Two former lovers encounter one another again years after a painful breakup while each is living complicated adult lives — including parenthood and professional pressures — and must navigate whether a revived connection can fit into their current responsibilities and identities.

A linked-memoir of personal essays in which the author recounts growing up Vietnamese American, arriving as a refugee, and navigating family, race, and literary ambitions.

Set in a recent historical past, the story focuses on a coal-merchant and shopkeeper whose ordinary routines are interrupted when he encounters evidence of suffering connected to a local institution.

A first-person memoir recounting the author's migration from El Salvador to the United States as a child. The narrative follows the physical and emotional journey, the dangers and practical hurdles of traveling undocumented, and the ongoing effects of displacement on family and identity.

An elite human soldier raised in an isolated outpost sets out believing Earth was destroyed by an external enemy; as she pursues vengeance, she discovers that the story she's been taught about Earth's fate is misleading and must decide what to do with that new truth.

A first-person memoir that follows the author's experience growing up as the child of an incarcerated parent and the personal consequences that unfolded in family life, identity, and adulthood. The book situates intimate recollection alongside social context to reckon with shame, longing, and the search for belonging.

A guarded hiker, Alexei Lebedev, sets out on the Pacific Crest Trail expecting solitude but repeatedly crosses paths with outgoing fellow hiker Ben Caravalho.

A compact memoir in essay form that traces the author's coming-of-age moments, friendships, and cultural touchstones while reflecting on identity and belonging.

Two adults in a contemporary urban setting become entangled with a dangerous werewolf presence that complicates their intimate relationship and daily lives.