In Joie Davidow’s harrowing historical novel "Anything but Yes", there are costs to maintaining convictions in the face of oppression. Anna was in the kitchen when the religious police arrested her and brought her to Casa dei... Read More

Jean-Baptiste Phou’s frank memoir "Coming Out of My Skin" functions as an impassioned manifesto against anti-Asian racism, which—in Phou’s experience—has been even more pernicious than homophobia. Phou, whose Chinese parents... Read More

A secret-keeping woman from polite society enters spiritualist circles somewhat against her will in Anbara Salam’s glittering historical novel "Hazardous Spirits". In the shadows of World War I and the 1918 flu pandemic, everyone in... Read More

"Smash the Patriarchy" is a graphic history about societies dominated by men—and about the women who fought (and continue to fight) against them. Beginning in ancient Greece with Aristotle’s idea that women were inferior to men, the... Read More

A disturbed fan kidnaps her favorite television star in the graphic thriller "Parasocial". Luke Indiana is an actor appearing at a convention dedicated to Rogue Nebula, the television show he costarred in for several years. Due to fears... Read More

Gary Scott Smith’s "Do All the Good You Can" scrutinizes the influence of Methodism on the life and work of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Perhaps the most polarizing public figure in modern American history, Hillary Rodham Clinton has been a... Read More

In Eugen Bacon and Andrew Hook’s literary science fiction novel "Secondhand Daylight", time travel complements a search for belonging. Green is an outsider who has no ambition, family, or friends. The peak of his week is going to the... Read More

Abiola Bello’s provocative, swoonworthy yuletide romance novel "Love in Winter Wonderland" takes stage in a struggling bookstore. Trey is popular at his college (the UK equivalent of the final two years of high school) and seems to... Read More