The novel is short and lean, building a full world without ever losing the story’s momentum. Richard Newman’s "Graveyard of the Gods" is an atmospheric modern version of a classic noir, with a protagonist drawn into investigating a... Read More

"The Seed Apple" is written with a delightful mix of modernity, ancient history, and lore. Sheldon Greene’s "The Seed Apple" is the multicontinental story of a family whose improbable history crosses barriers of time and religion.... Read More

This book deals substantively with issues like autism, and stands to appeal to a broad audience. At the heart of Donna Levin’s novel, There’s More Than One Way Home, is the narrator’s search for autonomy. Anna Kagan struggles... Read More

With images as vivid and searing as a cattle brand, this is an exquisitely crafted book, and one to be savored. The discovery of the remains of a long-missing local man is the hinge that opens the door of Allen Morris Jones’s... Read More

This atmospheric novel is all about valuing women’s ideas, stories, art, and bodies. Pushcart Prize finalist Bev Jafek’s "The Sacred Beasts" is a fiercely feminist novel that makes space for women’s stories and art in the midst of... Read More

Comedically absurd but also introspective, "The Ugly" challenges dogmatic clinging to the letter of the law. Alexander Boldizar’s "The Ugly" is a globe-trotting tour de force that examines the complex relationship between words and... Read More

A mind-bending literary Rorschach test of a novel, "An Elegant Theory" evades strict conclusions. Noah Milligan’s "An Elegant Theory" is a grand experiment of a novel, as much about the breathtaking grandeur of string theory and the... Read More

With literary finesse, the novel leaps through its wild moments with ease. Erica Abeel’s bright and brainy "Wild Girls" follows three friends from their 1950s days at “prestigious but offbeat” Foxleigh College, through the decades... Read More