The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing

An Indian-American photographer returns home to New Mexico, to care for her ailing father and absolve sins and specters of the past. This pungently funny Discover Great New Writers selection squares a candid, observant lens on family ties.

The Trial of Thomas More

July 1: On this day in 1535 Sir Thomas More went on trial for refusing to swear an oath making Henry VIII head of the Church of England (and husband of whomever he pleased).

Lisa See

What unites the China Dolls author’s favorite books? “Resiliency of the human spirit.”