A vivid memoir of chasing wonder beneath the big top and finding redemption beyond it…
Knoderer’s engaging memoir resurrects the rough-and-tumble world of the 1970s American circus while charting one young man’s search for identity, belonging, and purpose. Growing up… Kinker: Circusing the Seventies by Dave Letterfly Knoderer
A vivid memoir of chasing wonder beneath the big top and finding redemption beyond it…
Knoderer’s engaging memoir resurrects the rough-and-tumble world of the 1970s American circus while charting one young man’s search for identity, belonging, and purpose. Growing up…
Tense, heartfelt, and relentlessly suspenseful.
In Hodge’s latest, a disgraced security agent’s search for redemption leads her into a quiet town where danger hides beneath the surface of everyday life. Jordan Winthrop has never recovered from the protection detail that…
Clear-eyed, compassionate, convincing; an illuminating guide to modern exhaustion.
A veteran physician investigates the hidden consequences of sleep deprivation and offers a roadmap for reclaiming energy in an increasingly sleepless world. Puryear approaches sleep not as a wellness trend or…
A dazzling blend of murder, magic, and noir…
A young magician’s search for answers draws her into Atlantic City’s haunted past in Setton’s deeply atmospheric mystery. When magician Lucy Moon discovers her best friend murdered inside a notorious sawing box…
A cerebral mystery with real emotional stakes…
In Monday’s slow-burning European noir, buried secrets and personal history prove as dangerous as any crime. Swiss journalist Emma Bally expects little from the estate of a wealthy acquaintance. Instead, a mysterious bequest…
Atmospheric, morally complex, and steeped in Southwestern folklore.
MacArthur’s latest sets a murder investigation against the backdrop of a flood-stricken frontier community where folklore, prejudice, and competing claims of justice collide. A violent storm strands drifter Eli Mercer in the…
A provocative and compassionate look at the forces shaping contemporary American life…
Linde pairs philosophical inquiry with a deeply personal journey as a disillusioned senator seeks to understand the growing fractures within American society. Frustrated by the endless noise of…
Playful, heartwarming, and delightfully quirky.
A young screech owl with a taste for sweet potatoes instead of bugs takes flight in Chapman’s affectionate tale about carving out one’s own identity. Sweet Potato doesn’t have much interest in typical owl pursuits.…
A sprawling and deeply human Vietnam War novel…
The jungles of Vietnam swallow young men whole, and only brotherhood offers any hope of survival in Gregg’s compelling novel. Sergeant Lefty Altamara, a gifted baseball player fleeing a violent childhood, finds…
Mystical, moving, and quietly profound.
Marriage and family therapist MacDonald confronts the death of her father, and the startling spiritual aftermath that reshapes her understanding of grief, identity, and the endurance of love. William “Bill” Basil Pukatch, the emotional center…
A cerebral, time-bending fantasy.
In Judson’s fifth installment in the Braided Dimensions series, a Berkeley lawyer is drawn into a hidden network of psychic powers, unstable portals, and timelines fractured by modern technology. When mysterious telepath Onyx seeks out Rousseau…
An elegant fusion of Arctic noir and psychological suspense…
A Wyoming deputy sheriff’s search for her missing boss leads her into a deadly Arctic conspiracy in Towles’ haunting psychological thriller. After her husband vanishes in Alaska’s Beaufort Sea, Wyoming deputy…
Emotionally raw, politically charged, and deeply human…
Joy delivers a layered, emotionally intelligent story where politics and family collide with heartbreaking consequences. Tawni Carter built a national pro-life movement by demanding sacrifice from everyone around her, especially her family. When…
Deliberately excessive, occasionally rambling, and often sharply funny.
In this anarchic hockey fantasia, civil liberties attorney and longtime beer-league player Charns imagines a 3-on-3 showdown against Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Justice Samuel Alito that escalates into a broadside against…
A hauntingly tender debut about love, loss, and becoming yourself.
In her emotionally incisive and deeply atmospheric debut, Sorley traces the long aftershock of first love across the American West, following one girl’s painful evolution from dutiful daughter to reluctant…
Reflective, humane, and beautifully observed.
There are memoirs that recount achievement, and there are memoirs that illuminate the emotional history of an era. Shayne’s memoir does both with uncommon elegance. One might expect a Hollywood memoir full of glamorous anecdotes…
Fast-paced, provocative, and impossible to put down…
A kidnapped school board candidate, a missing intelligence operative, and a conspiracy reaching far beyond local politics drive MacCarthy’s sprawling political thriller. After reform candidate Adam Tanner disappears before a pivotal San Diego…
Dark, immersive, and psychologically incisive…
Standridge’s fourth installment in the Women of Strength, Courage, and Hope series takes readers on an emotionally charged journey through love, loss, and betrayal. Nearly twenty years after the presumed death of her first husband,…
Lyrical, visionary, and unforgettable.
Set amid the rugged beauty of Wyoming’s Black Hills, Carrier’s richly contemplative book blends literary realism, spiritual mystery, and speculative fiction into an emotionally resonant story about grief, healing, and human transformation. The novel centers on…
Thoughtful, engaging, and heart-melting…
A young iguana discovers the importance of compassion, family, and belonging in Chapman’s latest installment in the Grumpy the Iguana and Green Parrot Adventure series. Grumpy sets off on a long-awaited journey to the Florida Keys…