Eugene Vodolazkin’s "The Aviator" is an unabashed, panoramic view of the landscape of human consciousness affected by time, place, faith, and faces. Innokenty Petrovich Platonov does not know who he is. Confined to a bed in a... Read More

Vigorously potent, "Little Beast" haunts the intersection of fairy tales with gritty realism. When a full beard emerges on a nameless eleven-year-old girl’s face, she and her mother conceal the development from judgment in their tiny... Read More

Romance blooms in the shadow of a historic lighthouse in Irene Hannon’s latest novel, "Pelican Point". The lighthouse in Hope Harbor, Oregon, falls into the hands of ex–army doctor Ben Garrison as part of an inheritance from his... Read More

In Gillian Best’s "The Last Wave", raw human emotion teems just underneath the lapping surface of modern English life. After accidentally falling into the sea while fishing with her father, Martha begins a lifelong romance with the... Read More

In "How to Live", Judith Valente lovingly roams the corridors of ecclesial history, coaxing ancient spiritual practices out of the monastery and into the everyday lives of twenty-first-century people. In the sixth century, Benedict of... Read More

A warmly spiritual experience is achieved here, as the novel rushes toward a dawn that is both surprising and deeply emotional. Keith Rosson’s "Smoke City" is a brilliantly haunting tale of forgiveness and redemption even in the face... Read More

This rare theological gift tugs at the curtain fixed between Islam and Christianity. Navid Kermani’s "Wonder Beyond Belief" is a work of artistic inquiry that is rife with spiritually edifying morsels, made all the more piquant by the... Read More

For the members of the evangelical community left alienated by the current political climate, these essays are a balm. "Still Evangelical?" is an olive branch to its own, offering varied, grace-filled perspectives from insiders on the... Read More