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Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror of the Year, Volume 17 Delivers Terror at Its Finest

I have to admit, as a horror writer, editor and reader, these “best of” anthologies are like candy. Part of me wants to curl up on the couch and read such a lovely volume straight through, and another part wants to savor it, reading it story by story, taking a…

Gevera Bert PiedmontOctober 27, 2025

Nonfiction

The Heart of Bedford Falls Still Beats: Jimmy Hawkins Revisits “It’s a Wonderful Life”

Jimmy Hawkins is an actor, producer, philanthropist, former advisory board member of the Jimmy Stewart Museum, the Donna Reed Foundation and the It’s a Wonderful Life Museum in Seneca Falls, New York, as well as writer of several books about the 1946 film It’s a Wonderful Life. Playing adorable little…

Linda HitchcockOctober 22, 2025

Fiction

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

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

Miscellany

Kick-Ass Grandparents: Why Horror Needs More Elderly Heroes

Perception is everything. When we’re kids, we look at teenagers like they’re these wizened old ones who, often times, we aspire to be like, thinking that’s the epitome of being an adult. When we enter our twenties, most kids think of their parents as elderly — doddering old folks whose…

Philip FracassiOctober 17, 2025

Fiction

Boleyn Traitor: Reimagining Tudor Betrayal

Philippa Gregory, author of The Other Boleyn Girl, among many other historical fiction successes, returns to the Tudor court with her newest novel, Boleyn Traitor. Twenty-five years after the release of The Other Boleyn Girl, Gregory dives back into the minds of those sneaky Boleyn women who are so often…

Riley HarkerOctober 13, 2025

Fiction

Sarah Landenwich Weaves Music, Mystery, and Memory in “The Fire Concerto”

Author Sarah Landenwich has debuted with The Fire Concerto, an extraordinary work of fiction, filled with grace and eloquence revolving around the emotional lyricism of the 19th century Romantic music period. This Louisville, Kentucky resident trained as a classical pianist from an early age before becoming a writer and educator.…

Linda HitchcockOctober 6, 2025

Better Self

Unlock Your Career Potential with “The Business of You”

I am thrilled to have read this valuable book and hope you will pick up a copy, too! In The Business of You, authors Marnie Stockman and Nick Coniglio introduce us to a refreshing perspective when it comes to career opportunities through the eyes of Sydney, a young woman looking for…

Jennifer BlankfeinOctober 10, 2025

Nonfiction

“Eat, Pray, Love” Author’s Latest Memoir of Love and Loss Joins Oprah’s Book Club

All the Way to the River is a glorious, raw memoir that folds you into Elizabeth Gilbert’s journey of love, addiction, recovery and death. In this book, Gilbert takes us inside her relationship with Reyya Elias, her best friend, lover and wife. We travel with her all the way to…

LA BourgeoisOctober 8, 2025

Fiction

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

Young Adult

Embrace the Holiday Spirit in Vibrant Return to the World of “Belladonna”

*Contains spoilers for the Belladonna Trilogy* Adalyn Grace has done it again! Following on the heels of the success of the Belladonna trilogy, Grace returns to the lush setting of Wisteria Gardens, decked out in the magic of the holidays, with Holly, a holiday novella that takes place following the…

Kiersten BjorkOctober 7, 2025

Fiction

When War, Love and Oppression Collide: The Haunting Power of “Alchemised”

Alchemised by SenLinYu is a grim, tragic, bordering on horror, gothic fantasy. Even though it comes with a long list of trigger warnings, within its darkness lies one of the most breathtaking and beautiful stories I've ever read. This book doesn't just tug at your emotions; it absolutely consumes them,…

Kelsey HallSeptember 30, 2025

Thrillers

Ann Cleeves Talks the Return of Fan Favorite Detective Jimmy Perez in “The Killing Stones”

In The Killing Stones, bestselling crime novelist Ann Cleeves heralds in the return of a fan favorite, Detective Jimmy Perez of the Shetland Series. Jimmy and his partner, Willow, have relocated from the Shetland Islands to Orkney, near where he grew up in Fair Isle, Scotland. Surrounded by his…

Jodé MillmanSeptember 30, 2025

Romance

Love, Laughter and a Nanny Who Breaks the Rules in Amy Daws’ “Last on the List”

You’re probably thinking you’ve had enough of the single-dad and nanny trope — that it’s outdated, cliché and predictable. But hold your horses, because Amy Daws flips the script in Last on the List, giving us a story that is refreshing, modern and still filled with love. When the Nanny…

Pejuola RansomeOctober 3, 2025

Thrillers

Murder Surfaces Where the Thames Runs Dark

English author Simon Toyne is not as well known on this side of the pond but deserves the full attention of any reader who devours taut, puzzling, edge-of-your-seat thrillers with complex plots. His recently published novel The Black Highway with the alternative title Dead Water is the third in a…

Linda HitchcockOctober 3, 2025

Fiction

Get Ready for a Tarot Map of Trauma, Power and Reclaimed Lineage

Every anthology has to choose its organizing principle, but few feel as alive as the one guiding Coven of the East: Reimagining Asian Women’s Magical Histories. Editors Angela Yuriko Smith and Pauline Chow map the 22 entries against the 22 Major Arcana of the Rider–Waite–Smith tarot. It’s a clever structure,…

Monique SnymanSeptember 29, 2025

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