The captivating historical novel "The Marching Ant" follows a young woman as she gets to know her hero—her grandmother—from the inside out. In Allyson Chapa’s autobiographical novel "The Marching Ant", a grandmother’s and... Read More

In Nermina’s Chance, Dina Greenberg’s historical novel about the Bosnian War, ongoing trauma gives people opportunities to do what is right. In the 1990s, Nermina escapes Bosnia with a young boy who lost his family, like her, and who... Read More

"The Sword and the Rose" is a memoir about practicing faith that expresses hope that people can work toward making this a better world. Tara Sufiana’s soulful memoir "The Sword and the Rose" covers travel and five years spent with a... Read More

"Yes, Again" is an affirming memoir about the joys and difficulties of dating after loss. Sallie H. Weissinger’s winsome memoir "Yes, Again" traces her outlandish dating project, which lead to another chance at love. After... Read More

"A Wonderful Place to Die" is an insightful novel that centers on the victims and survivors of addiction. In MJ Biggs’s novel "A Wonderful Place to Die", a Ohio girl comes of age amid the opioid epidemic. Dani is an Italian teenager... Read More

"Midland" is a resounding, redemptive novel about healing from a tragedy. In Ross Breithaupt’s measured novel "Midland", a young man works to heal following his brother’s suicide. In the 1980s, ten years after his brother jumped to... Read More

Lindsay Zier-Vogel’s debut novel "Letters to Amelia" explores love and grief through correspondence. Just as Jamie, her boyfriend of seven years, leaves her, Grace, a Toronto library technician, receives a new work assignment. Without... Read More

The literary thriller Ophelia’s Room is visceral as it rollercoasters through middle America in the 1960s. In Michael Scott Garvin’s riveting novel Ophelia’s Room, infanticide in a small town fuels a soul search. In 1968, newlyweds... Read More