In Sharon Jennings’s brisk, emotional novel "Unravel", a young heroine finds the courage to separate herself from her father’s lies and uncover the truth. Though she is almost twelve, Rebecca has never attended school. She lives with... Read More

Blending the ancestral and the modern, the religious and the secular, the stories of "Eat the Mouth That Feeds You" come together to create something transcendent. Women and women’s bodies are centered throughout the collection.... Read More

In Stephen King’s entertaining new crime novel "Later", an adolescent can see dead people. After witnessing a bicycle crash and meeting the dead cyclist, Jamie’s life turns into a self-described horror story. His mother Tia, the... Read More

Ending with a twist, this time travel novel is a history-minded work that questions which cultural influences best define the US. In Bill Zarchy’s science fiction novel "Finding George Washington", George Washington is temporally... Read More

In the striking essays of Execute the Office, Colin Rafferty reconciles the office of the presidency with the men who’ve held it. Framed by a trip to the National Museum of American History, the entries meander through an exhibit... Read More

Amy Nathan’s inspiring book covers two families on opposite sides of the legacy of Jim Crow. On June 7, 1892, Homer Plessy, an Black shoemaker from New Orleans, bought a first class train ticket to Covington, Louisiana. When the train... Read More

"Checkmate" is a fascinating text that explains, in detail, the history, culture, and politics of the Middle East. Gennaro Buonocore’s "Checkmate" is a concise and thoughtful primer on the intricacies of Middle Eastern politics. With... Read More

The characters of Rachel Swearingen’s beguiling short story collection sparkle with charisma, living high on testing boundaries. A couple finds the perfect apartment, but it’s filled with the belongings of the previous resident, and... Read More