Hillbilly Monk’s Brisket Wisdom by Billy Monk brings us a really wild premise that perfectly blends rural American life with some heavy psychological exploration. The book follows Billy, an eccentric Oklahoma man who spends his days smoking meat, running an illegal still, and rambling about...

Homes by Hayden Thompson follows Dr. George Harrington over more than two decades as an epidemiologist who leaves his comfortable life in France for public health assignments across Asia. Being a single father means George has to balance demanding fieldwork with raising his twelve-year-old son,...

As Human of the Year by Beka Wueste begins, it’s been 20 years since Matt Keegan has seen the outside world. It is now time for him to come home from prison, and his sister, Jenny, is eagerly awaiting his release. Jenny was a young...

Anne Shaw Heinrich's House of Teeth is set in the small town of Poulson, where the ending of one marriage begins pulling several families into the same orbit. Judy Saunders spends years trapped in a bitter relationship with truck driver John, while he quietly builds...

In Ali Hamdoun’s Habracadabrah, after surviving the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Shinobu stays alive way beyond his expected lifespan. This is in the care of Seiren, who moves him to an isolated forest home where his damaged body requires constant treatment so he can keep...

Happisad Memories by M. P. B. Clairette is the story of a woman whose life falls apart after she loses her baby to stillbirth. She goes back home carrying a kind of grief that nobody around her really understands. People say the wrong things, some...

Hearts and Bones by Lawrence D. Bub follows Maya over about a decade of her life. It alternates between her college years in the 1980s and her third year of medical school in the 1990s. During her freshman year, she crosses paths with Peter, a...

He Opened His Eyes and It was Dark by R. R. Griffin is a thought-provoking story set in a dystopian future. In this world, students are taught slogans and how to be cogs in the machine, but they are never taught how to solve problems....

Halley's Gathering by William Overstreet is a historical literary novel set in early 20th-century America, where Julia Halley operates a trading post deep within the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico Territory. She has gathered a diverse circle of companions, including a Southern doctor who provides...

House of Crimson Roses by Chad Lester depicts the lives of slaves and plantation owners during the American Civil War period. This bold narrative begins in 1859 with John Brown, an abolitionist leader, who leads a raid on an armory in Virginia. A year later,...