staff picks

The Martian by Andy Weir This book is a remarkable work of future-fiction, in that it requires few if any advances in science beyond things currently on the drawing board. […]

Murder at the Brightwell by Ashley Weaver Wealthy, young Amory Ames seems like she’s living a charmed life, but the fact is that Milo, her playboy husband spends most of […]

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Clara Bowen’s life came to a halt when her mother left her with a father she had never met before. Clara also did not know that her […]

A Call to Duty [Book One of the Manticore Ascendant series] by David Weber and Timothy Zahn Weber is a master of military science fiction, and is best known for his Honor Harrington […]

The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived by Allan Lazar, Dan Karlen, and Jeremy Salter The authors present the 101 fictional characters that have had the most influence on […]

The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith Enough was written about The Cuckoo’s Calling, the first volume in this series, and how it was J. K. Rowling experimenting with writing fiction totally […]

The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible by Charles Eisenstein Charles Eisenstein is hard to define as an author. The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible (2013) is […]

The Land of Dreams by Vidar Sundstøl The Land of Dreams is an engaging mystery set in the Lake Superior area of Minnesota. The story involves a U.S. Forest Service police […]

Blood Song by Anthony Ryan Vaelin Al Sorna is only ten years old when his father leaves him with the Sixth Order, a brotherhood of warriors sworn to protect the […]

Staff Review: Warm Bodies

Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion R misses many things, but the thing his misses the most is his own name. After being transformed into a zombie, the hustle and bustle […]