In Lauren E. Rico’s emotive novel "Familia", two distant sisters receive life-changing results from a genetic DNA test. Gabby is an aspiring writer who lives in Brooklyn and works for the feature magazine Flux, where she and other... Read More

The future-set science fiction novel "Artificial Wisdom" paints a grim but intriguing picture of a climate change-ravaged world in which the truth is hard to find. In Thomas R. Weaver’s science fiction novel "Artificial Wisdom", a... Read More

A secret-keeping woman from polite society enters spiritualist circles somewhat against her will in Anbara Salam’s glittering historical novel "Hazardous Spirits". In the shadows of World War I and the 1918 flu pandemic, everyone in... Read More

Sisters’ lives are upended when their father is accused of being a communist in Susie Finkbeiner’s historical novel The All-American. Bertha is a high school student in Michigan. Her mother is British; her father is a talented... Read More

In Shannon Morgan’s supernatural novel, a mother’s love is expressed through the language of flowers. Francine, who is unmarried by choice, lives in her haunted family manor surrounded by memories of her mother, who was an expert... Read More

In Elizabeth Fremantle’s historical novel "Disobedient", an artist fights for freedom and restitution. Rome is buzzing. The talent of young painter Artemisia Gentileschi defies all expectations. The quality of her work has already... Read More

"The Night of the Burning Car" is a dark, engrossing, and suspenseful novel; it follows mysteries whose resolutions audiences will crave. Rob Lubitz’s engaging novel "The Night of the Burning Car" is set in a racially charged climate,... Read More