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Casey McQuiston’s Queer Rom-Com “One Last Stop” Takes a Time-Traveling Twist

New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue, Casey McQuiston, presents her reader with a classic problem in One Last Stop (St. Martin’s Press): How to properly savor such a well-written and compelling story, instead of voraciously devouring it. Fair warning, this novel will have you meeting…

Madison HillJune 2, 2021

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Grandmother’s Resurfacing Spurs Woman’s Quest to Find Family Lost in WWII Latvia

Daughters of the Occupation (HarperCollins) by Shelly Sanders is one of the most authentic and profound works of historical fiction I have ever read about World War II and the Holocaust. It is inspired by true events that provide a powerful lesson and a compellingly uplifting story of a fictional…

Linda HitchcockMay 26, 2022

Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

ITW Spotlight: Maureen Johnson’s Sardonic Sleuth Is Back!

When the last novel in New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson’s Truly Devious trilogy hit shelves in 2019, fans despaired that this would mean the end of intrepid student detective Stevie Bell — the final book in the series had not only wrapped up the case, but also the school year.…

Dawn IusJune 30, 2021

Book Club Network Fiction

Mixed Heritage and Midlife Transitions Amplify a Woman’s Perseverance in Onuzo’s “Sankofa”

There is a mythical bird called the Sankofa. It flies forward with its head facing back. It’s a poetic image, but it cannot work in real life. Celebrated novelist Chibundu Onuzo takes readers on a journey from London to West Africa in Sankofa (Catapult), the story of a Black woman…

Michael FerryOctober 5, 2021

Fiction

‘Yonkers Yonkers!’: Patricia Vaccarino’s New Book Explores Racial Tensions and Friendship during Woodstock

Author and PR specialist Patricia Vaccarino's new book, YONKERS Yonkers! A Story of Race and Redemption, is an enriching and beautiful narrative of friendship, breaking social boundaries, and music. In the time of Woodstock, the Vietnam War, the Rolling Stones and more, YONKERS Yonkers! looks at social and racial conventions of a tumultuous and…

BookTribJanuary 24, 2018

Fiction Listicles Listicles - Featured

Disappeared But Not Forgotten: 6 Novels Touched by Argentina’s Dirty War

I first learned of Argentina's Dirty War in college. My minor advisor was teaching a Latin American History course and was enthusiastic about having an English major/Gender Studies minor infiltrate the ranks of students who haunted the History department. There’s something to said for perspective and for context, I suppose,…

Chelsea CicconeFebruary 17, 2022

Fiction Romance Romance - Featured

“Sugar and Salt” Balances Sweet Romance and a Traumatic Past

Sugar and Salt (William Morrow) is a beautifully written story that, like its title, is equal parts sweet and poignant. Susan Wiggs doesn't shy away from difficult topics, but masterfully balances them with themes of hope and resilience. Wiggs’ portrayal of San Francisco feels so authentic that one might find…

Annalise HerrmannJuly 27, 2022

Nonfiction Save the World

Free Love and a Food Revolution in the U.S. Diet

We’re all just a bunch of easygoing hippies--at least where are stomachs are concerned. Skeptical? Jonathan Kauffman, IACP and James Beard Award-winning food writer, unpacks the impact of this colorful group of people on our current diet in his book Hippie Food: How Back-to-the-Landers, Longhairs, and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We…

Rebecca ProulxJanuary 23, 2019

Nonfiction

‘Laura Meets Jeffrey’: An X-Rated ‘Literary’ Love Story

Anka Radakovich in “British GQ”: “Laura Meets Jeffrey" is a fascinating nonfiction "erotic memoir." Jeffrey Michelson chronicles the wildest, most intense sexual scene in New York City's history. This book is raunchy, dirty and disgusting. I couldn't put it down." Norman Mailer from his foreword: “Objective, funny, salacious, and perversely—dare I…

Joanna PoncavageFebruary 19, 2018

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Old Crime Noir Tropes Get New Life in Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s “Velvet Was the Night”

"A stylish, hard-boiled novel painted in shades of gray with a whole lot of heart." — Steph Cha, author of Your House Will Pay —∞— It’s 1970s Mexico City, and civil unrest creates a dangerous backdrop for our unsuspecting, fantasy-minded protagonist, Maite. Working days as a bored secretary and nights deeply…

Emma LongAugust 17, 2021

Fiction

Coming of Age with a Father Stuck in the Past

What is it like for a girl to grow up with a dad who is old enough to be her grandfather? Lissa Power is finding out first-hand in the mid-twentieth century. She’s close with her father from the beginning, but when she loses her mother at a young age, she…

Paige VigliaroloJune 7, 2019

Fiction

Impact On Countries & Time: Joan Silber’s “Improvement”

Connecting 1970s Turkey and New York today, 72-year-old author Joan Silber, winner of the 2018 Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction, weaves a tapestry of interpersonal connections and shows how relationships bind us together and decisions have widespread impact across countries and over time in her latest novel, Improvement (Amazon Digital Services). Reyna…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 6, 2018

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David Swinson Channels His Own Childhood Abroad in Thriller “City on the Edge”

Former DC detective turned crime-writer David Swinson departs from his previous novels with City on the Edge, but he brings a wealth of intimate knowledge about "the Paris of the Middle East" — aka Beirut, Lebanon — to this international thriller. "I've been wanting to write for a long time," said…

BookTribMay 24, 2021

Fiction Listicles Listicles - Featured

5 Intriguing and Powerful Historical Fiction Novels of Women Pushing Back

It’s difficult for anyone to avoid the world’s expectations. We’re indoctrinated with so many of them and from such an early age, like that pallette of pink and blue with which society paints itself. So, what happens when we decide we’d like to circumvent these expectations? Try painting with a…

BookTribJune 7, 2021

Casey McQuiston’s Queer Rom-Com “One Last Stop” Takes a Time-Traveling Twist

Grandmother’s Resurfacing Spurs Woman’s Quest to Find Family Lost in WWII Latvia

ITW Spotlight: Maureen Johnson’s Sardonic Sleuth Is Back!

Mixed Heritage and Midlife Transitions Amplify a Woman’s Perseverance in Onuzo’s “Sankofa”

‘Yonkers Yonkers!’: Patricia Vaccarino’s New Book Explores Racial Tensions and Friendship during Woodstock

Disappeared But Not Forgotten: 6 Novels Touched by Argentina’s Dirty War

“Sugar and Salt” Balances Sweet Romance and a Traumatic Past

Free Love and a Food Revolution in the U.S. Diet

‘Laura Meets Jeffrey’: An X-Rated ‘Literary’ Love Story

Old Crime Noir Tropes Get New Life in Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s “Velvet Was the Night”

Coming of Age with a Father Stuck in the Past

Impact On Countries & Time: Joan Silber’s “Improvement”

David Swinson Channels His Own Childhood Abroad in Thriller “City on the Edge”

5 Intriguing and Powerful Historical Fiction Novels of Women Pushing Back

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