Lars Mytting’s epic, enchanting historical novel "The Reindeer Hunters" ushers a remote Norwegian village into the modern age. In the twenty years since Butangen’s stave church was removed and Astrid Hekne died giving birth to twins,... Read More

Kathryn Harkup’s "Superspy Science" unveils the science and technology behind the gadgets that co-star in James Bond films. James Bond’s exploits have thrilled readers since the 1953 publication of Casino Royale, the first in Ian... Read More

Two men interrogate each other in the tense spy novel Muir’s Gambit, musing over espionage’s moral quandaries and costs. Opening with a succinct, explosive declaration—“Charlie March is dead”—Michael Frost Beckner’s taut... Read More

"The Transition Mindset" is a powerful sports memoir about evolving beyond the game to find one’s higher purpose. National Football League star Andre Hal’s inspiring memoir "The Transition Mindset" focuses on a career decision that... Read More

In Steve Sem-Sandberg’s historical novel "W.", a soldier is sentenced to death for murder during the Napoleonic Wars. Always at the wrong place at the wrong time, Johann Christian Woyzeck struggles to find his place in life. Orphaned... Read More

In Dung Kai-cheung’s collection of short stories "A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On", material objects become like talismans that affect the flow of life. These ninety-nine stories were first published in 1999, soon after... Read More

The wounds of a friend group break open following a chance discovery in Valerie Perrin’s gripping novel "Three". When they were children, it seemed that Adrien, Nina, and Etienne would always be inseparable. Those outside of their trio... Read More

“Every disease has its own narrative,” psychiatrist Anne Skomorowsky writes in this lucid, comprehensive history of Fragile X, a genetic mutation that causes a range of physical and behavioral problems. Introducing affected families... Read More