A childhood friend group’s sole survivor navigates her troubled adulthood in the startling horror novel "The Mean Ones". Sadie spent seventeen years trying to forget the night her friends were murdered in their cabin as she watched,... Read More

Syaman Rapongan’s compelling memoir is about colonialism and the willful love of one’s own culture. When Syaman Rapongan was a boy, he witnessed Japan and China colonize his home, Pongso no Tao. Despite these experiences of... Read More

A Black family’s traumas are the focus of Carolivia Herron’s rending novel "Thereafter Johnnie", in which a bereaved daughter examines her origins. At first, Johnnie is a solitary “light,” condemned to haunt a former Carnegie... Read More

In Lee Ann Walling’s insightful novel "The Salt and Light Express", a grieving woman undertakes a solo road trip that opens her to the transformative power of relationships. Chris drives her Winnebago from Delaware to Utah with the... Read More

Addressing universal business struggles in a down-to-earth manner, "Superperformance" is an insightful leadership guide. Introducing strategies to foster personal, team, and organizational achievements, business consultant George... Read More

Rebecca Anderson’s romance novel "Whispers of Shadowbrook House" is a haunting yet hopeful story of redemption and love. Pearl, a governess, loves Shadowbrook House, the manor that became her home after she was orphaned. Pearl also... Read More

Lynda V. Mapes’s probing nature book "The Trees Are Speaking" is about North America’s old-growth forests on both coasts, preservation and restoration efforts, and climate change. Profiling dozens of researchers and activists,... 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