This gritty young adult novel relates stories of adolescent challenges with authenticity. Idyllwild Eliot’s "Well Below Heaven" is a dark novel of sibling loyalty in a modern American family. Separated after one is sent to a remote... Read More

Within this able satire are clear-eyed depictions of politics when the cameras are turned off. O. Ryan Hussain’s "The Outlandish and the Ego" is a political satire that wields broad, bawdy humor alongside quiet moments of tender human... Read More

Jonathan A. Taylor’s "The Rites of Passage" is marketed as the first in a series of novels; it also ably stands on its own. The story follows Jamie Goldberg from elementary school to college, as he grows from an abused boy into a... Read More

Passion and warmth infuse these essays on aviation that will send interest soaring to the skies. The essays in James B. McConville’s "Talewinds" travel the globe, from the test fields of Lockheed Martin to the skies above Germany and... Read More

Surrealistic tones emphasize heavy questions of empire-building and cultural subsumption in this thoughtful archaeology novel. Set in the cutthroat world of classical archaeology, Bernard Schopen’s "The Last Centurion" is a story in... Read More

Sewell’s novel journeys through baby boomer anxieties to meaningfully examine a changing culture. Nathaniel Sewell’s 5th and Hope is a deep exploration of what it feels like to be a white baby boomer coming to terms with a radically... Read More

Yasmeen raises uncomfortable reminders of how close to home racism lives. "Yasmeen Haddad Loves Joanasi Maqaittik" follows a well-intentioned teacher who arrives in an isolated Inuit community, determined to make a difference in her... Read More

This light, fun romp in which a middle-aged woman rediscovers herself is also an unexpected thriller. Most parents probably have a few poor decisions in their past they’d rather not let their kids find out about. Thankfully most... Read More