Patrick Wohl’s page-turning political history "Down Ballot" covers a suburban Chicago election that drew wide attention because of the candidates’ stances on abortion. In 1990, Illinois House of Representatives incumbent Penny Pullen... Read More

Megan Lara Negendank’s essential self-help guide teaches helpful skills for supporting a partner who has experienced sexual trauma. Explaining the nature and impact of sexual trauma on survivors and those close to them, the book delves... Read More

A journalist heads to an offshore oil rig and stumbles onto a sinister story in Babak Lakghomi’s political novel "South". After failing to publish an investigative piece on ornithologists, B writes a book about his missing father and... Read More

Krampus and Saint Nicholas star in "The Fright Before Christmas", a book of criticism that pulls back the mistletoe curtain to reveal myriad winter holiday creatures and traditions that serve serious social functions. Christmas, Yule,... Read More

A woman returns to her childhood haunts in Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette’s sensual, earthy novel "To the Forest". Decamping their pandemic-shuttered city, a family retreats to a blue cottage in the woods—a place bound by a stream, a... Read More

In the folksy mystery novel "The Wandering Quilt", a quilt that’s touched by the supernatural inspires a woman’s awakening. An exquisite, handmade southern quilt rattles a woman and her family in Dawn D. Bennett-Alexander and Renée... Read More

Edited by Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua, the essays of "Not Too Late" work to transform climate change-based concerns into activism. Noting that climate change is wreaking havoc via catastrophes around the globe, and that... Read More

A woman’s attempt to avenge her sister leads to a fantastical adventure in Jeremy C. Shipp’s novel "The Merry Dredgers". Seraphina is a birthday party princess, a pet feeder, and the only person left who cares about her spirited,... Read More