Jill Hunting’s "For Want of Wings" is the enrapturing, wide-ranging, and thoughtful account of her great-grandfather’s discovery of a rare dinosaur fossil in 1872. Tom Russell was on a Yale student expedition to Kansas when he... Read More

Set in the near future, Mark S. Johnson’s ominous novel "Though the Earth Gives Way" imagines American life in the wake of climate disasters. Elon—alone in a desolate, looted, and ravaged landscape with his thoughts and a shopping... Read More

Evincing a sense of respect for every person, "Living on Purpose" is a self-help book about recognizing and normalizing one’s insecurities. Amy Eliza Wong’s motivational and compassionate self-help book "Living on Purpose" suggests... Read More

The poignant, masterful short stories in Amin Ahmad’s "This Is Not Your Country" describe the experiences of Indian immigrants struggling to find meaning and fulfillment in America. These powerful stories capture both the hard-won... Read More

The 2014 Crimean war becomes the backdrop of a more personal drama in Kalani Pickhart’s novel "I Will Die in a Foreign Land". In late 2013, Ukraine explodes into political violence, which is made worse when Russia annexes the Crimean... Read More

It Begins with Please and Doesn’t End with Thank You is a thorough and charming guide to getting ahead in sales. Edwin P. Baldry’s witty business guide It Begins with Please and Doesn’t End with Thank You concerns professional... Read More

In the fantasy novel "The Hatchet Men", supernatural beings work to protect humanity from looming danger. In Simmeon Anderson’s fantasy novel "The Hatchet Men", an ancient war carries over into the modern era. Thousands of years ago, a... Read More

A depressed journalist finds himself on a strange journey in Mohamed Kheir’s haunting novel "Slipping". Seif’s heart has not been in his job of late, so he is surprised to receive an important yet mysterious assignment: he must... Read More