In Michael Grothaus’s shimmering speculative novel "Beautiful Shining People", an American teenager encounters a Japanese woman whose fragile identity fuels her anguish—and a perilous search for answers about her origins. John is a... Read More

The dramatic novel "New Leaves in Winter" homes in on workplace tensions surrounding job security and incompetent bosses. In C. Gary Johnston’s novel "New Leaves in Winter", two managers fret over the changing dynamics at their place... Read More

First published in 1922, Cicely Hamilton’s science fiction novel "Theodore Savage" follows English society’s descent into savagery after a war wipes out its civilization. Theodore Savage is a model of a modern middle-class... Read More

An unlikely adventure park owner tries to keep his business afloat in Antti Tuomainen’s humorous mystery novel "The Moose Paradox". After inheriting an adventure park and a mountain of debt from his brother Juhani, Henri’s careful... Read More

"You Are Your Healer" is a practical self-help book filled with exercises to help people toward self-inquiry. Drawing on Eastern spirituality, Yol Swan’s self-help book "You Are Your Healer" includes worthwhile practical exercises... Read More

Adventures abound in the middle grade novel "The Land of the Strays", whose animal cast learns to treat everyone with respect and compassion. With charming illustrations, Summer Nilsson’s middle grade novel "The Land of the Strays"... Read More

A daring spy longs for a new beginning in "Belinda", an entertaining romantic thriller. In Mark Zvonkovic’s romantic thriller "Belinda", a lawyer and an ex-spy reunite, risking the unknown. Lyn is a Houston lawyer who is stalling on... Read More

"The Orcs of New York" is a blockbuster fantasy novel in which greed and ambition lead to an interdimensional threat to humanity’s future. In Colin J. Robertson’s fantasy novel "The Orcs of New York", humans move to mine a parallel... Read More