Family wounds are reopened in Leonard Pitts Jr.’s gripping historical novel "54 Miles", a coming-of-age story set during the civil rights movement. Adam was raised in New York by his attentive white father and somewhat distant Black... Read More

A woman learns about her frightening family connection to gods and demons in L. B. Hazelthorn’s novel "Rare Birds". Rom knows almost nothing about her grandfather, Jasper, save that he was obsessed with the supernatural—or... Read More

"Field Guide to the Patchy Anthropocene" looks beyond the monolithic perception of the climate crisis and presents a methodology of observing and identifying socioecological “patches” of human-effected change. Coauthored by the... Read More

Marked by supernatural intrigue, the mystery novel "Lost Grove" reveals a town’s misgivings and secrets. In Charlotte Zang and Alex Knudsen’s gripping novel "Lost Grove", a young woman’s death reveals a web of mysteries in her... Read More

Spurred forward by a whirlwind of fights and strange inventions, this climate change-inspired novel introduces its complex world with verve. A tyrannical megalomaniac instigates pollution and interplanetary environmental collapse in R.... Read More

Involving dual plotlines, complex historical and political contexts, and intricate spy missions, "The Handler" is a suspenseful young adult thriller. The second installment in the Norwood Nanny Chronicles, Monica McGurk’s young adult... Read More

In Jack Stewart’s military thriller "Unknown Rider", a navy pilot crashes into a global conspiracy. Colt is a Top Gun instructor who’s sent to investigate mysterious lights by an aircraft carrier. But he loses control of his plane... Read More

Laure Dargelos’s novel "Saving Ellipsis" is a playful jaunt through the topsy-turvy world of grammar and literature. In Ellipsis, Prosperina fails to follow unspoken rules, opening a flower shop instead of a bookstore and breaking... Read More