The Shampoo Effect delivers exactly the kind of warm, breezy atmosphere that makes you want to pack a bag and head for the coast.
Pejuola RansomeJune 30, 2026
Girl begins to hate job. Girl quits job. Girl goes to college for the experience and degree she never had. Girl matches wits with professor. Girl and professor… might… like… each other? Though this is an extremely simplified summary of Extracurricular by Rachel Lynn Solomon, if you’re interested in forbidden…
Krysti OstermeyerJuly 14, 2026
There's a moment early in Icefall where an Alaska state trooper pulls open the door of a stranded Amazon delivery van and finds the driver catatonic, frozen in place with Sinatra still playing softly on the radio. It's a small, eerie image, and it tells you everything about what this…
BookTribJuly 14, 2026
Andrew Forrester has made a fine impression with his debut novel, How the Story Goes, a charming, upbeat literary romance set in the small fictional town of Whelk Harbor, Massachusetts.
Linda HitchcockJuly 1, 2026
Alessandra Ranelli has written a most unusual locked-room mystery that succeeds in titillating and amusing the reader and possibly even enticing confirmed armchair travelers to book a flight for an exploration of old Vienna, although perhaps booking a more conventional hotel.
Linda HitchcockJuly 6, 2026
The Wish carries the tagline “some stories live forever” and this first contemporary novel by author Heather Morris is certain to live on in its readers’ hearts. She is well known for her impeccably researched uplifting works of historical fiction based on real events including critically acclaimed The Tattooist of…
Linda HitchcockJune 29, 2026
Kristin Casey's Casey Dancer takes on subject matter most memoirists would soften or sanitize: a return to stripping at thirty-nine after a stalled real estate career, a decade of dating in sobriety and an eventual pivot into professional companionship work. Casey refuses to flinch from any of it.
BookTribJuly 6, 2026
What if the justice system didn't stop at prison? What if it prevented crimes before they happened, asked offenders to experience the pain they'd caused, or sought healing instead of punishment? These six works of crime fiction take familiar questions about crime and accountability in strikingly different directions. Some embrace…
BookTribJune 29, 2026
In V. A. Vazquez’s The Death Row Club, Nicola Fischer is a lower school art teacher, broke, jobless, and besieged by the press now that her father has been unmasked as the Ellicott Creek Ripper, and she herself has been accused of unwittingly luring girls into his car.
Neil NyrenJune 26, 2026
In her newest book, I Eat the Stars, Sarah Wilson aims to help us find a light through all of the darkness.
Riley HarkerJune 24, 2026
If you want to read a prolifically written romance novel with extremely quotable male main characters set all over Ireland, wondering, “Will they?" Or won’t they? And quite possibly sleep through your alarm clock because you’ve stayed up too late reading (again!), you should absolutely visit your nearest bookstore and…
Krysti OstermeyerJune 22, 2026
Through The Story Eaters of Yamm, critically acclaimed author Kevin Hincker brings to life a bizarre, laugh-out-loud and chaotic science fiction tale about a group of struggling science fiction writers tasked with crafting a hostile alien invasion story on Earth.
Natalia KavaleJune 23, 2026
Uzma Jalaluddin’s amateur sleuth Detective Aunty Kausar Khan returns to solve crimes in Moonlight Murder.
Linda HitchcockJune 19, 2026
This is the role of women in fairy tales. We’re not always the princess. We’re not always the witch. These are just labels or costumes, because what’s underneath is always the same, we are the ones who carry the tales through the dark, intact, even as we slowly fall apart,…
Cynthia PelayoJune 17, 2026
Why? Recently, I was asked by a friend for professional advice; I loathe giving business advice. Don’t get me wrong, I am honored when someone thinks I can add value, but I don’t enjoy talking about business. My career would suggest I am well-versed in various business topics; I have…
Michael WestJune 17, 2026
Some books announce themselves loudly. Others wait to be found. This month’s Indie Discovery List is devoted to hidden indie gems — books that may not yet be on every reader’s radar, but deserve a closer look. Across thrillers, historical fiction, women’s fiction, business, self-help and spirituality, these stories and…
BookTribJune 18, 2026