Samina Ali’s searing memoir is about how a birth gone wrong took her, a promising young writer, to the brink of death. Ali’s intuition warned her of danger to her pregnancy. She suspected bias against women of color after her... Read More

A picture book about the surprising benefits of seeking common ground. A sentient table has been in a young witch’s family for generations; though it’s cursed to live with them forever, they’ve never managed to get along. When the... Read More

Geopolitical and magical intrigue entangle in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s intricate fantasy novel "Days of Shattered Faith". As a new aide to Gil, Pallesand’s diplomat in Usmai, Loret seconds her superior in a duel with Lor’s diplomat.... Read More

In Shubha Sunder’s novel "Optional Practical Training", an Indian immigrant tries to make a home in the US. After completing her undergraduate degree, Pavrita begins teaching physics at a school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, extending... Read More

In Sarah M. Eden’s romance novel "The Tides of Time", a seamstress fleeing persecution is cast eighty years into the future, where she faces unresolved pain from her revolutionary past. In France, Lili smuggles people to safety from... Read More

Archaeology department graduate students encounter more than mere relics on an expedition gone wrong in Ella Alexander’s wry novel "The Sleeping Land". Kit, Val, and Mark exist in uneasy alliance under their department head, George, a... Read More

"Not Good Enough Girl" is a complex memoir about innocence interrupted. Sondra R. Brooks’s riveting memoir "Not Good Enough Girl" is about family dysfunction, abuse, and addiction. When Brooks was five, she began navigating her... Read More