In Tammy Oberhausen’s piercing, entertaining historical novel "The Evolution of the Gospelettes", a religious Kentucky family spends decades performing together. In the 1970s, the Holliman patriarch, Garland, is inspired by his... Read More

In Cary Groner’s dystopian novel "The Way", a reclusive Buddhist wonders about his place in a changed world. Will is living on borrowed time in the postapocalyptic American Southwest, where his circumstances feel hopeless. Now in his... Read More

In Minrose Gwin’s rich coming-of-age novel "Beautiful Dreamers", a precocious girl navigates the tense atmospheres of 1950s Mississippi. After her father abandons her family, Mem and her mother, Virginia, return to the small Gulf Coast... Read More

In Lynn Stegner’s novel "The Half-Life of Guilt", a couple’s personal and professional relationship is tested as they protest the endangerment of a whale population. Clair is a biologist and botanist who grew up on her family’s... Read More

In Jordan Ifueko’s novel "The Maid and the Crocodile", an orphaned girl fights to make a home for herself while contending with a cursed god. In Oluwan, while trying to find employment as a maid, Sade accidentally binds herself to the... Read More

A filmmaker and her subject push past their cynicism to form an intoxicating bond in the international novel The Perfumer’s Secret. In Neroli Lacey’s novel The Perfumer’s Secret, a documentary filmmaker makes tough decisions... Read More

The series fantasy novel "Family Pack" reveals the long and intricate history of werewolf bloodlines in a captivating manner. Kali Metis’s fantasy novel "Family Pack" is a sequel that’s packed with intricate histories and a... Read More

A literary oxygen mask and a paean to health care workers, psychiatrist David Kopacz’s understanding self-help book illustrates how relatable and treatable issues like burnout are. Kopacz, having himself experienced burnout, notes that... Read More