Natasha Pulley’s novel "The Hymn to Dionysus" explores a classical struggle between order and chaos through a slow-burn romance that bridges ideologies. After failing to protect a godly passenger on his legion’s ship, Phaidros, a... Read More

The Book Lover’s Almanac is a delightful daily compendium of literary facts and anecdotes. The monthly sections open with a rundown of prominent authors’ births and deaths and the dates when famous works were first issued or... Read More

In Lilian West’s mystery novel "Pretty Dead Things", a bride-to-be works to solve a peculiar cold case buried and forgotten about for decades. Newly engaged Cora relocates to Hickory Falls, the small town where her fiancé grew up. At... Read More

Amedeo Feniello’s cutthroat book "Naples 1343" reconstructs life and crime in Neapolitan history. Personal and inviting, with language that trades between academic and direct, this is a book built on the idea that the past reverberates... Read More

In Chuck Rosenthal’s provocative novel "Awake For Ever in a Sweet Unrest", a girl explores her connection to the Romantic poets. Beatriz does unpaid work cataloging books in a basement library. There, the rows of books serve as portals... Read More

The exciting political thriller "Sanctions in Paradise" works to acknowledge racism via an apartheid plot during an island-set conference. In Peter Nicholl’s novel "Sanctions in Paradise", a speechwriter attends a conference whose goal... Read More

"Leading What Matters Most" illuminates a path to corporate success with its story of a chief executive officer and a consultant developing strategies for employee engagement. Phil Geldart’s parabolic business book "Leading What... Read More

A former gang member seeks a new start in the surreal science fiction graphic novel "Faceless and the Family". On the Hand Planet, a former gang member, Faceless, has been in hiding for ten years, ever since he decided to quit being a... Read More