Scary stories set in an Irish locale are packed full of grim deeds and unceasing violence. A bloodthirsty collection of madmen and murderers fill the Dublin woods in John C.... Read More

This is young adult work for a crowd that has not yet relinquished its claim to awe. Robin Gregory’s The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman is a strange and lovely work... Read More

This family biography is a pleasure to read throughout: illuminating, deliberate, and lovely. Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt’s A Tangled Tree is an aching, beatific trip through a... Read More

Solomon Bull is a thrilling tale of perseverance against elements that range from the political to the natural and internal. Clayton Lindemuth’s Solomon Bull is a smart and... Read More

A Chance to Say Goodbye is a heartfelt, moving reminder that loving words are never wasted. Half a memoir, half an exploration of grief, Lisa Shultz’s A Chance to Say Goodbye... Read More

Pearl Weaver contains the best parts of Southern charm, drawing upon the story part of religious tales, and showing how those literary inheritances belong to all. If Pearl... Read More

The story’s most heartbreaking disclosures are powerful in their indictment of the unrealistic expectations placed upon struggling families. In Lisa Ko’s The Leavers,... Read More

Milena shines necessary light on an industry that is more pervasive, and powerful, than most would like to consider. Jorge Zepeda Patterson’s Milena, or the Most Beautiful... Read More

Scandinavians engages with the explorer’s spirit that still sheaths the north lands in romance. Robert Ferguson’s Scandinavians is a work that is certain to delight curious... Read More

Fishere’s novel is a gripping portrait of the tenuous spaces that marginalized populations are made to occupy. Ezzedine C. Fishere’s Embrace on the Brooklyn Bridge traverses... Read More

These raw perspectives are a necessary introduction to the incredibly complex nature of the Israeli/Palestinian divide. For his eye-opening portrait of contemporary Israel,... Read More

Hollow is a work with an animate, vibrant, and awe-inducing core, in which untroubled faith is revealed to be a frequent foil. While Owen Egerton’s Hollow begins with a... Read More