In Astrid Roemer’s novel On a Woman’s Madness, a Black woman struggles to find happiness in a world designed to push her down. Noenka, already a misfit because of her race and family history, becomes a true outcast when she leaves... Read More

An unhappy housewife learns to cope with loss and trauma in Maki Kashimada’s novel "Love at Six Thousand Degrees". One day, for no apparent reason, a woman leaves her child at the neighbor’s and runs away. Her morbid fascination with... Read More

In Mirza Waheed’s novel "Tell Her Everything", a father prepares to tell his only daughter the truth about his life. Kaiser hasn’t seen his daughter Sara since her mother died and he sent her to boarding school. Now that she is... Read More

A frustrated piano teacher gains some much-needed clarity and perspective in An Yu’s novel "Ghost Music". Song Yan lives with her husband and mother-in-law, but family secrets and thwarted ambitions prevent her from developing a close... Read More

In Bachtyar Ali’s novel "The Last Pomegranate Tree", a man’s search for truth leads to deep revelations. After more than two decades in prison, Muzafar has all but been forgotten. Only his old friend Yaqub knows he’s alive, and... Read More

In Oindrila Mukherjee’s novel "The Dream Builders", the inhabitants of a developing Indian city seek happiness and prosperity in all the wrong places. Despite everything she has accomplished since high school—a PhD, a professorship... Read More

"Inferno!" is an informative blow-by-blow account of how the Marshall Fire progressed and of how the surrounding community fought back during and after the event. Tom Gormley’s "Inferno!" recounts how Colorado’s devastating Marshall... Read More

Thoughtful and thought-provoking, "Radical Revolution of Values" highlights religion’s complex, evolving, and vital role in the world. Azam Saeed explains what role he believes religion must play in modern times in his book "Radical... Read More