Humorous Fiction

“A Man Called Ove” Author Returns with Funny and Deeply Moving Tale of Friendship

Best-selling author Frederik Backman’s latest novel, My Friends, is a heart-warming, heart-breaking gem that shines with wisdom, compassion and humor, illuminating the immeasurable power of friendship. In an unnamed seaside town in an unnamed country, where hope and aspiration come in short supply, an artist and his three friends save…

Anne Eliot FeldmanJune 13, 2025

Fiction

Mother-Daughter Skiing Champs Buried in Avalanche of Drama and Humor

Bluebird Day is an uplifting second novel by Megan Tady that deftly blends humor, romance and pathos. Tady’s debut work of fiction, Super Bloom, received an Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) Gold medal for Best Regional Fiction in the Northeast in 2023. In 2011, this successful writer, journalist, and editor…

Linda HitchcockJanuary 30, 2025

Fiction Miscellany

Debut Author Maggie Su Talks Identity, Insects, and the Evolution of “Blob”

“I’m interested in the kind of the strange and the weird — how to get at the reality of being human — in this kind of sideways way, because that’s kind of the way that I think about and experience the world.” Maggie Su, author of the upcoming speculative fiction…

Olivia WielandJanuary 23, 2025

Fiction Recommended

Literary Mystery Depicts Regret and Redemption in a World of Uncertainty

Can we ever make peace with our regrets? That is the question I asked myself while reading Tom Casey’s Unsettled States (Heresy Press), which begins with a raw portrait of familial fracture. Bradley’s visit to his mother, Eleanor, opens the door to a past steeped in warmth now shadowed by…

Monique SnymanDecember 17, 2024

Fiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Karaoke Showdown & Tourist Meltdowns: The Wild Side of Being Human

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either…

Blaine DesantisSeptember 13, 2023

Fiction Miscellany

Crying Through Summer Camp: Now a Heartwarming Story of Belonging

My first experience with a summer camp was one overnight in the woods with Girl Scout Troup 256. I was eight. I spent much time sobbing in the outhouse, my sleeping bag, and finding s’more sticks in the woods. Not a single terrible thing had happened, but I couldn’t stop…

Ann GarvinAugust 1, 2024

Fiction

Texas Lives, Breathes and Chuckles in Hilarious Novel “Here We Go Loop De Loop”

Every book has characters and a setting, but it’s a rare occurrence when you stumble upon a book in which the setting itself is a character. Here We Go Loop De Loop (Atmosphere) by William Jack Sibley is one of those special finds where a place comes alive on the…

Paige VigliaroloAugust 19, 2021

Author Spotlight Fiction

TV Talk Show Host Bill Boggs Tells on the Dogs of the Entertainment Industry … Literally

In a world filled with dog-centric tales, from classics like Lassie to modern tales of inspiration like Marley & Me, Bill Boggs adds another layer of fun with Spike Unleashed: The Wonder Dog Returns (Post Hill Press). Boggs brings keen observations, wit and a bit of social commentary to this…

BookTribSeptember 27, 2023

Fiction

Witty and Endearing Escapade in Armistead Maupin’s Final Tales of the City Novel

Written by the inimitable Armistead Maupin, Mona of the Manor is a refreshing romp in the Cotswolds, a tale of entrepreneurial ingenuity and a reunion followed by well-deserved retribution. It is the 10th and final installment of the author’s Tales of the City novels which began fifty years ago in…

Linda HitchcockMarch 18, 2024

Fiction Romance Romance - Featured

Can This College Grad Turn Her Drunken One-Night Stand Into True Love?

Oh, to be young again. I remember all too well that time when I was just graduating from college with the whole world lying open in front of me. Time spent with friends, the stress — and yet thrill — of looking for a job to start my “career” (whatever…

Barbara WilkovMarch 10, 2022

The Bulgarian Training Manual by Ruth Bonapace

Fiction Recommended

Heroine’s Satirical Self-Improvement Quest from Body-Building to Poetry

What do gluten-free communion wafers and arugula-eating snails have in common? Well, if you’re a bodybuilder, it turns out these are two powerhouse secrets to a ripped physique — along with other, shall we say, less conventional methods. Debut novelist Ruth Bonapace takes us through an epic workout of the…

Cynthia ConradJune 4, 2024

Fiction

Jennifer Belle Talks New Hilarious and Wildly Shocking Coming-of-Age, “Swanna in Love”

How could one resist a novel called Swanna In Love? As with Jennifer Belle’s previous books, Going Down, High Maintenance, Little Stalker and The Seven Year Bitch, her wit and unforgettable voice hook the reader at once. We are swept into fourteen-year-old Swanna Swain’s first-person narration in this latest tale.…

Susan Shapiro BarashApril 17, 2024

Fiction Recommended

Shadows of the Past Emerge in This Haunting Exploration of Life, Love & Family

Reference to the old Chinese superstition, “To dwell upon those who are no longer with us brings bad fortune … makes hungry the ghosts who have not departed, hungry for more than they have.” It’s not easy to not dwell upon the past when your wife has recently died, forcing…

Jim AlkonApril 17, 2023

The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

Romance

Christina Lauren Woos With Fake Dating and Inheritance Schemes in “The Paradise Problem”

New York Times bestselling besties and long-time writing partners, Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, also known as Christina Lauren, write novels that are not just romantic, relatable and funny, but also capture readers’ emotions long past the last chapter.Their previous novels, The Unhoneymooners, The True Love Experiment and The Soulmate Equation, among others,…

Aurora DominguezMay 14, 2024

Fiction

Alexander McCall Smith Brings You a Cabin-In-The-Woods Mystery Unlike Any Other

Alexander McCall Smith’s website welcomes readers with the following: "Find Happiness within the pages of an Alexander McCall Smith book". This is sound advice indeed! My recommendation is to have one or more of his books on your nightstand or loaded to your e-reader to soothe jangled nerves, calm stress,…

Linda HitchcockOctober 12, 2023

Fiction

Amateur Sleuths Race to Solve Old Friend’s Murder and Rescue Missing Package

“There’s nothing that makes you feel more alive than the certainty of death.” For those new to the Thursday Murder Club, welcome (Joyce would be thrilled with my manners). This gang of pensioners are the founders of the Thursday Murder Club at Coopers Chase retirement home, which meets each Thursday…

Lydia LefevreOctober 10, 2023

“A Man Called Ove” Author Returns with Funny and Deeply Moving Tale of Friendship

Debut Author Maggie Su Talks Identity, Insects, and the Evolution of “Blob”

Literary Mystery Depicts Regret and Redemption in a World of Uncertainty

Books & Looks Podcast: Karaoke Showdown & Tourist Meltdowns: The Wild Side of Being Human

Texas Lives, Breathes and Chuckles in Hilarious Novel “Here We Go Loop De Loop”

TV Talk Show Host Bill Boggs Tells on the Dogs of the Entertainment Industry … Literally

Can This College Grad Turn Her Drunken One-Night Stand Into True Love?

Heroine’s Satirical Self-Improvement Quest from Body-Building to Poetry

Shadows of the Past Emerge in This Haunting Exploration of Life, Love & Family

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