Victoria Shepherd recounts some of European history’s most memorable psychological cases in "A History of Delusions". Everyone feels sad, confused, or victimized from time to time, Shepherd suggests. But for an unlucky few, those... Read More

In Nancy Nau Sullivan’s cozy mystery novel "Mission Improbable: Vietnam", two women in search of their families’ stories forge a sisterhood—and consider the human impacts of wars. Jean’s mother was Vietnamese, but Jean doesn’t... Read More

Paul Miller-Melamed examines the origins of World War I in his historical survey "Misfire". Popular history suggests that World War I began when a Bosnian Serb, Gavrilo Princip, shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in June of 1914.... Read More

Those fallible kings who are left standing witness the storied rise of their indomnitable queens in Mindi Meltz’s stunning fantasy novel The Queen’s Rain, the third book of the After Ever After series. King Sol is dead, and Sirenia... Read More

The life and career of rock superstar David Bowie is charted in the graphic biography "David Bowie in Comics". David Bowie’s music is as memorable as his frequent, bold experimentation in sound and presentation. From his childhood in... Read More

In Nicole Bea’s fantasy novel "Beneath the Starlit Sea", a captive sorceress is called upon to fight monsters, even as the king she serves treats her like one. Illyse lives a quiet life in a cottage until guards from King Whys kidnap... Read More

The sequel to This Poison Heart, Kalynn Bayron’s enchanting fantasy novel "This Wicked Fate" subverts hero’s journey motifs for a young Black queer woman who is descended from the gods. Briseis can control plants and is immune to... Read More

In India Swift’s graphic novel "The Girl and the Glim", a cosmic battle between the forces of light and darkness plays out as a girl seeks to adapt to life in a new town. On Bridgette’s embarrassing first day at her new school,... Read More