In the convincing novel "Changganli", four friends witness China’s emergence as a modern power. Jiwen’s novel "Changganli" depicts the post-Mao transitions that brought China into modernity in under a generation. In 1986, the... Read More

"American Dreamer" is a must-read memoir and a quintessentially American immigrant’s story. Tim Tran’s memoir "American Dreamer" is a testament to the power of positive feeling and goodwill, even in the face of incredible odds. Tran... Read More

"The North Wind Descends" is a historical mystery about corruption, greed, and vengeance in ancient Egypt. A diplomat is set on the trail of an assassin in N. L. Holmes’s historical mystery novel, "The North Wind Descends". Lord Hani,... Read More

Estranged siblings deal with their dying father, and each other, in Charles Lambert’s novel "Prodigal". Jeremy and Rachel have never been close. Rachel, always their father’s favorite, resents her mother and brother for abandoning... Read More

In the near future of Eve Smith’s novel "The Waiting Rooms", antibiotics no longer work, and people don’t often make it to their golden years. Following The Crisis, antibiotic-resistant strains of diseases have overrun the world,... Read More

When Jeremy meets Alexandra, he believes her light may be enough to eclipse the shadows of his past. Once an operative in Northern Ireland during The Troubles, Jeremy was given a new identity as a social worker, counseling clients and... Read More

"Better Off Bald" is a realistic memoir about being a caretaker for a loved one with cancer, one that reveals all of the vulnerability that was hidden for the patient’s sake. Andrea Wilson Woods’s heartbreaking memoir "Better Off... Read More

There’s something a little mysterious at work in Hebe Uhart’s "The Scent of Buenos Aires", but it’s the ordinary mystery of other people. These thirty-eight short stories function like a panopticon, each dipping into one person’s... Read More