Focused on labor struggles and class differences, the alluring historical novel "Elly Robin: Bird in a Gilded Cage" positions its scrappy heroine for further adventures. In P. D. Quaver’s invigorating historical novel "Elly Robin: Bird... Read More

The medical guide "Secrets of Healing the Brain" explores natural neurological therapies with focused compassion. Shady J. Srour’s "Secrets of Healing the Brain" is a well-reasoned guide to the use of herbal medicine and holistic... Read More

A rounded psychological guide to self-reflection, "Midlife Metamorphosis" models entering one’s fifties with intentional positivity. Part memoir, part self-help text, Ekaterine Mrelashvili’s book "Midlife Metamorphosis" concerns the... Read More

Young members of intertwined families forge a complicated bond in the tense coming-of-age novel "All I Know". As she grows up from girlhood, a young woman comes to terms with the devastating effects of her family trauma in Holly C.... Read More

"A Second Act in Life" is an earnest guidebook with advice for slowing down, resetting, and finding the spirit within oneself. Recovering addict Nick deSpoelberch’s memoir-cum-self-help book "A Second Act in Life" is about struggling... Read More

Treating the early 2000s with nostalgia, "The Equity of Love" is an intriguing novel set in the high-stakes world of technology companies. In Marcus LaPierre’s nuanced contemporary novel "The Equity of Love", miscommunications in... Read More

"Old Scores" is a sanguineous vampfest of a novel—supple with fantastic, horrific, and amorous elements. Moody, bloody, and set against the frigid background of modern, wintry Chicago, A. J. Harrison’s fantasy novel "Old Scores"... Read More