The story’s most heartbreaking disclosures are powerful in their indictment of the unrealistic expectations placed upon struggling families. In Lisa Ko’s "The Leavers", departure is sometimes a matter of fleeing, and sometimes a... Read More

"Hollow" is a work with an animate, vibrant, and awe-inducing core, in which untroubled faith is revealed to be a frequent foil. While Owen Egerton’s "Hollow" begins with a creed—ex-professor Oliver’s declaration that he believes... Read More

Anyone who appreciates supple writing and fine storytelling will enjoy every minute spent reading these stories. Eleven compulsively readable short stories reach beyond the collection’s title in V. S. Kemanis’s "Love and Crime". The... Read More

This book contains artful writing and delicately drawn characters who navigate through the universal tragedies and triumphs of everyday life. The everyday events in Nicole Dieker’s The Biographies of Ordinary People, Vol. 1... Read More

"The American Plan" never loses the pounding sense of uncertainty and risk that makes it a page-turner. A dark exploration of a nation recovering from war, David H. Weisberg’s "The American Plan" is equal parts a conspiratorial... Read More

What To Do About the Solomons is an absorbing debut novel that is resonant with familial dramas, grudges, and love. This literary debut introduces the Solomons in a sprawling, complex family drama that is awash with secrets and and... Read More

"Hidden Ones" is a compelling and often sensuous portrait of brave individuals who fought to preserve their traditions. In Marcia Fine’s captivating "Hidden Ones", a family of conversos battle to maintain their traditions under the... Read More

This is imaginative work about a man’s quest for true connection. A sprawling, fantastical work about a man’s spiritual journey, "Celestial Mechanics" is the first novel by William Least Heat-Moon, who is well-known for his... Read More