Brutal realism marks the turns of this coming-of-age novel, set during the 1990s drug boom. The city of Fury is both a haven and a hell for the teens who call it home. In Corey Croft’s gritty novel "The Furies", a crew of friends are... Read More

In Noah Milligan’s startling novel "Into Captivity They Will Go", Caleb, a teenage boy of perceived miraculous birth, is raised by an evangelical, end-times-obsessed mother who’s convinced that he is the second coming of Christ.... Read More

In Dan Haring and MarcyKate Connolly’s fantasy novel with elements of a mystery and a touch of magic, "The Star Shepherd", a boy races to save the stars before their light is forever extinguished. Ever since Kyro’s mother died, his... Read More

Teresa Radice and Stefano Turconi’s "The Forbidden Harbor" is an epic labor of love—and a classic story of love—told in graphic novel format. "The Forbidden Harbor" is a book anchored in history. Although it is fiction, details of... Read More

In Andrea Bobotis’s "The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt", Judith is the keeper “not just of the Kratt family’s valuables but of its stories, too.” The murder of her brother, Quincy, is one story that the family never quite faced.... Read More

Emma Sky’s "In a Time of Monsters" is transportative, introducing a region rife with conflict and hope. For many, the Middle East seems abstract, or a homogeneous idea associated with turmoil and violence. While in some places that may... Read More

Soji Shimada’s "Murder in the Crooked House" is a terrifying, grisly locked-room mystery. Famed detective Kiyoshi Mitarai investigates a murder that transpired in impossible circumstances, and the mind-bending puzzle reveals a trail of... Read More

In her memoir "Black Indian", Shonda Buchanan researches four generations of her family to uncover the brutalities that its women suffered from their husbands, boyfriends, and parents. It’s a dark legacy that shattered and, in some... Read More