LaShonda Katrice Barnett
Grove Press
Jam On The Vine
​A courageous African-American woman starts a Kansas City newspaper in this heralded novel.
Michael J. Martinez
Night Shade Books
The Daedalus Incident
Don't miss this whimsical "historical sci-fi": 1779 ships encounter a 2132 Mars colony!
Tara Murtha
Bloomsbury
Ode To Billie Joe
Bobbie Gentry's 1967 song eclipsed the Beatles' "All You Need Is Love."
Albert Podell
Thomas Dunne Books
Around The World In 50 Years: My Adventure To Every Country On Earth
...while surviving Viet Cong, the Peak of Death, a near-lynching, and more.
Eileen Cronin
W. W. Norton
Mermaid: A Memoir Of Resilience
Born with a disability, she endured bullying, family denial, tough roads.