Denise Haynes’s TALENT SHOW offers an interesting glimpse of both the culture of Trinidad in the 20th century and the dynamics of a large family.

Daniel Roberts’s PONDER has more than enough style and off-kilter humor to hold a reader’s interest.

For readers seeking a more contemplative take on end-of-the-world scenarios, Susan E. Sage’s SILVER LADY offers a thoughtful, beautifully written exploration of human resilience and...

A detailed period piece set in a crucial moment in modern American history, Jon F. Harmon’s SCRAPS OF GRACE compassionately and movingly portrays an average...

In LIFE AND DEATH IN SUBURBIA, author Robb Skidmore captures in clean and precise prose a place and time—exploring several interesting character studies.

Lena Gibson’s ongoing Train Hoppers series demonstrated that she is adept at conjuring gripping and entirely believable narratives set in the aftermath of disaster, where...

Though its plotting and characters are sometimes uneven, T.A. Keenleyside’s ROADS NOT TAKEN strides boldly through global history with some startlingly sharp prose and persistent...

Blending bold, contemporary visuals with personalized storytelling, Story Bug’s OLIVIA’S FIRST BIRTHDAY offers readers a sweet, customizable way to commemorate a child’s first birthday.

Giorgos Katsoulas’s THE PAWN AGAINST THE KING has strong vision, but it doesn’t quite bring enough to enliven the straightforward central conceit.

With its vividly drawn characters and compelling blend of earthly drama and metaphysical intrigue, HERE LYETH by Johanna Frank is a compulsively readable entry in...

Readers of MIT OUT SOUND by Rick Lenz will enjoy its author’s insider knowledge of Hollywood.

Suzanne Giesemann’s THE AWAKENED WAY—Making the Shift to a Divinely Guided Life provides some valuable, easy-to-understand instructions for meditative practice, even if its underlying cosmological...