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Grief, Portals and the Power of Belief in Megan Giddings’ Latest Novel

Every reader needs a unique novel full of faith, love and forgiveness, and woven together with sci-fi elements. Megan Giddings has achieved a one-of-a-kind, adventurous yet thought-provoking and immersive experience in Meet Me at the Crossroads. The story follows inseparable twin sisters Ayanna and Olivia, who are forced to live…

Ashley IveyJune 19, 2025

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8 Books That Prove Daddy Issues Make Great Literature

We all have baggage — but some of us have a full matching set labeled Dad. Whether he was absent, overbearing or just emotionally unavailable, the father figure looms large in literature. These eight books dive headfirst into the complicated, messy, sometimes tender, but often painful relationships we have with…

Kelsey HallJune 12, 2025

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Russian Family History Comes to Life in Rich Historical Novel

When Stanislas M. Yassukovich set out to uncover the fate of his long-lost aunt, he unearthed something far greater — a stunning true story of survival, identity, and family lost to revolution. A Family of the Old Russian Empire is a heartfelt journey across continents and decades, proving that even…

BookTribJune 18, 2025

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

Latest from Ocean Vuong Is a Heartfelt Story of Chosen Family and Friendship

An adolescent, sometimes-addict, sometimes-liar by the name of Hai grapples with the weight of what life is and what it should be in small town East Gladness, Connecticut, in Ocean Vuong’s latest novel: The Emperor of Gladness. Vuong’s sophomore novel is a nod to the lives and experiences the writer…

Olivia WielandMay 26, 2025

Fiction

Family and Fame Collide within the Glitz and Chaos of 2000s Pop Stardom

Eclectic readers who prefer not to pigeonhole authors into strictly designated genre types have wholeheartedly embraced New York Times #1 best-selling author Jennifer Weiner. She burst into publication in 2002 with two books: Good in Bed and In Her Shoes, launching a trilogy about a zaftig heroine named Cannie Shapiro.…

Linda HitchcockMay 29, 2025

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Dickensian Adventure of Mystery and Heart Pays Homage to “Oliver Twist”

The Dying Art of Life by shoeless is a warm and engaging historical novel that immerses readers in a cross-genre experience — part character-driven drama, part subtle mystery, with a dash of adventurous flair. Set in a richly drawn Victorian London, the story pays loving homage to Charles Dickens while…

BookTribJune 2, 2025

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Book Locales That Draw You In and Make You Feel at Home

Where do you like to go in a story? Travel has been as much a part of my life as reading. When I wasn’t travelling, I was drawn to stories that took me to places and immersed me through wonderful narratives. They were stories set in richly descriptive locations that…

Patricia SandsMay 16, 2025

Fiction

Grief, Ghosts and Good Food in Genre-Busting Debut, “Aftertaste”

What would you do if you could have one last meal with a loved one who passed away? This is the situation Konstantin Duhovny, also known as Kostya, finds himself in in Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle, a genre-bending novel that’s not your typical ghost story. The story unfolds as Kostya,…

Ashley IveyMay 21, 2025

Fiction

Mary Alice Monroe Explores Love, Sacrifice and Grit in Sweeping Southern Epic

Mary Alice Monroe’s latest novel, Where the Rivers Merge, is a gorgeous read, one of those historical novels that sweeps you up into a time and a place so real and lush you feel you’re there, with a compelling storyline to make you stay. This captivating multigenerational saga of a…

Anne Eliot FeldmanMay 16, 2025

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9 Novels of Twisted Memory, Blurred Reality and Staggering Unease

In a time when so much storytelling chases urgency — fast plots, clean resolutions, loud emotion — there’s something quietly radical about a novel that lingers. These nine books aren’t built to entertain in the traditional sense. They’re built to stay with you. What they offer instead is something more…

Katie BloomerMay 16, 2025

Fiction

Mary Morris Weaves Poignant Mother-Daughter Mystery in “The Red House”

How well do we really know the people we love? Can uncovering the secrets of the past finally bring healing, or will it cause more chaos in the present? In The Red House, award-winning author Mary Morris crafts a haunting and thought-provoking historical mystery that explores these very questions. Set…

Natalia KavaleMay 13, 2025

Fiction

Kevin Wilson Returns with Wild and Touching Family Road Trip in “Run for the Hills”

Kevin Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to See Here, crafts a captivating literary fiction/family drama, Run for the Hills, about a bunch of half-siblings who go on a cross-country trip, in a PT Cruiser, to search for their estranged father. Thirty-two-year-old Madeline Hill (Mad) has spent most…

Natalia KavaleMay 12, 2025

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11 Cures for Your Season Three White Lotus Hangover

Did you become far too invested in The White Lotus Season Three for it to only be eight episodes? Have you scrolled through every Tweet, TikTok carousel and Instagram comment about the finale and still aren’t satisfied? Are you dreaming of a vacation where the conversation poolside is seeping with…

BookTribApril 6, 2025

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Craving More Sally Rooney? You’ll Love These 6 Rooney-Esque Books

I, like so many others, have constantly chased the high I feel when reading books by bestselling author Sally Rooney. She has a way of making the most mundane subject matter fill you with such emotion as each book portrays the spectrum of human connection and interpersonal relationships. The same…

Kelsey HallSeptember 24, 2024

Fiction

Page Getz Delivers Frank Capra for the 21st Century in Goodnight, Kansas

Can a fish-out-of-water save a polluted lake — and an entire community? Given their long gestation time, it’s stunning how some novels feel preordained to speak to the moment in which they’re published. A Town with Half the Lights On by Page Getz truly is one such book. Which is…

JeriAnn GellerApril 17, 2025

8 Books That Prove Daddy Issues Make Great Literature

Russian Family History Comes to Life in Rich Historical Novel

Dickensian Adventure of Mystery and Heart Pays Homage to “Oliver Twist”

Book Locales That Draw You In and Make You Feel at Home

9 Novels of Twisted Memory, Blurred Reality and Staggering Unease

11 Cures for Your Season Three White Lotus Hangover

Craving More Sally Rooney? You’ll Love These 6 Rooney-Esque Books

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