In Hope Bolinger’s fantasy novel "Paintball with Dragons", a boy begins seeing dragons after the loss of his older brother. Thirty-six days ago, Mason died in a car accident from which brother Xander and the rest of his family escaped... Read More

In Radu Cornel Guiaşu’s historical novel "The Faraway Mountains", men discuss life under their harsh authoritarian government over the course of a perilous hike. Gabriel disappeared weeks ago, prompting Victor, Alex, and Dan to gear... Read More

A teenager who’s skilled at fighting is invited to participate in a battle contest in the graphic novel "The God of High School". Mori Jin, a seventeen-year-old trained in Taekwondo by his grandfather, has never been defeated in almost... Read More

Mark Kurlansky is the bestselling author of culinary and social histories covering cod, oysters, milk, and salt. His latest book, "The Core of an Onion", gives the starring role to the humble yet essential onion, combining beguiling... Read More

Written for those who have been trapped by fear-based high-control religions, the self-help book "When Religion Hurts You" points the way to freedom. Laura E. Anderson survived long-term religious abuse herself. Here, she indicts... Read More

"The Christmas Book" captures the nostalgia and iconography of Christmas in full-color pictorial splendor. With examples spanning from the tenth through twenty-first centuries, the book focuses most on the United States and Europe. After... Read More

Elegant and arresting, the eleven modern fables in Paola Ferrante’s Her Body among Animals thrum with a desperate, racing pulse as they capture the everyday horrors women live with and the sacrifices—of personhood, opportunity, and... Read More

The ten-year-old boy who wasn’t cast as Harry Potter faces a lifetime of anxiety and doubt in David Foenkinos’s poignant novel "Second Best". Martin Hill’s life begins when a producer offers him an audition for the role of Harry... Read More