Eerie and unsettling, Masatsugu Ono’s novel "At the Edge of the Woods" is a disturbing family story and a surreal tale of a world torn apart by disaster. An unnamed father and son live in their isolated house near the woods. The mother... Read More

A welcoming palette of golden yellows and calming teals invites lingering over this story about claiming—and sharing—your personal “superpowers.” Nour was born with a literal glow, a gift she has always been proud of—until she... Read More

Fairy-tale flashes of color dart across this bubbly story that celebrates being alone with one’s own thoughts and dreams. If you are very, very quiet, a girl learns, you can hear whole wondrous worlds moving around you: dragons roar... Read More

With propulsive energy, Davin Goodwin’s murder mystery "Paradise Cove" covers a wave of violence on a tropical island, Bonaire. R, a retired detective, runs a small hotel on Bonaire, where he pursues scuba diving and tries to put... Read More

Two sisters search for their grandmother in Kris Spisak’s novel "The Baba Yaga Mask". After their grandmother Vira disappears on a trip to Poland, Larissa and Ira rush to Europe to look for her. The only clues to her whereabouts are... Read More

The essays of fly fisherman Dylan Tomine’s "Headwaters" cast into global waters, seeking to feed a lifelong addiction. Tomine’s angling obsession began when he caught a steelhead salmon in Oregon as a boy. His passion lured him to... Read More

Greg Sarris’s resonant memoir explores identities, heritages, and the legacies of places. Adopted as a child, Sarris grew up in midcentury Santa Rosa, then moved to a smaller city surrounded by expansive natural beauty, where Native... Read More

Julie Kleeman and Yeshi Jampa’s enticing cookbook "Taste Tibet" is a labor of love for the couple, who own a popular restaurant in England by the same name. Its recipes include traditional and adapted dishes, gathered to put “Tibet... Read More