An enchanting new book full of magical mischief and adventure, Alane Adams’s "The Blue Witch" is guaranteed to please. Witches are known for their cold hearts and dark powers, but one young orphan is destined to walk a different path.... Read More

Tracy Farr’s carefully crafted literary novel "The Hope Fault" explores what family means when it’s placed beside the weight of history. The story is set in the fictitious Australian town of Cassetown, Geologue Bay, where Iris and... Read More

In tammy lynne stoner’s quietly powerful "Sugar Land", Dara is in love with a woman—her best friend, Rhodie. But that is a sin in 1923 in Texas, and it’s one that Dara decides to root out of herself by any means possible. That... Read More

Delving into fractured families, hoarded secrets, and the cultural and personal negotiations at the heart of the Asian American experience, May-lee Chai’s "Useful Phrases for Immigrants" is distinguished by writing as elegant and... Read More