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“The Reading List” Author Returns With Lush Story of Community Gardens and Found Family

Sara Nisha Adams’ debut novel The Reading List, was so utterly exquisite it caused this reviewer to wonder whether her second could measure up to what seemed an impossibly high bar. All doubts have been allayed as it too is an absolute gem. The Twilight Garden is beautifully written in…

Linda HitchcockMay 23, 2024

Fiction

36 Major Literary Voices, Edited by Atwood and Preston, Produce “Fourteen Days”

The iconic Margaret Atwood and American author Doug Preston have spearheaded a unique novel in which each of 36 noted authors of The Authors Guild contribute by each creating and writing about one character living in a Lower East Side apartment building in Manhattan telling stories on the rooftop one…

BookTribFebruary 6, 2024

Fiction Recommended

Hope & Brotherhood Amidst Poverty & Injustice in Gritty Urban Novel

From accomplished author, musician and modern-day Renaissance man Patrick Girondi, New City (Skyhorse) tells a compelling story of courage and resilience from a poverty-stricken neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. Reminiscent of John Steinbeck’s classic novel Of Mice and Men, this modern tale follows the misadventures of lifetime resident…

Michael FerryAugust 17, 2023

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Ellen Barker Takes Us to See a Community Divided by History and Prejudice in “East of Troost”

It’s the story of countless American cities. A harsh line severs the community, cutting Black residents off from more affluent white neighborhoods. Those who do venture across are at risk of being met with threats, violence and displacement. Whether the line was established during the segregation era or was quietly…

BookTribSeptember 6, 2022

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Let’s Talk About Sex, Ladies! New Romance Unlocks Secrets of Achieving the Big O

I know I did. I first saw this book on someone’s Facebook post. It came in a pretty pink box with a professional decal and an appropriate level of crinkle filler (which is always a lot). I was immediately drawn in. The book inside had an illustrated cover with bright…

Y. M. NelsonSeptember 27, 2021

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“The Reading List” Is Book Therapy for Lovers of Literature

"A quietly beautiful novel about the magic of books and the joy of human connection.” —Newsweek —∞— "A lovely story about how a love of reading can transport us to other worlds and also bring us together.” —Toronto Star —∞— Sara Nisha Adams’ debut The Reading List (William Morrow) is…

Linda HitchcockAugust 3, 2021

Fiction

Jhumpa Lahiri Gets Found in Translation in “Whereabouts”

A decade ago, Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri and her family became expats living in Rome, Italy, and during that time, she immersed herself in the unfamiliar culture, which included writing in Italian. For most people, stepping outside their comfort zone can be difficult, stressful and even painful. Lahiri, on…

Jodé MillmanApril 28, 2021

Fiction

Forgery, Felonies and the World of Fine Art Combine in This Exhilarating Thriller

In her newest thriller, Fake (Harper), author Erica Katz delves into the fine art world of priceless paintings, premier art galleries, felony fraud and a painter desperately trying to find her place. The Plot: Twenty-six-year-old Emma Caan learned from her professor at Yale that her paintings were unexceptional — technically superior…

K.L. RomoMarch 30, 2022

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AudioFile Spotlight: Interview with Romance Author Kennedy Ryan

Bestselling author and RITA Award-winning romance writer Kennedy Ryan shares the story of her new audiobook, Reel (Scribechick Media, LLC) the first in the Hollywood Renaissance series. Ryan worked with Lyric Audio to produce this historically inspired Black romance as an homage to the Black artists and entertainers whose stories…

Caitlin AugustaJune 30, 2021

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7 Books On What Comes After Happily Ever After … Falls Apart

Divorce is almost always messy. In marriage, two become one, but in its ugly stepsister, one becomes two. It’s an emotional chasm, the Mariana’s Trench of relationship deconstruction. Beyond the gut-wrenching, heartrending, cry-while-listening-to-Taylor Swift elements of the whole horrid affair (extra horrid if an affair is what broke up the…

Judy MorenoOctober 5, 2021

Hope & Brotherhood Amidst Poverty & Injustice in Gritty Urban Novel

Ellen Barker Takes Us to See a Community Divided by History and Prejudice in “East of Troost”

Let’s Talk About Sex, Ladies! New Romance Unlocks Secrets of Achieving the Big O

“The Reading List” Is Book Therapy for Lovers of Literature

Forgery, Felonies and the World of Fine Art Combine in This Exhilarating Thriller

AudioFile Spotlight: Interview with Romance Author Kennedy Ryan

7 Books On What Comes After Happily Ever After … Falls Apart

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