Reflecting on the inescapablity of generational growing pains, a fatherless father works to connect with his adolescent son in Kevin Moffett’s tender, rousing novel "Only Son". Told in triptych form, the novel begins at the fracture... Read More

This warm story in which friendship has a vivifying effect begins on an icy day, when a lonely wolf happens upon a red teddy bear in the snow. It feels like kismet: he’s in want of a friend. Soon, he and the bear are climbing trees,... Read More

Former adversaries have one week to undo a queen’s vicious decree in "Seven Deadly Thorns", Amber Hamilton’s scintillating enemies-to-lovers romantasy novel. What remains of the kingdom of Aragoa is confined to its castle and... Read More

British suffragettes fight for women’s equality in Brigitte Dale’s gripping historical novel "The Good Daughters". In 1912, after compromising her “virtue” in secret, Charlotte heads to Cambridge to study at England’s first... Read More

Feeling lonely, “at exactly 7:26—a pretty number, a pretty hour—Re mounted a beam of light and sailed into space,” traveling at the “speed of dreams” in search of something cozy. On the Moon, Re finds not only a place to... Read More

A writer searches for her vanished cousin in "The Year of the Wind", Karina Pacheco Medrano’s unforgettable novel about the personal and generational costs of political chaos. As a girl in Peru, Nina thrilled in stories of mythical... Read More

Kendall Kulper’s science fiction novel A Time Traveler’s History of Tomorrow is about young love and personal representation. In 1934, teenage Genevieve dreams of being a scientist. Spending more time at libraries than home, she... Read More

The smallest boar piglet of his bunch has a big adventure in this heartwarming tale about friendship, family, and finding your way home. Hogbert follows his snout down a trail of cherries, winding up lost in the woods. Red, a squirrel,... Read More