Against the backdrop of Chicago’s counterculture, a teenage runaway and a widowed gynecologist form a bond in Anara Guard’s striking novel Like a Complete Unknown. Katya, the starry-eyed, artistic daughter of Polish emigrants, flees... Read More

A town of craftspeople encounters maybe-miracles in Laura Stanfill’s fantastical historical novel "Singing Lessons for the Stylish Canary". Mireville, in rural France, is known for two products: its lace and its serinettes. The... Read More

"The Door-Man" is a luminous historical novel about patriarchal mistakes, women’s loves, and haunted sons. In Peter M. Wheelwright’s historical novel "The Door-Man", family legacies and the decommissioning of the Central Park... Read More

"Between Fortitude and Folly" is an informative, absorbing historical novel in which three adults who meet during wartime are endeared to one another. In K. Partridge’s historical novel "Between Fortitude and Folly", a Navy Reserve... Read More

"FanGong Seawall" is a lucid hagiographical novel in which a revered leader’s sense of civic duty and personal integrity leads to community improvements. Jiwen’s informative biographical novel "FanGong Seawall" is about a public... Read More

Musical talent blooms in Rosalyn Story’s stirring, character-driven novel "Sing Her Name", a powerful story about Black artistry, women’s dreams, and overcoming strife. After they are displaced to New York by Hurricane Katrina, Eden... Read More

Valiant and feminist, "Harriet" is a fantastic tribute to Jane Austen’s Emma. Inspired by the works of Jane Austen, Alice McVeigh’s "Harriet" is a lovely comedy of manners about friendship and love, both feigned and true. The book... Read More

The shadowy historical novel "To Live Again" follows a young woman whose spirit survives dark times, enabling her to seek the light. In Cam O’Keefe’s historical novel To Live Again, an orphaned teenager struggles to find love and a... Read More