Eavesdrop on the quiet chaos of a Viennese apartment building through Dominik Barta’s provocative novel Overheard, wherein the lives of its tenants converge to reveal tender truths. Kurt, a gay German and English teacher, settles into... Read More

A woman struggles in a fascist state that mandates intrusive treatment for anyone who differs from the norm in the startling graphic novel "Baby Blue". Betty works at a coffee shop until her world is turned upside down by witnessing a... Read More

Natasha Pulley’s novel "The Hymn to Dionysus" explores a classical struggle between order and chaos through a slow-burn romance that bridges ideologies. After failing to protect a godly passenger on his legion’s ship, Phaidros, a... Read More

Part of a continuing series, "Ironbottom Sound" is an insightful and sincere historical novel about a military man pulled between his sexual orientation and his sense of duty. In Grover Hartt III’s historical novel "Ironbottom Sound",... Read More

In Olivia Wolfgang-Smith’s scintillating historical novel "Mutual Interest", an unconventional arrangement leads to business success in post–Gilded Age New York. Determined to escape the confines of upstate New York,... Read More

The traumas and triumphs of a former Mormon’s coming-out story are given theatrical accouterments in AJ Romriell’s memoir "Wolf Act". Ensconced in the ruse of a screenplay, the memoir recounts Romriell’s arduous Mormon upbringing.... Read More

Women stars on a detective show reunite and confront a real death in Ruthie Knox and Annie Mare’s sparkling romance novel "Big Name Fan", about the underestimated crossover between fan fiction and reality. Craven’s Daughter was once... Read More

Somber and emphatic, "Ring" is a novel about a parent learning to navigate their grief in a landscape that reminds them of infinite loss. In Michelle Lerner’s novel "Ring", a parent, mourning the loss of their child, contemplates... Read More