This novel about a girl awakening as she questions the cult she’s grown up in is full of wisdom and potential. In a paradisaical, hyper-sexualized cult created by Dot (a goddess figure), Wren spends her days hooking up, freewheeling in... Read More

This grisly and bizarre murder mystery is the perfect YA stepping stone to Stephen King. A washed-up detective contacts a movie producer for a meeting. He asks for money and presents the producer not with a script, but with the diary of... Read More

Memory, mental illness, and modern art are central themes in this clever literary puzzle. “There are so many ways to die, and even more ways to imagine it.” Carmiel Banasky’s first novel, "The Suicide of Claire Bishop", questions... Read More

As a literary novel of both suspense and emotion, this flashback-filled murder mystery has broad appeal. "The Last September", by Nina de Gramont, portrays an immediately gripping world of secrets, trauma, and conflicting loyalties.... Read More

Art and the role of the artist in society meet with African politics and exploitation in this meditation on action and consequences. An exploration of the human condition after and amidst tragedy, "Benchere in Wonderland" follows artist... Read More

Evocative, metaphorical prose delivers this story of a writer’s suicidal depression interrupted by a child and the haunting voice of ancient fables. In a single summer day in Sycamore, Iowa (pop. 897), Cole Seatstone, writer, father,... Read More

An inspiring mother-daughter tale set in the Civil Rights era Deep South, with religious overtones and headstrong characters. Sanderia Faye’s Mourner’s Bench is an impressive first novel, set between 1964 and 1965 in Deep South... Read More

A frenetic writing style, like that of a jazz musician, gives this Africa-set novel an enthusiastic, adventurous energy. Fiston Mwanza Mujila may not be a household name in America, but he is quickly earning a following around the globe.... Read More