In Nina McConigley's debut novel, "How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder," she explores sisterhood, trauma and identity within the immigrant experience in the American West.

In this excerpt from "Like Snow Before Sun," new historical fiction from Marianne Rabalais Sulser, an Acadian father and daughter caught between English and French cultures navigate difficult times in 18th-century Nova Scotia.

In "Chaos in the Green Zone," author Tom Mowle, describes being plucked from his faculty job at the Air Force Academy and arriving overseas to witness the absurdity of U.S. intervention in the second Iraq war.

Lenore Mitchell's novel, "Wild Ride" introduces the protagonist who would create a refuge for wild horses, and an old friend who complicates matters.

In this excerpt from "A Well Too Full," Daniel Ginsberg's protagonist, Banty Connors, reintroduces herself to the cops she knows she can ill-afford to trust in the trilogy finale.

In "Blossoms on a Poisoned Sea," Mariko Tatsumoto's historical novel, a family afflicted with disease from mercury poisoning meets the public's mostly unsympathic gaze.

Author Meg Wingerter's sweeping novel "The Silence that Remains," begins with one woman's journey seeking information about a fraught family history in Stalin's Russia.

In the opening story of his collection "Hands," Pardeep Toor follows two young immigrant men from India as they struggle to navigate high school and its baffling cultural norms.

In this excerpt from "A Tree with My Name on It," Victress Hitchcock describes the tour of the ranch near the Wet Mountains that led her to cast doubt aside and "do something different."

Jacqueline St. Joan's memoir, "Your Verdict," recalls her sometimes controversial run as Denver County Court judge, as well as the younger years that shaped her.

In "Two Truths and a Lie," TV journalist Flynn Martin witnesses the trial and sentencing of the serial killer she pursued in the series first book. But the story isn't over.

Derek Lowstuter crafted "Fiddler on the Roof of Africa," his account of two years volunteering in Ethiopia, as part memoir, part love letter and part insider critique.

In Collin Irish's sci-fi fantasy, "Messenger," a lost competition sets protagonist Jay on course for a role that turns out to be more consequential than he thought.

Cynthia Swanson's short story collection, "This Isn't New: Women's Historical Stories," focuses on nine women, including characters from her previous work, across a century of challenges.

In "Roam," Hillary Rosner looks at how human structures can impede the migration that climate change has made essential to species' survival.

Aaron Simmons didn't set out to co-author a book with his late wife, Polly. But after composing her eulogy and finding her journals, he kept writing. The result was the memoir "widow- widower- widowest- ."

In Maria Jane's romance, "Perfect Office Pact," protagonist Mira Vasquez starts her job at a real estate firm and soon sees her boss in a heroic light.

Eugene Buchanan, author of "Yampa Yearnings," has explored waterways worldwide, but his heart floats on a river whose shifting characteristics always bring him home.

In "The December Dilemma," Jody Pritzl's look at Christmas postage, she takes readers behind the scenes to witness the intersection of art and politics.