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Fiction

Live from New York, It’s a Cold Case: “The Midnight Show” Blends Comedy and Mystery

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

Jenni L. WalshApril 15, 2026

Fiction Listicles

How True Is Your Family History?

Every family has stories — the ones they tell over holiday dinners and on road trips, the ones grandparents passed down to their littles, the ones couples who are getting serious reveal to each other. And yes, certainly, some of those stories are true. But families repeat the stories they…

Hank Phillippi RyanApril 1, 2026

Popular Romance

The True Second Chance Romance: Divorced Characters in Romance Novels

Who does the HEA, or happy ever after, in romance novels pertain to? Is it simply for the young and carefree single person, the character who appears on the page with their hearts wide open and ready for love? Or, can it also be for the late-in-life character, who had…

Tif MarceloFebruary 16, 2026

Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: Capturing a Time, an Emotion, and Your Attention

There’s so much to love about a novel that gives us insight into what it was like to be a woman during a certain time in history. Even better if that time was pivotal, unforgettable and hovering on the brink of seismic shifts that will leave the world forever changed.…

Jessica StrawserJuly 22, 2021

Fiction Listicles

Nine Novels That Will Take You on a Trip Around the World

Road trips are full of fun, adventure and lasting memories. After over a year of being stranded by the pandemic, many of us are anxious to dust off our traveling boots and head … anywhere. While you’re waiting out the restrictions and making your wish lists, what better way to…

Heather WebbJuly 8, 2021

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The Power of Stories About the Wrongly Accused

I’ve been reading crime fiction and true crime since adolescence, like many readers, maybe especially women. But until last year, I’d never written a crime novel. The Birdwatcher is about the trial of a very unusual young woman accused of a very unusual double murder, and about a lifelong friendship…

Jacquelyn MitchardFebruary 2, 2026

Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: Two Very Different Cultures Find Common Ground in the Freedom of Music

In such a crowded market, it’s difficult to find new approaches and new stories, but Weina Dai Randel manages to do just this in her sweeping saga The Last Rose of Shanghai (Lake Union). There have been few stories about the Jewish pogrom as well as the oppression of the…

Aimie K. RunyanNovember 11, 2021

Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: “Yellow Wife” Is a Powerful and Immersive Historical Novel

“Johnson achieves a powerful, unflinching account of determination in the face of oppression.” — Publishers Weekly —∞— One of the very best parts of being a writer is getting a glimpse into colleagues’ books in various states of pre-publication. I had the pleasure of hearing about Sadeqa Johnson’s concept for…

Aimie K. RunyanFebruary 25, 2021

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Visit the Big Apple Through the Pages of These 5 Great Reads

One of my favorite parts of writing any book is the research. I love to wade into pages and pages about a particular event or person and trek to the location to immerse myself in the sounds, sights and smells of it. When the research is paired with one of…

Heather WebbFebruary 3, 2022

Fiction Listicles

4 Historical Novels That Burn Down Stereotypes of Lawless Women

For ages we’ve devoured stories about gangsters and cowboys, thieves and pirates, and all manner of scoundrels, but they nearly always feature male protagonists. Suddenly, there’s a rise in novels featuring women on the other side of the law, their trials and adventures, and it made me think about the…

Heather WebbMarch 1, 2024

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Allow Me to Introduce Myself … The Plotser

In the writing world authors tend to categorize themselves as plotters or pantsers. For those of you not in the know, a plotter is someone who, get ready for it, plots! They’re organized, create detailed outlines, scribble away at character bios, have notebooks stuffed to the gills with notes and…

J'nell CiesielskiJanuary 15, 2026

Listicles

Pick 3: Books that Bring the Nostalgia

Charles Dickens may have said it best: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Some days, all I want is the comfort of books, drinks, places and memories that feel familiar—that warm, nostalgic pull of remembering. That feeling was one of the inspirations behind my…

Jenni L. WalshNovember 20, 2025

Listicles

Under the Spotlight: Novels That Tackle Celebrity Culture

“Famous people are just more interesting.” When Almost Famous was released 25 years ago, Penny Lane’s iconic words stuck with me so much that I turned them into a little sign using Microsoft Paint. I hung it on the bulletin board above my desk, fully believing, like the 16-year-old character…

Stephanie BurnsDecember 23, 2025

Miscellany

Workouts for People Who’d Rather Be Reading

Reading is my favorite hobby — and if it were an Olympic sport, I’m pretty sure I’d be a gold medalist. Sadly, reading is a sedentary sport. While books nourish the mind, our bodies often pay the price for all that sitting and page-turning. Movement, at its core, is about…

Eliza KnightDecember 30, 2025

Fiction Listicles

Five Gilded Age Novels to Binge After HBO’s “The Gilded Age”

If you haven’t seen The Gilded Age on HBO, I highly suggest you remedy that immediately. The period drama is pure immersive escapist television, transporting readers back to a time of decadent balls, slow-burn courtships, high-stakes gossip and staggering social strategy. If you are a fan, I’m thrilled to share…

Jenni L. WalshJanuary 1, 2026

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Overcome Adversity in 8 Irresistibly Triumphant Tales

There’s something irresistible about a fish-out-of-water story — where characters find themselves wildly out of their element. After all, we instantly know it will all come down to a high-stakes choice: Cling to their old ways, gasping and flapping on the shore, or learn to adapt and walk tall. We…

Jessica StrawserSeptember 29, 2022

Tall Poppy Writers

How True Is Your Family History?

The True Second Chance Romance: Divorced Characters in Romance Novels

Nine Novels That Will Take You on a Trip Around the World

The Power of Stories About the Wrongly Accused

Tall Poppy Review: Two Very Different Cultures Find Common Ground in the Freedom of Music

Tall Poppy Review: “Yellow Wife” Is a Powerful and Immersive Historical Novel

4 Historical Novels That Burn Down Stereotypes of Lawless Women

Allow Me to Introduce Myself … The Plotser

Pick 3: Books that Bring the Nostalgia

Under the Spotlight: Novels That Tackle Celebrity Culture

Workouts for People Who’d Rather Be Reading

Five Gilded Age Novels to Binge After HBO’s “The Gilded Age”

Overcome Adversity in 8 Irresistibly Triumphant Tales

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