Daryl loves Dinosaurs, but his copy of the book truly belongs to the library, and his cycle of perpetually renewing it hits a snag when someone else places the book on hold. Though he summons all of the dinosaur tricks that the book... Read More

In Maggie Smith’s novel "Truth and Other Lies", three driven women make life-altering decisions about the secrets they’ve kept in order to get ahead. Megan, a young, liberal journalist, moves back into her overprotective mother’s... 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

The chaos of current events takes on a supernatural dimension in John Elizabeth Stintzi’s novel "My Volcano". In the summer of 2016, all over the world, there are strange occurrences. The most spectacular event of all: a volcano... Read More

Teenage outcasts have to save their small town from a bloodthirsty monster by teaming up with their bully in Brett Riley’s fantasy novel "Freaks". Since grade school, Gabby, Micah, Jamie, and Christian have been bullied by B3, a group... Read More

In Eugen Bacon’s novel "Mage of Fools", an African nation suffers the rule of a grotesque, inscrutable royal advisor. In Mafinga, everyone is equal: so say King Magu and his mystical adviser Atari, who rule from a sprawling palace... Read More

Against the backdrop of Chicago’s counterculture, a teenage runaway and a widowed gynecologist form a bond in Anara Guard’s striking novel Like a Complete Unknown. Katya, the starry-eyed, artistic daughter of Polish emigrants, flees... Read More

Childhood nostalgia and resentment coalesce into a once-in-a-lifetime adventure in Josh Winning’s novel "The Shadow Glass". To the world, Jack’s father Bob was the beloved, eccentric creator of "The Shadow Glass", a 1980s fantasy... Read More