The Witchfinder’s Serpent is a fantastical novel about coming of age in the face of parental loss and a small town’s tragic, violent history. In Rande Goodwin’s fantasy novel The Witchfinder’s Serpent, a small Connecticut town... Read More

Deirdre Kelly’s cultural history book "Fashioning the Beatles" is insightful in revealing the Fab Four’s influence on fashion and popular culture throughout the 1960s. Tracking the band’s development year by year, the book reveals... Read More

Vincent Stanley and Yvon Chouinard’s book "The Future of the Responsible Company" reflects on the first fifty years of the outdoor retailer Patagonia. Co-written by the company’s founder, the book looks at the purpose-driven... Read More

Elegant and arresting, the eleven modern fables in Paola Ferrante’s Her Body among Animals thrum with a desperate, racing pulse as they capture the everyday horrors women live with and the sacrifices—of personhood, opportunity, and... Read More

With its beguiling blend of evocative images, summaries of historical research, and wide-ranging literary quotes, "Hausgeister!" is an appealing “supernatural bestiary” of German house spirits. Hausgeisters are unique—different... Read More

In Tim Collins’s fun puzzle quest novel "Sherlock Bones and the Mystery of the Vanishing Magician", a detective dog and his Watsonesque cat companion are embroiled in an epic caper involving hypnosis, a passel of animals, and a series... Read More

A headmistress and a wealthy rogue join up for a philanthropic cause in Jennifer Moore’s enthralling Victorian romance novel "Educating Elizabeth". Elizabeth opens a school for underprivileged factory girls in London’s East End with... Read More

Persuasive and thought-provoking, Benjamin Lewin’s "Inside Science" examines how big data is changing biological research. Contemporary scientific methods, Lewin says, are driven by large research teams, aggregated results across... Read More