The short stories of "On Tràigh Lar Beach" share a haunting atmosphere that’s explored through refuse and music. The short stories of Dianne Ebertt Beeaff’s "On Tràigh Lar Beach" cover women’s experiences with woe and redemption.... Read More

"How to Help Yourself to Be Who You Want to Be" is an insightful self-help book that encourages taking small steps, and making courageous decisions, to lead to a happy, fulfilled life. Pam Grewall’s self-help guide "How to Help... Read More

"How to Make a Life" is a sharp historical novel whose panoptic view of family relationships makes its secrets, estrangements, and reconciliations satisfying. In Florence Reiss Kraut’s arresting multigenerational novel "How to Make a... Read More

In Lisa DeSelm’s feminist young adult take on Pinocchio, a girl who became real through enchantment comes into her own and fights for her community’s well being. Seven years ago, Piro was fashioned from wood and spoken to life under... Read More

This collection of short and true stories, compiled by the Encyclopædia Britannica team, is a clever, engaging bedtime alternative that is literal when it comes to approaching the Land of Nod, sleep rituals, nature at night, and the... Read More

Julia Zarankin’s memoir is a moving, and often hilarious, account of how she—a type A, perfectionistic, and nature-avoidant novice—became a bona fide “bird nerd,” transforming her life in the process. Zarankin’s story begins... Read More

The true crime graphic novel "Maids" concerns a pair of horrific murders in 1930s France. As Lea arrives to join her older sister, Christine, at the Lancelin home where both are employed, the similarity between a detached eyeball and the... Read More

Maggie Stiefvater’s exciting, teen-friendly graphic novel Swamp Thing: Twin Branches includes a new origin story for a familiar comic book character. Alec and his twin brother, Walker, couldn’t be more different: Walker is outgoing... Read More