"Patchwork" is Kate Evans’s fascinating graphic biography of Jane Austen. Despite the magnitude of her legacy, the book notes, historical records related to Jane Austen’s life are sparse. Using Austen’s own words from novels,... Read More

Extrapolating consumerism’s effects on society to their most extreme ends, "Virtuality" is an intricate speculative novel. A broadcast outage threatens to lead to a global economic crisis in Derek Cressman’s speculative novel... Read More

Rhys Charles’s "Dinosaurus" is an up-to-date and informative reference book that’s packed with quality science, useful illustrations, and interesting trivia. The book’s first and largest section is a dictionary of dinosaurs, with... Read More

The life and career of a prominent business and political figure is depicted in the graphic biography Elon Musk: American Oligarch. Elon Musk was born in South Africa, where his father and mother, Errol and Maye, had a relationship... Read More

Brian Jones’s stirring essay collection blends memoir, scholarship, and political analysis to argue that Black history is a lens for better seeing the world. In the Midwestern classrooms of his youth, Jones found that Blackness was... Read More

A gifted young woman comes into her own in the engrossing historical saga A Clan Chief’s Daughter, part of a continuing series. Sarah V. Barnes’s riveting historical novel A Clan Chief’s Daughter continues the prehistoric saga of... Read More

Told from a child émigré’s perspective, "Grappling with Ghosts" is a timely memoir about international displacement. James Harvey’s insightful memoir "Grappling with Ghosts" is about his nomadic, chaotic childhood and the... Read More

An aspirational memoir–cum-self-help guide, "Give Me a Year" is about fostering one’s sense of adventure across a year of intentional new experiences. Entrepreneur Shonda Scott’s self-help guide "Give Me a Year" is about seeking... Read More