Ernesto Mestre-Reed’s historical novel is set in Cuba in the late 1990s, where a displaced young man learns the limits of family, trust, and community. Rafa is an orphan. He moves to Havana, where Cecilia, a restaurant owner, becomes... Read More

"The Stories Behind the Poses" captures the wisdom, beauty, and power of ancient Indian mythology to deepen and enlighten the practice of yoga. Fifty common yoga poses are paired with classic tales from Vedic mythology, shared with rich... Read More

Ben Aitken’s "The Marmalade Diaries", is about becoming housemates with a much older stranger during Britain’s second Covid-19 lockdown. Aitken met Winnie in October of 2020. Winnie’s children were concerned about their... Read More

Victoria Shepherd recounts some of European history’s most memorable psychological cases in "A History of Delusions". Everyone feels sad, confused, or victimized from time to time, Shepherd suggests. But for an unlucky few, those... Read More

Wendy L. Rouse’s historical survey "Public Faces, Secret Lives" reveals the LGBTQ+ side of the fight for women’s suffrage. Many suffragists, Rouse says, were “very queer”—a term that, in the book, extends to suffragists who... Read More

In Jennifer Haupt’s keen-edged, intimate novel "Come As You Are", an intense, imperfect bond yields to more expansive resilience. Skye and Zane first meet in 1987. Growing up in 1990s Seattle, they watch their offbeat city become an... Read More

Dale Maharidge explores personal strife, land ownership, and American history in his mystery novel "Burn Coast". A writer and reporter from New York owns land on the California coast; his neighbors there are Likowski and Eddie. When... Read More

Based in truth, the thrilling novel My Father’s Secret involves history and the complicated aftermath of a terrorist attack. In Sean Patrick Dolan’s thriller My Father’s Secret, a distant father leaves behind a video tape revealing... Read More