Social and cultural beliefs can imprison people and separate them from love—this is a powerful theme Pineau conveys with emotional weight. “Black folk with black folk, white folk with white folk, and the world will keep on turning... Read More

Observations and memories juxtapose tributes to beauty with the gracelessness of aging. A timeless work from Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal becomes accessible to English-speaking audiences, thanks to a loving translation by Stacey Knecht.... Read More

A glimpse at how sworn virgins allow women to have some semblance of independence in Albania, even if it means giving up most of their identity. Identity, culture, and tradition get both honored and skewered in Elvira Dones’s English... Read More

Smith weaves emotional tension into this spiritual story of leukemia and baseball. A nine-year-old boy suffering from leukemia makes a selfless wish that challenges his father in Jake Smith’s moving "Wish". Their shared love of... Read More

A flawed PI destined to be a sympathetic protagonist across a series is introduced in this complex noir mystery. Prowling the streets of Columbus, Ohio, in his entertaining debut mystery, "Fourth Down and Out", veteran journalist Andrew... Read More

This thrilling novel has a breathless pace that combines science and nature to create nail-biting tension. Bears are hibernating in summer and Irish elk have returned from extinction. With such strange occurrences happening in... Read More

This fast-paced thriller is full of danger and psychological action. D. B. Carew’s "The Killer Trail" begins as a straightforward thriller about a man who is dragged into a dangerous situation through unfortunate timing and who winds... Read More

Both amusing and moving, this Austen-influenced romance comments on cancer, female expectations, and what makes a good life. When Suzanne Davis takes stock of her life at age thirty-four, she has the following: a tiny New York City... Read More