Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair

Meditations on faith, family, and life offer more hits than misses.

Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song

An exhaustive, unsatisfying look at one of the 20th century’s premier performers.

Above the Fire: A Novel

By Michael O’Donnell

Above the Fire: A Novel

A captivating exploration of who we become when the world goes dark.

November 1942: An Intimate History of the Turning Point of World War II

An extraordinary chronicle of ordinary people caught up in battle.

Homeward: A Novel

By Angela Jackson-Brown

Homeward: A Novel

A young Black woman comes of age in the 1960s South.

War by Other Means

By Daniel Akst

War by Other Means

A look at the fighters who refused to take up arms.

You’re with Stupid

By Bruce Adams

You’re with Stupid

Meet an influential record label you’ve probably never heard of.

We Are Your Soldiers: How Gamal Abdel Nasser Remade the Arab World

A well-researched reassessment of a complex, ruthless ruler.