This is serious and appealing historical fiction, both vivid and fresh. Amsterdam and colonial New Amsterdam come alive in Judith K. White’s vivid historical novel, "The Rise of Dirck Becker". In the final volume of White’s Amsterdam... Read More

Lucid, interconnected portraits of adults reveal defeat, yearning, ambition, and loneliness. Nanette L. Avery pays impressive tribute to the Southern Gothic in A Curious Host. Against a backdrop of heavy rain, this panoramic novel... Read More

Embedded throughout this novel are questions of how the country uses technology while hanging on to its democratic ideals. If the daily cable news is not scary enough, try the latest novel by Pardu Ponnapalli—"September 19, 2039: A... Read More