Covering her extended stay in Portugal, Esmeralda Cabral’s memoir "How to Clean a Fish" is infused with insights and sensuality. Informed by the Portuguese concept of saudade (a wistful, transient sense of longing; “love and loss... Read More

The tale of the legendary rock band Queen is given pictorial treatment in the handsome graphic novel "Queen in Comics". Queen maintained a perennial presence on the pop charts in the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s, but their path to... Read More

A botanist hurries to find a murderer who uses poisonous bouquets as their calling card in Kate Khavari’s charming series mystery novel A Botanist’s Guide to Flowers and Fatality. At University College London in the early 1920s, men... Read More

Jeff Biggers’s "In Sardinia" is a story about becoming enchanted by an Italian island—its history, customs, literature, art, ancient archaeological sites, and heroes and legends too. Biggers regards Sardinia as one of Italy’s most... Read More

"Abundant Soul-utions" is a soulful self-help book that encourages self-care and delivers practical wisdom about changing one’s lifestyle for the better. Chris Atley’s self-help guide "Abundant Soul-utions" suggests that... Read More

Murong Xuecun’s "Deadly Quiet City" is a harrowing compilation of testimonies from people living in Wuhan, China, during the beginning of COVID-19. Split into eight chapters, each dedicated to a Chinese person living in Wuhan in early... Read More

Beth Moore’s moving memoir "All My Knotted-Up Life" concerns the troubles and triumphs of Christian ministry. This confessional, powerful, and testimonial story of Moore’s life begins in her childhood, treating her hardscrabble roots... Read More

Daniel H. Turtel’s "The Family Morfawitz" is an original and striking multigenerational saga centered on a power-hungry family. Inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses, it follows the determined rise of a family that immigrates to post-war... Read More