Rebecca Roque’s "Till Human Voices Wake Us" is an engrossing thriller about a girl looking for her friend’s murderer. When Silencia’s friend Alice drowned, everyone believed it was suicide. There was a note, and Alice was reeling... Read More

Faith coach Angela J. Herrington delivers a reassuring, practical guide for people who are questioning their commitments to Christianity or who are looking to trade “toxic, man-made religion” for something healthier. Here,... Read More

Darius Stewart’s memoir "Be Not Afraid of My Body" is a searing account of life as a gay Black man, along with struggles with substance abuse and HIV. Born in 1979, Stewart first realized that he was gay when he was eleven. With quiet... Read More

Memorializing the unsung space travelers whom the US first launched into orbit, Dawn Cusick’s charming history book "The Astrochimps" zooms in on peculiar and enlightening moments in the race to put a person on the moon. In the wake of... Read More

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson’s excellent book "Small Shoes, Great Strides" covers how, in November of 1960, Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and Tessie Prevost made history by going to first grade—as the first Black students at a public school in... Read More

The mother of a transgender child grows to accept her son in Élodie Durand’s graphic novel "Transitions". Anne is a biology researcher. With her husband, she raises their two boys plus her child from her previous marriage. Then... Read More

Written for those who have been trapped by fear-based high-control religions, the self-help book "When Religion Hurts You" points the way to freedom. Laura E. Anderson survived long-term religious abuse herself. Here, she indicts... Read More

As if plucked from dreamscapes, the swirling paint illustrations of this picture book will sweep children away into a magical tale about the power of books. A curious bear sets out in search of a place to belong, bringing only her copy... Read More