The Animorphs series refused to shy away from the most heartbreaking and emotionally complex parts of reality.

Justin Ariel Bailey’s newest book takes a look at Christian cultural engagement and finds it wanting. By Alex Sosler

Moment by Moment, Day by Day Sally Thomas’s debut novel lovingly shows the small mercies that lead to our constant rebirth.Review by Aarik Danielsen In our human weakness, we cross thresholds,…

Louise Glück's first published work of fiction explores truth, reality, and inner life through the eyes of infant twins

An attempt to describe what makes a horror novel scary, and why this one is not.

The Bear shows us that we give love the best ways we know how—even if others can’t always feel love the way we express it.

James K. A. Smith unpacks the lost art of spiritual timekeeping and the subtle consequences of living a “nowhen” life.

The newest novel from climate-conscious novelist Charlotte McConaghy imagines what reintroducing the gray wolf to the Scottish Highlands would really look like on the ground.

Eugene Vodolazkin’s latest novel explores what it means to live in the face of certain death—which is to say, what it means to be human.

The album review that follows was delivered in a plain manila envelope to Fare Forward’s unlisted P.O. box. It has been edited for clarity by Drea Jenkins.