The malaise of a small New England town in the 1960s is given an undercurrent of the infinite in Peter Selgin’s inspired novel A Boy’s Guide to Outer Space. Half is a junior high school student with a mentally ill stepbrother, a hat... Read More

A novel of beauty and bracing nuance, "What the Living Do" follows a woman’s reconciliation to the pains of her past in pursuit of a better future. With precise language and bold themes, Susan E. Wadds’s novel "What the Living Do"... Read More

A whaler and his wife experience a tragedy and new beginnings in Cynthia Reeves’s poignant historical novel "The Last Whaler". Tor loves whaling. Each summer, he leaves his family in Norway and sails to icy Svalbard to hunt. But... Read More

An inherited property, a child who sees ghostly presences, and a brooding, handsome love interest make "The Inhabitants" a Gothic treat. Combining Gothic and modern influences with intricate and sinuous pacing, Beth Castrodale’s... Read More