A Kiowa woman returns to her Oklahoma reservation in D. M. Rowell’s ominous novel "Never Name the Dead". Summoned home by an unusual phone call, Mud takes leave from her Silicon Valley job to meet her grandfather, James. James is a... Read More

Enter the heart of the home to find solace and self-love through Jules Blaine Davis’s New Age book "The Kitchen Healer". Though it contains some recipes, this is not a cookbook, but rather a cooking book. It is a guide to feeling at... Read More

Encompassing both pain and hope, "Sideffect" is the story of a mourning father’s pursuit of justice. Rodney Bridge’s based-in-truth novel "Sideffect" details a father’s efforts to redress the death of his son. At sixteen,... Read More

A savvy heiress solves two crimes at a Manhattan hotel in S. K. Golden’s satisfying cozy mystery novel The Socialite’s Guide to Murder. In 1958, Evelyn, pampered and in her twenties, lives in the luxurious Pinnacle Hotel, which is... Read More

In Jennifer Givhan’s riveting novel "River Woman, River Demon", a bruja fights to discover the truth about the woman whom her husband found murdered behind their home. Eva is haunted. When she was fourteen, her best friend drowned... Read More

In Kris Waldherr’s "Unnatural Creatures", Victor Frankenstein’s family splinters apart amid war and revolution. In late eighteenth-century Geneva, Caroline, the mother of Victor Frankenstein, adores her family, both biological and... Read More

"When Love Abides Broken" peels back the layers of a priest’s private life to shows how even spiritual people struggle to make sense of life challenges. Aidan Brezovar’s reflective memoir "When Love Abides Broken" is about his... Read More

The personal essay collection "My Conversations" lays bare the reflections of an active, seeking mind. Peter Obidike’s wide-ranging essay collection "My Conversations" reflects on food, family, and Nigerian politics. Written over the... Read More