An adventurer who perseveres even when the task is unpleasant models hard work in the historical novel "The Pioneer Adventures of Chen Sing". George Chiang’s illustrated novel "The Pioneer Adventures of Chen Sing" is a story of grit... Read More

Spotlighting the labyrinthine nature of immigration proceedings through the story of a captivating woman, "Dessyre (des-i-ray)" is a revealing novel. A stalwart Midwestern musician becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman in B. John... Read More

Historical tensions are vivified in the novel "The Girl of Many Crowns", in which a noblewoman fights for self-determination. D. H. Morris’s historical novel "The Girl of Many Crowns" covers seven years in the life of Judith of... Read More

Oil & Water is a thoughtful feminist novel in which an intellectually hungry young scholar comes into her own. In Destiny Kinal’s speculative historical novel Oil & Water, women set out in search of the mythical cave of the... Read More

In the thought-provoking historical novel "The Butcher on Colfax Ave", working-class people struggle in a changing world. In J. T. Tierney’s dynamic historical novel "The Butcher on Colfax Ave", people in late nineteenth-century... Read More

A boy learns resilience following a life-altering move in the arresting historical novel "The New Frontier". In Wayne L. Wilson’s tense historical novel "The New Frontier", a Black adolescent confronts racism and other dangers when he... Read More

Prohibition-era anthropomorphic cats try to operate an illegal speakeasy in the intricate graphic novel Lackadaisy: Volume 2, a volume born as a webcomic that has seen animated treatment. In 1927 in Saint Louis, Missouri, widowed Mitzi... Read More

Love overcomes racial and religious barriers in Mary Glickman’s historical novel Ain’t No Grave, set against the backdrop of the lynching of Leo Frank and the founding of the Anti-Defamation League. Max and Ruby are friends and... Read More