Damon Garcia’s fiery religious book "The God Who Riots" calls on believers to stand up to capitalistic greed. Viewing faith as that which empowers people to either transform the world for good, or to “justify the world as it is,”... Read More

"Dispatches from the Cowgirl" is a fascinating diplomat’s wife’s memoir that covers exciting postings in Africa. Julie Tully’s memoir "Dispatches from the Cowgirl" is a vicarious visit to expat life in Africa. Tully, the American... Read More

Giggle and groan as Rabbi Ruben works to repair his aging synagogue in creative, if not wholly effective, ways—patching leaks with challah dough and creaking loudly through a library while a woman studies the Torah, for example. This... Read More

Fostering love for the natural world, this picture book pairs lush illustrations with notes about the accessibility of interacting with the wild. You don’t need magic to find treasures, it declares—just sturdy shoes and a spirit of... Read More

Judith Ragir dismantles collective and individual traumas in her memoir "Untangling Karma". Marrying secular and sacred life, Ragir reflects on her roles as a mother, a Buddhist priest, a repudiated Jewish woman, and a trauma survivor.... Read More

In The Comedienne’s Guide to Pride, seventeen-year-old Taylor has all the usual senior dilemmas—plus one exceptional one: she’s a lesbian comedian who hasn’t come out as a lesbian—or a comedian. Taylor’s mother, once a rising... Read More

"The Escalator" is a sympathetic novel in which a peculiar family is impacted by the predicaments of an era. In Andrew Budden’s novel Escalator, a family’s period of mourning is complicated by Brexit and a pandemic. William was a... Read More

The sequel to This Poison Heart, Kalynn Bayron’s enchanting fantasy novel "This Wicked Fate" subverts hero’s journey motifs for a young Black queer woman who is descended from the gods. Briseis can control plants and is immune to... Read More