In Jo Watson’s endearing novel "Big Boned", a talented artist’s ideas about her self-worth bloom after she moves to Cape Town. After her parents divorce, Lori transfers to Bay Water High. Her mother, in her distracted grief, rebrands... Read More

Leilong is a boisterous brontosaurus who just wants to fit in—especially to the town library for story time. Though he’s eager to enjoy the library with his friends, the building can’t accommodate his energy or his size, leading to... Read More

"The Devil Inside" is a sometimes funny, sometimes steamy fantasy novel in which a successful devil works to balance her love life with her work. In Susan K. Hamilton’s fantasy novel "The Devil Inside", an ambitious demon scales the... Read More

The diverting short stories collected in "Mr. Simpson and Other Short Stories" concern money—both the lack of it, and what people are willing to do to get it. Flawed men and inscrutable women populate Stephen Maitland-Lewis’s short... Read More

In the epic fantasy novel "Azure Adventures", a race to find a missing king draws unlikely allies together. In Maximlian J. Heirich’s fantasy novel "Azure Adventures", a war-torn realm’s king vanishes, compromising the uneasy... Read More

A bestselling Korean picture book is translated to bring this entrancing tale of “the unique lives of strangers you might never meet again” to a new audience. Told from the perspective of the Seoul subway, the story peels back layers... Read More

Leah Gunning Francis explores how religious leaders can affect change in their communities in her memoir "Faith after Ferguson". Michael Brown, a Black teenager, was murdered by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in the summer... Read More

Family, friendship, and love convene in "The People We Choose", Katelyn Detweiler’s sensitive novel about a teenager’s revelatory summer. Not long before she turns eighteen, Calliope starts dating Max, her new artistic neighbor;... Read More