"Isaac" is profound and consequential historical fiction. Robert Karmon’s "Isaac" is a moving tale of a young Polish Jew trapped during the Holocaust, a person who joins anti-Nazi partisans out of necessity, only to be confronted again... Read More

In Jessica Keener’s "Strangers in Budapest", it’s 1995, and the tech bubble is swelling. The Wall Street Journal is reporting unprecedented opportunity in Eastern Europe, and three Americans—Annie, Will, and their 4-month-old,... Read More

Exemplifying the best of the memoir genre, Brandeis tells a story that is both intimately specific and intensely relatable. In "The Art of Misdiagnosis", Gayle Brandeis strives to make meaning from the mysteries of death, illness, and... Read More

Julie Maroh examines relationships of every sort in the fictional graphic novel "Body Music". Across a variety of settings and characters, French author Maroh turns her eye to love—its physical aspects, which seem to have inspired the... Read More

Brutal honesty wins out over artifice in this story of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Sometimes, despite the best preparations we make: levees break, defenses fall. Such vulnerabilities are an overarching theme of C. Morgan... Read More

Just one mile south of New York City, the small slice of land formerly known as Gull Island has become famous the world over as a way station for millions of immigrants. In Joanne Mattern’s "Ellis Island", part of the exciting Let’s... Read More

Tradition, honor, and secrets knit a deadly web at the prestigious Blackburne boarding school. The “rules are stark as barbed wire against snow: you will not lie, nor cheat, nor steal, nor tolerate those who do.” Which is too bad for... Read More

Beneath the restrained tones, there’s also elation. "In the Province of the Gods" is a delicately wrought memoir that chronicles shifts in self-perception. Kenny Fries examines spiritual, historical, and cultural facets of Japan while... Read More