Twin sisters embark on a mission to save their father’s soul in Guadalupe García McCall’s fantasy novel "Fall of the Fireflies". When their father is injured in a mysterious attack, Delia and Velia set out to find the evil spirit... Read More

Lance Garland’s revealing memoir "Out There" is about how, as a gay man raised in a fundamentalist Christian home, he sought a “cure” for his gayness by becoming a Navy SEAL, but later found the courage he needed to live an open... Read More

In Cale Plett’s fun novel "Wavelength", a famous teenage musician sheds their disguise to attend high school in search of authenticity and love. Facing pressure to remove the helmet that hides their face during their performances,... Read More

Rhys Charles’s "Dinosaurus" is an up-to-date and informative reference book that’s packed with quality science, useful illustrations, and interesting trivia. The book’s first and largest section is a dictionary of dinosaurs, with... Read More

A spunky girl saves her town’s night sky in Katherine Child’s wonder-filled fantasy novel "The Notted Island". The rest of the world has been visited by long-awaited Colour, but Last Island remains in black and white. To complicate... Read More

Everyday womanhood is celebrated in the travel essay collection "There She Goes". These seventeen essays by women of all ages and backgrounds focus on the quotidian particularities of existing as a woman. One entry, about a visit to... Read More

A mother and her daughters stave off the end of the world in Donya Todd’s fantastical graphic novel The Witch’s Egg. Urfi, a cat witch, summons an angel in the hope of finding love and starting a family. The relationship doesn’t... Read More

A man searches the multiverse for self-realization in the graphic novel "The Wormhole Society". Rusty is a sex-obsessed guy with erectile dysfunction and a history of demeaning women. He orders a call girl, Sonya, humiliates her, then... Read More