With its resourceful, resilient heroine and vibrant narrative, "Bread of Angels" offers an engrossing new look at a mysterious woman of faith. Tessa Afshar’s "Bread of Angels" broadens the biblical account of Lydia into a novel of... Read More

"Thaw" is passionate and raw, with a reminder that love isn’t the same for everyone. Elyse Springer’s "Thaw" explores love and what it means to show it, with two people in a relationship who aren’t sure what one should look like.... Read More

The end of life on Earth may be nigh in this satisfying, fascinating conclusion to Brody’s dystopia series. "The United Continuums" is the satisfying conclusion to Jennifer Brody’s dystopian young-adult trilogy. After a centuries-ago... Read More

These literary stories stay in the realm of realism, making beautiful use of details from everyday life. Dalia Rosenfeld’s "The Worlds We Think We Know" evinces a writer with a wide range of skills. Some stories are funny, others... Read More

Southern music and keen observations move the teenage protagonist toward adulthood in this thoughtful book. James Kelman’s "Dirt Road" is the story of a talented but self-conscious teenager who is just beginning to grapple with adult... Read More

Adua is a memorable, affecting tale of postcolonial Africa. Igiaba Scego’s spare "Adua" brings the decolonialization of Africa to life through the stories of Zoppe and his estranged daughter, Adua. In the 1930s, Somali native Zoppe is... Read More

Forrester doesn’t gloss over the difficult parts of her life, but rather tells stories of how that adversity formed a stronger individual. In "Narrow River, Wide Sky", Jenny Forrester traces her journey from growing up in a trailer in... Read More

Buck’s memoir features a poetry of expression tempered by the keen eye of a gardener. When Leslie Buck turned thirty-five, she ignored society’s pressures to start focusing on marriage, children, home ownership, and retirement... Read More