David and Ameena / Ami Rao / Fairlight Books / Softcover $15.95 (400pp) / 978-1-912054-27-5 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / Meatballs, free jazz, and subway singers? This is a fine romance. A fanciful courtship... Read More

For the Love of Cod / A Father and Son’s Search for Norwegian Happiness / Eric Dregni, author, translator / University of Minnesota Press / Hardcover $22.95 (200pp) / 978-1-5179-0893-5 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / ... Read More

Besharam / On Love and Other Bad Behaviors / Priya-Alika Elias / Chicago Review Press / Softcover $16.99 (208pp) / 978-1-64160-507-6 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / Feminist lawyer Priya-Alika Elias’s excellent essay... Read More

Winter in Sokcho / Elisa Shua DusapinAneesa Abbas Higgins, translator / Open Letter Books / Softcover $14.95 (160pp) / 978-1-948830-41-6 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / In Elisa Shua Dusapin’s novel Winter in Sokcho, a... Read More

William Still / The Underground Railroad and the Angel at Philadelphia / William C. Kashatus / University of Notre Dame Press / Hardcover $35.00 (356pp) / 978-0-268-20036-7 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / In William... Read More

The Errand / The Queen / Leo LaFleurAdam Oehlers, illustrator / Simply Read Books / Hardcover $17.95 (72pp) / 978-1-77229-050-9 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / In this third installment of Leo LaFleur’s fantasy series,... Read More

The Woman Who Raised the Buddha / The Extraordinary Life of Mahaprajapati / Wendy Garling / Shambhala Publications / Softcover $18.95 (272pp) / 978-1-61180-669-4 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / Wendy Garling’s The... Read More

The Believer / Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack / Ralph Blumenthal / High Road Books / Hardcover $29.95 (352pp) / 978-0-8263-6231-5 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / The Believer is the... Read More