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Fiction

Brigands, Breadknives and the Beauty of Getting Out There

In Travis Baldree’s new novel, Brigands & Breadknives, we take a little step to the left and join Fern, the rattkin bookshop owner from Bookshops & Bonedust, on an accidental (or was it?) adventure. Brigands & Breadknives is the third book in Baldree’s series that began with Legends & Lattes.…

LA BourgeoisNovember 14, 2025

The Queen of Bohemia Returns to the Page

Zoe Anderson Norris hid in plain sight for well over a century but now she is back on the scene! A prolific writer and social activist, Zoe (rhymes with “no”) moved to New York City in 1898. Alternately chagrined and captivated by urban life, she remained haunted by her dark…

Claudia KeenanNovember 13, 2025

Fiction

Acclaimed Poet and “Inverno” Author Cynthia Zarin Talks Truth and Art in New Novel, “Estate”

In her mesmerizing new novel Estate, poet and essayist Cynthia Zarin returns to the interior landscape she began charting in Inverno. Where Inverno was wintry and suspended in time, Estate unfolds like the heat of summer — a mirror image that captures the feverishness of love and the difficulty of…

BookTribNovember 6, 2025

When Your Neighbor Might Be a Murderer… or Your Next Great Love

Wary, Jaded and ... Falling in Love? Would you date a neighbor that looks suspiciously like a murderer (even if you were attracted to him)? That’s the question on Zona’s mind in The Man Next Door by Sheila Roberts. While this novel looks to be more cozy mystery than romance…

Kelsey HallNovember 6, 2025

Nonfiction

A Clear-Eyed, Big-Hearted Memoir About Grief, Grit and the Places That Hold Us

Chris Smith’s My Mountains is a powerful memoir about family, faith, and resilience. Through breathtaking highs and heartbreaking lows, it reveals the strength of love and the quiet beauty of healing in the wake of loss.

BookTribNovember 6, 2025

Alexander McCall Smith’s New Mystery Romp in No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Series

In the Time of Five Pumpkins is the 26th book in the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series, which began in 1998. Sir Alexander McCall Smith has mentioned in filmed talks and emailed letters to his legion of faithful readers that he typically revisits these dear friends in Botswana in mid-January.…

Linda HitchcockNovember 7, 2025

Return To The Rich, Sultry World Of Vampires In Tigest Girma’s Eternal Ruin

*Contains spoilers for Immortal Dark* Hot on the heels of the acclaimed release of Immortal Dark, Tigest Girma returns to the seductive world of Uxlay University in Eternal Ruin. The final chapters of Immortal Dark had readers desperate for the next installment in the story of Kidan and Susenyos, and…

Kiersten BjorkNovember 4, 2025

Nonfiction

David McCullough’s Final Reflections

History Matters is a posthumous collection of essays and speeches written by renowned and revered historian and biographer David McCullough (1933-2022). Edited by his daughter Dorie McCullough Lawson and long-time researcher Michael Hill, most entries are previously unpublished. Shortly after the 1992 publication of Truman, Dorie began working with Victoria…

Linda HitchcockOctober 31, 2025

Rising, Resilience and Resistance in the World of Black-Owned Bookstores

America’s first Black-owned bookstore belonged to a fervent abolitionist, David Ruggles. From the start, he encountered racial harassment that would plague Black bookstore owners through the next century and beyond. The ordeal of Ruggles, who opened his shop in 1834 on Lispenard Street in lower Manhattan, is where journalist Char…

Claudia KeenanNovember 3, 2025

Fiction Romance

Jaclyn Westlake’s Latest Is a Heartfelt Fresh Start

Jaclyn Westlake charmed a wide audience and garnered well-deserved stellar reviews last year for her debut novel, Dear Dotty, about a young woman who is adrift after losing her beloved great-aunt and her job in the same week. Lucky Break, her second romantic comedy, continues in a similar vein with…

Linda HitchcockOctober 28, 2025

Thrillers

Dan Brown’s Latest Sends Robert Langdon Racing Through Science, Secrets and the Human Mind

Robert Langdon returns in Dan Brown’s The Secret of Secrets, and this time the world’s favorite symbologist is facing one of his most personal and mind-bending adventures yet. When his partner, renowned noetic scientist Katherine Solomon, vanishes in Prague along with her groundbreaking manuscript, Langdon is thrust into a race…

Lydia LefevreOctober 30, 2025

Thrillers

“The Black Wolf” Remains on the Prowl in the Latest Gamache Mystery

Once again, bestselling author Louise Penny propels Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec on a hunt that threatens his life, his loved ones and his community in The Black Wolf, the sequel to her bestseller, The Grey Wolf. The Wolves Within: A Battle Between Good and Evil…

Jodé MillmanOctober 28, 2025

The Thursday Murder Club Returns with Mayhem and Cryptocurrency

The gang from Coopers Chase retirement home is back! The spunky octogenarians who comprise Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club return with their fourth witty and charming installment in The Impossible Fortune. This time, Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim are all a-titter as Joyce’s workaholic, 40-something daughter Joanna is finally…

Jodé MillmanOctober 7, 2025

Romance

Clocks, Chaos and Chemistry: A Victorian Fantasy You’ll Devour

“Her supernatural skills can’t compete with the power of love.” Mary Poppins meets Bridgerton in The Nanny’s Handbook for Magic and Managing Difficult Dukes by Amy Rose Bennett. I absolutely adore both those titles, so I knew I’d immediately fall in love with this. The story follows Emmeline Chase, a…

Cemile AtarOctober 2, 2025

Romance

Meghan Quinn’s Latest Rom-Com Brings “Home Alone” Hijinks and Holiday Heat

Reading Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal felt like having the Christmas spirit injected into my veins. Meghan Quinn brought her A game when writing this, her second Christmas romance taking place in the picturesque setting of Kringletown, Colorado. The first novel in these interconnected standalones, How My Neighbor Stole Christmas,…

Kristin KeatonOctober 17, 2025

Romance

Hotels, Devils and Keys to Unlock Secrets

Stephanie Garber is one of my auto-buy authors of all time, so I was on my toes jumping with excitement when I received a copy of Alchemy of Secrets. It was one of my most anticipated book releases of the year due to my need to read another Garber book…

Cemile AtarOctober 21, 2025

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