Kendra Atleework’s radiant, wrenching memoir "Miracle Country" probes a home and its heartbreaks for meaning. Atleework was raised in the Eastern Sierra, in spaces threatened by fire and droughts: “on this obsidian edge of... Read More

A nineteenth-century entomologist is caught between social expectations and desire in Kimberly Duffy’s "A Mosaic of Wings", a novel about wanderlust and women’s empowerment. In Ithaca, Nora is her class’s valedictorian. She longs... Read More

Maryse Condé’s "The Wondrous and Tragic Life of Ivan and Ivana" is a gripping story in which a twin brother and sister grow up in the turbulent atmosphere of Guadeloupe. Exploring extremism, corruption, desire, immigration, poverty,... Read More

"The Rule of Five" is a character-driven thriller about how climate change came to the fore of US politics and legal action. Richard J. Lazarus’s book is no novel, however, but a suspenseful real-life account of an inspired activist... Read More

Chef Melissa M. Martin first opened the Mosquito Supper Club in New Orleans as a pop-up in 2014, introducing diners to authentic Cajun food and tales about the cooks, fishers, and farmers who live and work in southern Louisiana. The... Read More

In his new book "Faster", Neal Bascomb retraces the story of an underdog racing team. Made up of a driver banned from all the top European teams because of his Jewish heritage; an ambitious American heiress who wanted to make her mark in... Read More

"The Good Hawk" imagines a mythological medieval Scotland whose mainland was devastated by plague and whose outer island clans are struggling to survive. On the Isle of Skye, Jaime is a reluctant teen from the Clann a Tuath. He’s... Read More

David Putnam’s thriller "The Heartless" asks a timeless question: how far would you go to protect a loved one? Bruno Johnson, a deputy officer with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, thought he left all the blood and... Read More