The rollicking historical novel "No Lookin’ Back" captures the spirit of the Wild West via two brothers and their unquenchable sense of adventure. Ted Riddle and Linda Riddle’s historical novel "No Lookin’ Back" recounts frontier... Read More

In Mary Ann Miller’s chilling mystery novel "Bones Under the Ice", cold temperatures are no barrier to murder. In the days following a blizzard, the body of a pregnant teenager is uncovered in a snowdrift outside of rural Fields... Read More

Murong Xuecun’s "Deadly Quiet City" is a harrowing compilation of testimonies from people living in Wuhan, China, during the beginning of COVID-19. Split into eight chapters, each dedicated to a Chinese person living in Wuhan in early... Read More

In N. Prabhakaran’s postmodern short story collection "Diary of a Malayali Madman", people are touched by madness and constrained by the traditions and politics of their Indian societies. A man finds himself pressed into service as a... Read More

Memory, family, and generational trauma guide Marina Jarre’s steps in her Holocaust memoir "Return to Latvia". Jarre was young when her parents separated. She left Latvia and grew up in Italy with her Italian mother; she maintained no... Read More

"The Soldier and the Orphan" is a fascinating historical novel in which separated twins experience love, friendship, and the power of a neighbor’s kindness. Alastair Henry’s fascinating historical novel "The Soldier and the Orphan"... Read More

Donal Fallon’s guide to Dublin, "Three Castles Burning", investigates the city in search of places where the past and present meet. Based on the popular podcast of the same name, the book concerns itself with twelve Dublin streets and... Read More

Long before they became Hall of Fame rockers, the Red Hot Chili Peppers were misfit teenagers on a lark in Los Angeles’s chaotic alternative music scene. Hamish Duncan’s "Out in L.A." is a whirlwind chronicle of the band’s first... Read More