Newer Testaments by Philip Brunetti is a fascinating book that is unique in many ways. First, the reader is pulled in by a voice that speaks of many things in so little time and few words, much like the feeling one gets from reading Friedrich...

Nermina’s Chance by Dina Greenberg is the harrowing and sometimes heart-breaking story of Nermina Beganovic as she struggles to recover from losing everything she has. A victim of war crimes during the Balkan War and forced to flee her country, Nermina settles in Portland, Oregon....

News of the Day: Adventures of a Wildly Cantankerous Veteran Newsroom Saving Dying Newspapers by Peter Kelton is a satirical and perceptive look at the state of media today, especially the printed word, through the daily newspapers. When it is announced that yet another hedge...

No Birds Sing Here by Daniel V. Meier Jr. is the story of a road trip taken by Beckman and a lady he meets by the name of Malany. Both are running from a life they no longer want to lead, and both are frustrated...

In Not My Dog by Gregg Norman, Del Grainger is searching for a place to belong. His disturbing dreams and the death of his friend have had a profound effect on his outlook on life. Del and his partner Ivy have moved to a small...

Nineteen Hundred Days by Florence Osmund is, at its core, a coming-of-age story but with a more unusual storyline than most. Ben is twelve years old and his sister Lucy is just six when their father and mother fail to return home one day. The...

Gloria Zachgo's historical novel Never Waste Tears is the story of five young people who settle on the Kansas prairies after the Civil War. The five characters, Nathan, Rebecca, Carl, Hannah, and Sarah, are the narrators. The title Never Waste Tears comes from the story...

Not Yet A Woman by W. C. Child is the story of a woman who has been fighting to find happiness all her life while finding herself and realizing that all she needed to be happy was to believe in herself. Eva’s life has been...

Frances Maureen Richardson’s novel Not All of Me is Dust tells the inspiring story of three siblings, Stephen, Kathleen, and Clare Engle. Although their lives were not happy after their mother’s untimely death, none of them gave up. Stephen became a Jesuit and then decided...

From the moment I started reading Barbara Thompson’s No More Blood: Epilogue on the Life of Truman Capote & In Cold Blood, I realized this is one of those books confirming that good literature is still possible nowadays. Set in 1959 and in 1984, No...