Human beings strive for autonomy in the face of stringent laws in the dystopian novel "When We Were Mothers". In Nicci Kadilak’s speculative thriller "When We Were Mothers", women’s secrets are threatened in a society wherein... Read More

Stênio Gardel’s slim novel "The Words That Remain" includes fragments of sentences, memories, and moments, recounted by an aging, illiterate gay man whose struggle for self-acceptance leads him from self-hatred to finding a chosen... Read More

Long before they became Hall of Fame rockers, the Red Hot Chili Peppers were misfit teenagers on a lark in Los Angeles’s chaotic alternative music scene. Hamish Duncan’s "Out in L.A." is a whirlwind chronicle of the band’s first... Read More

Kelly Sullivan Walden’s self-help book "A Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste" models empathy and self-compassion through self-reflection. Walden proposes approaching tumultuous moments by OGLEing them, or: contemplating what is... Read More

In Erica Obey’s clever cozy mystery novel "The Brooklyn North Murder", a librarian teams up with her AI invention to solve a murder in a sleepy college town. Mary Watson is a reference librarian in the rural Hudson Valley, where she... Read More

Written in a welcoming tone, Vasudha Viswanath’s cookbook "The Vegetarian Reset" shares fresh alternatives to vegetarian diet staples like “lab-grown burgers” and carbohydrate-laden pastas and rices. These “moderately low-carb”... Read More

In the mid-nineteenth century, the expanding United States worked to colonize the territory that’s now Arizona. To do so, it turned to the Middle East for expertise, inspiration, and camels. Natalie Koch’s "Arid Empire" shows how... Read More

Part personal reflection, part interactive call for action, Tina Strawn’s "Are We Free Yet?" follows the queer Black activist’s search for freedom and details practical methods for self-reflection and healing. The book’s four parts... Read More