In C. A. Castle’s engaging novel "The Manor House Governess", a queer tutor is enmeshed in the intrigues of the family that employs him. To survive bullying at school for his perceived effeminacy, Bron, who has been abandoned by the... Read More

In Kathleen Fine’s thriller "Girl on Trial", a teenager is prosecuted for manslaughter. Emily is sixteen. On top of her more ordinary concerns, her mother, Debbie, is an alcoholic; she’s developing an addiction to alcohol herself;... Read More

Mike Rothschild’s "Jewish Space Lasers" is a cutting exposé of centuries’-worth of antisemitic scapegoating, often done with one influential family at its center. “Where myth and mystique meet outsized wealth and great historical... Read More

Visually stunning and astonishing in scope, Stephen A. Harris’s "The Beauty of the Flower" is a history of botanical illustration that has all the makings of a classic reference text. Hundreds of gorgeous images are used to trace the... Read More

Diane Dimond’s ambitious book "We’re Here to Help" uncovers the devastation caused by mercenary guardians and conservators who exploit their court-appointed powers over vulnerable people. Dimond, an experienced investigative... Read More

Beth Kephart’s memoir-in-essays contemplates paper in its many forms, including its emotional, historical, and tangible impacts. With cohesive eloquence, the book details how paper defines mundane aspects of everyday life: it is there... Read More

42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams collects a lifetime’s worth of the celebrated author’s notes, correspondence, and photographs, along with tributes from famous friends. Beginning with report cards and school pictures,... Read More

A beekeeper’s reclusive, grieving daughter and a small business owner in search of healing meet over the impending fate of an apiary in Amanda Cox’s delicate Christian novel "He Should Have Told the Bees", about reconciling past... Read More