Author: Stephanie Spellers Genre: Religion; Christian Studies Rating: ★★★★☆ Church Tomorrow? by Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers (released in early December 2025) is a clear-eyed, research-forward look at what many churches keep whispering about and avoiding: the rise of the “Nones” and “Dones,” and the spiritual landscape Millennials and Gen Z are actually inhabiting. Spellers frames the…
Author: The Irish Jesuits Genre: Christian Devotional Rating: ★★★★★ Loyola Press’s Sacred Space is a gentle, year-long companion through Scripture, offering daily pauses that are rich in wisdom, quiet reflection, and spiritual steadiness. Its strength is the tone—inviting rather than demanding—making it easy to return to even on crowded days when attention feels thin. If…
Author: Tory Henwood Hoen Genre: Fiction Rating: ★★★★★ Tory Henwood Hoen’s Before I Forget is a gorgeous, tender novel about coming home—not just to a place, but to the truth of who you are. Cricket returns to her hometown carrying the weight of her past and the complicated relationships she left behind. As she reconnects with family and…
Author: Signe Pike Genre: Historical Fiction; Early Britain Rating: ★★★★★ Signe Pike’s The Shadowed Land continues her sweeping historical saga set in the mystical landscape of ancient Britain and Scotland, drawing from early legends surrounding figures who would later shape the Arthurian tradition. In this installment, Pike deepens the intertwined stories of Languoreth, her brother Lailoken (often linked…
Author: Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg Genre: Religion; Jewish studies Rating: ★★★★☆ Jonathan Wittenberg’s Listening for God in Torah and Creation offers a thoughtful series of short reflections on each weekly parashah of the Hebrew Torah, guiding readers through the full annual cycle of Torah readings. Drawing connections between the text of Scripture, the natural world, and the rhythms of…
Author: Abbi Waxman Genre: Fiction Rating: ★★★★★ Abbi Waxman’s Christa Comes Out of Her Shell follows Christa, a quiet marine researcher who has built a comfortable, solitary life studying ocean life—far removed from the family chaos she left behind. That carefully constructed world is disrupted when her father suddenly reappears after twenty-five years, forcing Christa to return home…
Author: Michelle Stimpson Genre: Fiction Rating: ★★★★★ This simple story of two sisters is packed with so much complexity. Michelle Stimpson has written a beautiful narrative of familial love. Rose is retired and ready to move on to another chapter of her life, but she needs the help of her sister Marvina and their mama’s secret…
Author: Sonali Dev Genre: Fiction Rating: ★★★★★ Sonali Dev’s Lies and Other Love Languages weaves romance and family drama into a richly layered story shaped by culture, loyalty, and long-buried truths. The novel follows a heroine whose life becomes complicated by secrets, misunderstandings, and the delicate ways families communicate love—sometimes honestly and sometimes through silence. As relationships unravel…
Author: Kristan Higgins Genre: Women’s Fiction Rating: ★★★★★ Kristan Higgins’s A Little Ray of Sunshine explores the ripple effects of adoption through the intertwined lives of the birth mother, the child, and the adoptive family. When Harlow returns to Cape Cod after years away, long-buried truths about the adoption she experienced as a teenager resurface, forcing multiple generations…
Author: Kristen Mei Chase Genre: Fiction Rating: ★★★★★ This novel is about Grace and her mama Loralynn, whose great dream is to travel to Graceland.When Grace needs a welcome escape from her life, she reluctantly agrees to take her mother on the trip. I’m up to chapter 8, and I have cried and laughed right along…
