahsa Amini died in police custody in Tehran for the alleged crime of wearing her hijab... Read More

A girl tries to free an imprisoned spirit and is swept into an ancient magical feud in Philip Womack’s fantasy novel "Ghostlord". Meg’s mother drags her away from London toward a safer, quieter life in the country. They rent an... Read More

Chay Wike’s cookbook "The Kitchen Commune" meets diverse dietary needs, introducing one hundred-plus creative dishes that welcome all to the table. A serious health issue sparked Wike’s determination to take control of her health... Read More

"Where Two Worlds Touch" is a fanciful, romantic memoir that exemplifies passion for the natural world. River Faire’s charming and spiritual memoir "Where Two Worlds Touch" is about creating a new life with his partner in the United... Read More

There are more frightening things to be haunted by than ghosts in Circe Moskowitz’s horror anthology "All These Sunken Souls". Intense teenage emotions, the pressure of looming adulthood, generational traumas, and the stress of being... Read More

Sandy Winterbottom’s "The Two-Headed Whale" intertwines her engrossing 2016 Antarctica travel account with the story of a whaling ship deckhand in the early 1950s. Winterbottom spent six weeks on a “sleek, beautiful, hand-built—and... Read More