About rising above troubling circumstances and leaning on one’s chosen family for support, "17 Runs" models self-improvement. Garnet Morris and Olivia Chadwick’s motivational friendship memoir–cum–self-help book "17 Runs" models... Read More

A young vampire struggles with his morality and tries to lead a normal human life in the musing horror novel "Tribes". In Jerrick Payton’s surprising horror novel "Tribes", a young vampire is tracked by overeager vampire hunters. On... Read More

The exciting political thriller "Sanctions in Paradise" works to acknowledge racism via an apartheid plot during an island-set conference. In Peter Nicholl’s novel "Sanctions in Paradise", a speechwriter attends a conference whose goal... Read More

Prohibition-era anthropomorphic cats try to operate an illegal speakeasy in the intricate graphic novel Lackadaisy: Volume 2, a volume born as a webcomic that has seen animated treatment. In 1927 in Saint Louis, Missouri, widowed Mitzi... Read More

In Tatsuhiko Shibusawa’s allegorical novel Takaoka’s Travels, there are questions about whether a lifelong dream to reach the Buddha’s place of origin is worth it. Takaoka had a close relationship with his father’s consort,... Read More

Covering a consequential canine adoption, the hopeful pet memoir "The Mutt for Me" is about the transformative power of loving animals. Don Hughes’s touching memoir "The Mutt for Me" is about rescuing a dog and finding salvation in the... Read More