A secret-keeping woman from polite society enters spiritualist circles somewhat against her will in Anbara Salam’s glittering historical novel "Hazardous Spirits". In the shadows of World War I and the 1918 flu pandemic, everyone in... Read More

In Eugen Bacon and Andrew Hook’s literary science fiction novel "Secondhand Daylight", time travel complements a search for belonging. Green is an outsider who has no ambition, family, or friends. The peak of his week is going to the... Read More

Black holes, new religions, and powerful stories ensnare orbiting beings with their intrigue and potentiality in Lavie Tidhar’s science fiction marvel "The Circumference of the World". In the loneliness of his youth, Eugene Hartley... Read More

"In Pursuit of Radio Mom" is a candid memoir covering a woman’s early family troubles and her long road to personal recovery. Psychologist Terry Crylen’s introspective memoir "In Pursuit of Radio Mom" is about healing from childhood... Read More

Jean-Philippe Blondel’s delicate and delightful novel "Café Unfiltered" dips into the musings of several people who have gathered in a French café over the course of one day. In France, the COVID-19 lockdown has just been lifted. Le... Read More

"Find More Birds" is a handy guide for birders, covering over one hundred steps toward increasing one’s chances of seeing birds in the wild. Birds leave behind evidence of their whereabouts, Wolf says—clues that can be followed to... Read More

A woman returns to her childhood haunts in Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette’s sensual, earthy novel "To the Forest". Decamping their pandemic-shuttered city, a family retreats to a blue cottage in the woods—a place bound by a stream, a... Read More

An ensemble cast—their personalities aching, flawed, and vibrant—intersects across time in Rebekah Bergman’s "The Museum of Human History", a startling novel about memory, desire, and learning to age with grace. Off the coast of... Read More