A girl whose brother is killed in a car accident finds herself torn between reality and fantasy, in Melissa Jane Osborne and Veronica Fish’s "The Wendy Project", a beautiful and touching graphic novel. After the accident, Wendy, the... Read More

"The Charm Buyers" is a thought-provoking insight into a time of cultural change. "The Charm Buyers", by Lillian Howan, is a novel about family drama and expectation, cultural assimilation, and the mystical sense of ancient ideas that... Read More

Both loving and heartbreaking, Earth As It Is lends a new perspective to an ongoing dialogue. Jan Maher’s Earth As It Is is a heartfelt story about an extraordinary life. Charlie is a heterosexual man who grows up wanting to wear... Read More

"Harold Hardscrabble" is a sympathetic novel filled with philosophical musings on the state of society and our place within it. G. D. Dess’s "Harold Hardscrabble" has the feel of a postmodern bildungsroman, though it gradually evolves... Read More

This is an engaging thriller focused on a manhunt, pedophilia, and the state of the modern Catholic Church. In "Justified", justice comes from the sharpened end of a crucifix—but could also put the world’s Catholics in danger. Louis... Read More

Angela Lin’s narration of this beautifully written novel makes this a listening experience worth savoring. Madeleine Thien’s "Do Not Say We Have Nothing" is a multigenerational saga depicting the lives of three classical musicians... Read More

Hardy’s mirth, patriotism, and melodrama are especially enjoyable in spoken form. Actor Nicholas Rowe engagingly narrates Naxos’ audiobook "The Trumpet Major", an unabridged version of the Thomas Hardy novel centered on two brothers,... Read More

Anna Wang Yuan’s collection is a beautiful tribute to the Chinese immigrant experience in North America. In "The Strangers", Chinese-Canadian immigrant and writer Anna Wang Yuan draws together short stories from nine other Chinese... Read More