The promise of a perfect world may just come at the cost of humanity. What would you trade for a perfect world: comfort, truth, freedom? Vincent Rylan’s Memoirs of the End drops readers into a chilling, near-future dystopia where artificial intelligence promises perfection but delivers something far more complicated and far more dangerous. Blending speculative […]
Some stories start small and stay small. They are comfortable in their constraints, content to tell a single tale within a single frame. And then there are stories like the Talisman trilogy, which begin as a grieving father’s clandestine vigil on the streets of American cities and end somewhere so far beyond the stars that […]
A former Navy Seal reflects on the people, places, and experiences that shaped the trajectory of his life in this superb memoir. In Riding the White Bull, Jack Ratliff narrates his fascinating years as a college student-turned-Navy-officer that included stints as a rodeo bull rider, wildfire firefighter, and Navy SEAL. Beginning with his college years […]
A personal, loving look at some of the pivotal moments that launched a global phenomenon David Evans successfully participated in one of the early Ironman triathlons, and now, after a decades’ long absence and eventual return to the sport, he has produced an entertaining and informative historical portrait of Hawaii’s Ironman event, explaining its cultural […]
There is a particular cruelty in realizing you chose wrong. Not catastrophically, not obviously, but quietly — in the way a split-second decision at a concert can redirect an entire life. That is the breathtaking premise at the heart of The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez, the second book in her Say You’ll Remember […]
Mr. Lismore and the Widow by Wilkie Collins was originally published in 1883. The story follows the life of a wealthy and successful businessman, who falls in love with a beautiful widow named Mrs. Farnaby. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. Mr. Lismore and […]
A fearless meta-narrative with room enough for the high-brow and the humorous Part stage script, part campus novel, part exploration of the classic literary canon, You-Gin One-Gin: Sort Of A Novel is a multi-layered story that mirrors the lives and works of some of the greatest names in Russian literature. Beginning as a playful, fourth-wall-breaking […]
A haunting without melodrama, a reckoning without sentiment In the shadow of Mount Bigelow, a gravedigger’s casual inventory reveals the weight of history. “A little girl had a China doll, so I kept ’em together.” Then there’s a line that lands like ash: “Sadness sat as heavy as the smoky air from the brush fires.” […]
There is a particular kind of romantic tension that lives in borrowed T-shirts, shared wine glasses, and babies who fall asleep on the wrong person’s chest. Kat Singleton knows exactly how to build it — and in More than Friends by Kat Singleton, the third book in the Pembroke Hills series, she constructs it with […]
Coming this April in the non-fiction world we have a stunning biography of The Rolling Stones and a gripping account of a day in the life of a Roman Gladiator. Enjoy 5 New Non Fiction Books April 2026! This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. […]