A high school boy seeks his place in the world in Ned Wenlock’s absorbing graphic novel "Tsunami". Peter doesn’t fit in with his peers. A drawing assignment makes this clear: Gus, Peter’s neighbor, draws a wolf attacking sheep,... Read More

A couple experiences the futility and horror of trying to outrun their problems in Dennis Mahoney’s horror novel "Our Winter Monster". Holly and Brian rumble toward a ski resort to salvage their scattered partnership. A blizzard is on... Read More

Ella Buchan and Alessandra Pino’s "A Gothic Cookbook" combines recipes with food-based literary critiques of the Gothic stories that inspired them. These meals, snacks, and beverages are either direct recreations from the source texts,... Read More

Larry Carlat’s "A Space in the Heart" is a sensitive guidebook for grieving parents. Holding space for unspeakable grief, Carlat, who lost a son to suicide, draws on lived experience in this guide for fellow grieving parents,... Read More

A disgraced writer fails to confront or acknowledge his crimes in Tova Reich’s discomfiting novel "Camp Jeff". Jeffrey Epstein (not that one) founded Camp Jeff to rehabilitate people like Gershon, a high-profile author brought down by... Read More

Suggesting means of balancing between delight, satisfaction, and excitement in one’s working life, Don’t Settle is an encouraging professional discernment guide. George Appling’s shrewd business guide Don’t Settle recommends... Read More

With guidance for questioning one’s preexisting thoughts, beliefs, and values in order to gain insights from past experiences, "Dare to Author!" is an innovative self-help text. Encouraging its audience to make meaning of their lives... Read More

Telmo Pievani’s provocative book "Serendipity" integrates literature, philosophy, and science to explore an idea crucial to scientific discovery. Pievani notes that in the Persian fairy tale “The Three Princes of Serendip,”... Read More