Kulling’s tale introduces young readers to one of science’s great characters at a pivotal point in her story. Paleontology was a new field early in the nineteenth century, when a young girl named Mary Anning made the first of her... Read More

Ndiaye’s novel is haunting in its strangeness and is pointed in its warnings—that happiness cannot come at the expense of one’s core. Eerie, involving, and surreal, Marie Ndiaye’s "My Heart Hemmed In" follows a once-respected... Read More

Atmospheric and haunting, this novel about the lingering effects of violence is impossible to turn away from. In Andrée A. Michaud’s intense "Boundary", lurid crimes inspire a panoramic exploration of a lakeside retreat and its... Read More

This is a layered dystopia—feminist, violent, and blunt, it will engross its readerships. There are hints that women in the time before the plague had choices, but Etta of Nowhere—who goes by Eddy when she’s on the road... Read More

This satirical commentary on the lack of empathy within contemporary society also has a complicated main character. Joel Spring’s "Calculus of Death" strikes a satirically violent tone as it deconstructs a deeply flawed and damaged... Read More

Suffering from Game of Thrones withdrawals? The latest book in A. J. Smith’s twisted fantasy series, "The Dark Blood", has enough renegade clerics, murderous assassins, and unholy pacts and feuds to soothe even the most passionate... Read More

Young Marvin helps his grandpa learn to stop and smell the roses, or rather, to stop and taste the bananas, in King Calm: Mindful Gorilla in the City, from pediatric psychologists Susan D. Sweet and Brenda Miles. Through the hustle and... Read More

Raising a toast to mothers while offering practical tips, these essays provide a hard-won wisdom that psychology-based manuals often don’t. Nineties sitcom actress, singer, and Nashville mom Jenna von Oy returns in Situation Momedy: A... Read More