Christophe Lebold’s biography of one of popular music’s greatest songwriters is outstanding, grounding its subject in the historical times that formed him and his art.... Read More

Written during COVID-19 lockdowns, "Off the Tracks" is an enchanting, lyrical reflection on memory, travel, and passenger trains. In her engaging travel book, Pamela Mulloy... Read More

In Elliott Gish’s gothic horror novel "Grey Dog", an unmarried teacher is pitted against a forest-dwelling monster. In 1901, Ada is thirty years old and a reluctant teacher.... Read More

In S. M. Beiko’s fantasy novel "The Stars of Mount Quixx", inner truths and love come to the fore in a remote, unusual countryside setting. Constance and Ivory are on a summer... Read More

Unsparing and compassionate, Erum Shazia Hasan’s novel "We Meant Well" follows foreign aid workers and the communities they attempt to serve. For over a decade, Maya worked... Read More

Dave Williams and Elizabeth Howell’s "Why Am I Taller?" covers the medical side of an astronaut’s life. Physician astronauts, like Williams, have a unique window into what... Read More

In "Same Ground", Russell Wangersky searches for family and belonging along the trail of the California gold rush. In 1849, William Castle Dodge gave up training to become a... Read More

Time travelers, storytellers, and evolving synthetic beings lead Terri Favro’s tour de force novel. There are approximately two and a half thousand alternate worlds that... Read More

"Woman, Watching" is Merilyn Simonds’s account of the remarkable life and legacy of Louise de Kiriline Lawrence, the amateur ornithologist and author who has been called... Read More

The deep, heartfelt essays of veterinarian Philipp Schott’s "How to Examine a Wolverine" read like rewarding animal memes. Drawing on years of experience, Schott’s... Read More

Kirsteen MacLeod’s "In Praise of Retreat" is a body, mind, and spirit book that invites refuge away from the noise. In today’s hyperconnected climate, wherein the idea of... Read More

Upon learning of her adaptive scriptwriting accomplishments, we can fix the explanation for Evie Christie’s complex use of motivation, conflict, pathos, and... Read More