Mary Otis's debut novel explores the complicated mother-daughter relationship between alcoholic, erratic Charlotte and rigid,...

I love a book about books, but I was confused as to why the characters would seek out and spend prolonged time with the verbally abusive,...

Six longtime friends gather for one last Maine vacation--but each of them has been keeping secrets that impact their relationships. The...

Perry recounts the daily reality of his years in a chokehold of addiction to drugs and alcohol, his struggles to quit using, and the many...

Samantha Markum's young adult novel is set in a small town in the Florida Keys, with plenty of teen angst, tests of friend loyalty, burst...

Poet and essayist Ross Gay explores the experiences and explorations that have offered him meaning, depth, connection, understanding, and...

VenCo offers feminist, hard-drinking, foul-mouthed witches bound together by mysterious forces who undergo a quest to secure their...

I love a novel set in India, and the details of the sparkling promise and darker underpinnings of the city of Hrishipur were a standout...

William Kent Krueger's writing is beautiful, and J.D. Jackson reads the audiobook wonderfully, but I felt impatient with the focus on...

Harding bases his slim historical fiction novel This Other Eden on a real-life, racially integrated island off the coast of Maine,...

The early story captured my attention with ballet, an orphan's struggles, and Depression-era Chicago, but once Nocturne shifted into dark...

The sequel to Long's young adult fantasy/science fiction debut Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves takes Remy and Sena to a storm-wracked...

Kapoor's gritty New Delhi-set novel explores brutal violence and cruelties in an exploration of class divides and the destructive power...

This is a funny, light, self-deprecating peek into Kaling's single motherhood, dabbling in Hinduism, love of brunch, life as a producer,...

Addison Allen's magical realism story is set on an island off the coast of South Carolina and offers lots of heart, interactive ghosts,...

The past timeline explores creativity, love, betrayal, and unexpected loops of consequence--which are echoed hauntingly in the present...

I was hooked on the gritty details of mining camp life, particularly as contrasted with the excesses in the mine owners' mansion. The...

I was intrigued by the issues raised in Blackwater Falls--police corruption, racial conflict, religious fervor and faith, secret...

A.G. Riddle's time-travel story centers around reconciling the inability to change what has already occurred, but the necessity of doing...

Richardson focuses her historical fiction on Kentucky again, picking up the story of the rural book delivery, Blue People, friendship,...