Rachel Howzell Hall’s fantasy novel "The Last One" is a tale of magical creatures, mysterious magics, budding romance, and self-discovery. In a forest in the realm of Vallendor, Kai wakes up injured and in the process of being robbed... Read More

Celebrating idiosyncratic lives with satire and wit, "A Good Day" is a diverse and enjoyable short story collection. Radu Guiaşu’s peculiar and humorous short story collection "A Good Day" combines dialogues, emails, letters, and... Read More

Spanning decades, including China’s Cultural Revolution and the Vietnam War, the historical novel "Wu Lou" is both poignant and tragic. In Lu Xinhua’s affecting, ultimately hopeful historical novel "Wu Lou", love, philosophy, and joy... Read More

The loving family memoir "Blindsighted" is about a genealogical investigation in pursuit of a stronger sense of self. Rich Christiansen’s reflective memoir "Blindsighted" catalogs his heritage and grapples with the shock of a secret... Read More

In Sadie Hoagland’s novel "Circle of Animals", a woman goes through cycles of trauma, motherhood, complicated love, and perseverance in a misogynistic culture. Sky’s life is unusual thanks to her free-spirited, unpredictable mother,... Read More

A woman proves indomitable in the face of extraordinary circumstances in the Cold War–era horror novel "Burning Times". In James K. Rone’s novel "Burning Times", atrocities are enacted against so-called witches, and strange... Read More

An explosive work of magical realism, Michael J. DeLuca’s novel "The Jaguar Mask" is about surviving amid cycles of corruption. In Guatemala City, Cristina, an artist stricken by visions, grieves for her mother, Eufemia, who was... Read More

"Higher Love" is a self-aware memoir that catalogs multiple personal struggles and follows a dedicated pursuit of self-transformation. Anne Kiehl Friedman’s psychedelic coming-of-age memoir "Higher Love" is a story about friends,... Read More