Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) books

For Leo, life is a series of checklists and perfect plans. For Maya, it is a song no one else can hear-spontaneous,...  Read More >>

When her beloved guru is accused of sexual assault, a New York woman's perfect life shatters. Will diving deeper...  Read More >>

Sophie thought she had buried the truth. But when anonymous messages begin to surface, her perfect life starts to...  Read More >>

One October night in downtown Oklahoma City, a novelist is robbed and beaten on a sidewalk three blocks from his...  Read More >>

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In the frozen wilderness of the north, a new kind of resistance is taking shape. Unlike the open rebellion that...  Read More >>

What happens when the co-commander of NASA's first crewed mission to Mars becomes a criminal defendant?  Read More >>

Explore the invisible architecture beneath history - silenced voices, hidden knowledge, and the awakening human...  Read More >>

In the aftermath of continental unification, the southern provinces of C.U.M. face a defining moment. Rich in farmland,...  Read More >>

A doctor vanishes in a bizarre mining town, leaving a trail of chaos. As her complicated past with a former lover...  Read More >>

Against the backdrop of failing empire, a former soldier sworn to non-violence after his involvement in a global...  Read More >>

Primates of Park Avenue meets Finlay Donovan is Killing It in a lighthearted dark comedy about three women whose...  Read More >>

An expeditionary force will discover unfamiliar lands, fight deadly foes, and uncover secrets as they explore the...  Read More >>

Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer showcases his wit and warmth in this life-enhancing tale of friendship set...  Read More >>

A searching, atmospheric novel that celebrates cowboy culture and the Black people who have always been a part of...  Read More >>

What begins as a personal journey of late-life reckoning becomes a noir-tinged meditation on memory, mortality,...  Read More >>

OBJECTIVE: CAPTURE THE MONSTER. DO NOT FALL APART. In the vibrant universe of Rodatunda, every Rodatundan gets...  Read More >>

When the woman of your dreams is the star of your nightmares... Many years before, a catastrophe in a Chicago suburb....  Read More >>

Time stops at 11:45 AM. Two young men get seven minutes in the space between life and death-just long enough to...  Read More >>

John is a preacher's son, but when he meets four abused and abandoned little girls, his faith and his mind both...  Read More >>

When the past won't stay buried, forgotten memories have a way of finding you. Sophia is in Scotland, finally...  Read More >>

The government told humanity to sleep through the crisis. Will Mercer refused. Now one of the last people left awake,...  Read More >>

Issue 23 of Stanchion features photographs by Stanchion editor-in-chief Jeff Bogle, and original poetry and prose...  Read More >>

Falling for your enemy is bad. Falling for the man you only call your enemy is worse. Reece Fox is a decade older...  Read More >>