In Hunter’s poetic post-apocalyptic novel, meditations on what has been lost are heartrending in their clarity. Poetic and succinct, Megan Hunter’s "The End We Start From"... Read More

Brutal honesty wins out over artifice in this story of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Sometimes, despite the best preparations we make: levees break, defenses fall. Such... Read More

The respect that Erickson evinces both for the God of her chosen tradition, and for the gods that came before, is scintillating. Travel writer Lori Erickson—once a Wiccan, now... Read More

Sketching out a cross-time search for a meaningful connection, "The Madeleine Project" is a sweet, respectful ode to an ordinary life. In a time when platforms like Twitter seem... Read More

Every event is like a tabloid headline in this engrossing memoir, written by a former spy. Who killed John F. Kennedy? If you elect to believe Marita Lorenz—who survived... Read More

Longing permeates Donaldson’s lines, transferring to his readership. Jesse Donaldson’s "On Homesickness" is a lovely, nostalgic tribute to the author’s boyhood home,... Read More

Ikard’s book is an essential wake-up call to all white Americans who are not actively engaged in combating racism. In "Lovable Racists, Magical Negroes, and White Messiahs",... Read More

"Naked We Came" is an emotionally austere and endlessly surprising thriller that brings new depth to the Jake Travis series. Robert Lane’s "Naked We Came" finds the rakish and... Read More

Ndiaye’s novel is haunting in its strangeness and is pointed in its warnings—that happiness cannot come at the expense of one’s core. Eerie, involving, and surreal, Marie... Read More

"PTL" is a fascinating study of the ignominious collapse of an evangelical empire. John Wigger’s "PTL" covers the famed Christian media empire of Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker.... Read More

This is a lovely and loving take on David’s early story. Paul Boorstin’s "David and the Philistine Woman" fleshes out the David and Goliath story as never before, populating... Read More

Donath’s study fills a gap in discussions of women’s lives and choices. Orna Donath’s "Regretting Motherhood" is a revealing study of women who dare to speak the... Read More