Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) books

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

In the postwar suburbs of Baltimore, the brick apartments of Whispering Pines teem with stories—of longing, loss,...  Read More >>

""A tale that shows how many ways love can hurt and can heal."" -Dr. Jean Haskell, professor of Appalachian studies,...  Read More >>

Racism is still intense in the South. Can love overcome anything? Join the journey of Rachel and Darius to find...  Read More >>

Father. Son. Holy Spirit. Three faces of the divine, three sides of human nature, three tales of damnation and ecstasy....  Read More >>

A novel about a crucial year in the life of Jack Burke, an undergraduate at Rutgers University, during the tumultuous...  Read More >>

In a city built on control, one crystal could shatter everything. In the brutal depths of Degen City, a war rages...  Read More >>

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

In the isolated coastal town of Oakhaven, endless fog has covered the harbor and sea cliffs for years, leaving the...  Read More >>

He thought sobriety was his biggest battle. He was wrong. When his past collides with his present, a fragile new...  Read More >>

A Mayan hunter's encounter with a celestial probe sparks a cultural revolution. He must create a new language from...  Read More >>

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

After devastating losses, Bernice Barbier becomes dependent on a caregiver whose quiet routines slowly blur the...  Read More >>