Everyday life in the American Southwest makes for an apt landscape for this coming-of-age novel of family secrets and maturing love. In Sophie’s House of Cards, teenage Sophie’s loud-mouthed whimsy and fragile attempts at sincerity... Read More

Unembellished prose details the bleak nature of PTSD in this character-driven novel. Pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps is the American way. But what if you can’t? What if those straps fall too short, or fall off completely?... Read More

Burnett takes the midlife crisis to a new, comedic level with the navel-gazing Malcolm Poe. Self-delusional, snarky, and narcissistic, Malcom Poe dreams of escape from his wife, his cushy editing job, and multimillion-dollar real estate.... Read More

Rock-bottom self-esteem, along with a desire to please, reaches a treacherous psychological cliff in Lurie’s frighteningly realistic novella. Art and pornography vie for prominence in this ultrasophisticated yet sordid take on fashion... Read More

This heartwarming and humorous Christmas story shows the determination of one man to bring magic to his daughter’s childhood. Themes of parenthood and the spirit of Christmas come together in this lively tale about a father’s quest... Read More

Dark humor accents this exposé on cultural clashes between Chicago’s suburbs and working class in the 1990s. With his first novel, "When Bad Things Happen to Rich People", Ian Morris has created a sharp and clever story about the... Read More

A unique sci-fi collaboration explores the consequences of teleportation in social and criminal realms. The latest offering in Mike Resnick’s Stellar Guild series, "Red Tide", teams veteran author Larry Niven with Brad R. Torgersen and... Read More

Brilliant and disturbing, this horror novel is not for the fainthearted. Jon Bashoff’s second novel is a nonstop nightmare, tucked between two brief scenes of reality in a way that knocks out the “it was only a dream” cliché and... Read More