This gritty young adult novel relates stories of adolescent challenges with authenticity. Idyllwild Eliot’s "Well Below Heaven" is a dark novel of sibling loyalty in a modern American family. Separated after one is sent to a remote... Read More

To be ten in America is to be mystified—the world is so complicated, tension-filled, callous, and distressing that the allure of a virtual life on a screen is nearly impossible to resist. What can we do for that child? What tools can... Read More

Combining personal experiences with scholarly insight, Tressie McMillan Cottom’s Thick: And Other Essays is essential reading for our times. These essays examine race, feminism, and culture with fierce intelligence. The collection... Read More

Real history and contemporary events collide in Marc Fernandez’s crime novel "Mala Vida". Radio host Diego Martin finds himself the Spanish media’s token leftist after an election brings the nationalist party back into power. Then,... Read More

The mysteries of a legendary science fiction author are explored in the outstanding graphic novel biography "Philip K. Dick". Dick, known to many as the author of stories that were later made into films like Blade Runner and Total... Read More

“Long ago I stopped trying to explain you to anyone,” Reema Zaman says to her imaginary interlocutor, addressed simply as “Love.” Caught “somewhere between formed and forming,” Zaman archives a personal journey that’s... Read More

Get It Together is a compassionate guide to end-of-life planning. Melanie Cullen’s eighth edition of Get It Together is a detailed guide to getting your end-of-life ducks in a row. No one wants to think about their own death or what... Read More

"Jubilant Journeys" is an inspiring and fascinating account of travels across the globe. Connie Spenuzza’s enthralling memoir "Jubilant Journeys" features moments of wanderlust, spirituality, and learning. Spenuzza and her husband have... Read More