"The American Plan" never loses the pounding sense of uncertainty and risk that makes it a page-turner. A dark exploration of a nation recovering from war, David H. Weisberg’s "The American Plan" is equal parts a conspiratorial... Read More

Cohen’s book traces how the current nasty and mean mode of political discourse developed. With an election over and an inauguration on the horizon, books that explain the current political state are of renewed interest. Impossibly... Read More

This is an uplifting tale of resilience with escapist appeal. J. Elaine Cottrell’s Breana’s Full Circle is the rags-to-riches story of a sweet young woman whose faith and kindness are put to the test, but wherein a happy ending is... Read More

"The Seed Apple" is written with a delightful mix of modernity, ancient history, and lore. Sheldon Greene’s "The Seed Apple" is the multicontinental story of a family whose improbable history crosses barriers of time and religion.... Read More

A wild heroine is at the center of this screwball, frenetic story. Kendal Taylor’s "Once Upon an Apple Martini" is a frenetic novel powered by copious amounts of alcohol and one woman’s desperation to hang onto her job. All Calyssa... Read More

Chaucer’s classic stories are given new life in this accessible translation. Just like the hems of skirts that rise and fall with the current fad, many books are loved in their time before quietly being put to rest on dusty shelves.... Read More

It’s Not Like I Knew Her shares the important and oft-neglected history of lesbian bars in twentieth-century America. Pat Spears’s It’s Not Like I Knew Her is a vivid account of a young lesbian living in the deep South from the... Read More

This whirlwind of a novel sweeps through the intertwined lives of its many main characters with witty observations and scenes of bawdy depravity. It’s 1983, and the Yale graduate students in James Magruder’s "Love Slaves of Helen... Read More