This nonfiction work surveys evidence for complex learning, problem-solving, and memory in birds by following field observations and laboratory studies across species.

A young woman from a Chinese-Malaysian community becomes involved in a ghost marriage ritual that asks her to negotiate between family expectations and a claim from the otherworld.

Set in late-19th-century New York, the story follows two supernatural outsiders—a golem created in Europe and a jinni liberated at sea—each stranded in a city they do not understand. Both must learn to hide their natures, adopt human customs, and find ways to meet emotional needs that differ from those around them.

Set in the violent 1850s, the novel follows Henry Shackleford, a young enslaved boy who becomes involved with abolitionist John Brown.

A married couple moves into a house where ordinary domestic life is disrupted by persistent, unsettling occurrences. The book narrows on their relationship and the mounting psychological pressure of unexplained events, asking whether the threat is supernatural, psychological, or a collapse of trust between partners.

A young woman with a disputed claim to a ruling house is summoned to the capital to contend for a throne and to answer dangerous questions about her lineage.

A fictional reimagining of a doomed overland expedition in the 19th-century American West that places characters under escalating scarcity and suspicion.

An investigative nonfiction account tracing the life of Henrietta Lacks and the origin of the HeLa cell line, focusing on how her cells were taken, used in scientific research, and the ethical, racial, and personal consequences for her family.

A detailed biography of Alexander von Humboldt that follows his formative years, major expeditions—especially in Latin America—and his intellectual effort to present nature as an interconnected system.