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Amy Reichert’s 10 Most Anticipated Reads of 2021

Turning the calendar page (literally or virtually) into January always marks a fresh start — maybe for a new fitness plan, a new job or new goals. For me, it’s the launch of my next novel, The Kindred Spirits Supper Club, out April 20. For book readers, January also marks…

Amy ReichertDecember 31, 2020

Fiction Listicles

When Are We? 8 Stories Featuring Dual Timelines

It’s true. It is possible to be in two places at once. It’s even possible to be in two different times at once! It’s the fascinatingly complex and incredibly revealing method used by authors in books with two separate timelines. You’ve read them — part of the book is marked…

Hank Phillippi RyanJanuary 14, 2021

Fiction Listicles

Southern State of Mind: 6 Books Set in The Sultry South

The South and stories mingle together like a hive and honeybees. I’ve only lived in the Lover’s state of Virginia for a little bit, but I’ve come to appreciate the conversations with strangers at the grocery store, smiles as sweet as salt water taffy, and the slow dance of lazy…

Sadeqa JohnsonOctober 29, 2020

Fiction Listicles

10 Books to Keep You Warm This Winter

As the days get shorter and the temperatures drop, I find myself longing to escape with a good book to warm me up! I wrote my Peachtree Bluff Series, Feels Like Falling and my forthcoming Under the Southern Sky — all set in coastal climes — during the chilly winter…

Kristy Woodson HarveyDecember 3, 2020

Fiction Listicles

Winter Is Here: 10 Books to Transport You to a Snowier Setting

Snow is a perfect character. It’s relentless, it’s uncaring, it’s destructive, it’s basically unpredictable, and under the right circumstances, devastatingly beautiful. Without a second thought, it will bury, destroy, disturb, upset and entrap. It can soften any noise, or crash like an explosion. It can freeze a person solid. Or…

Hank Phillippi RyanDecember 17, 2020

Fiction Listicles

Sisters and Sagas: Must-Read Novels About Built-In Best Friends

Nearly every voracious female reader can point to a favorite book about sisters — from the blockbuster My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult to childhood classic Little Women by Louisa May Alcott to the widely studied Jane Austen novels to the critically acclaimed We Have Always Lived in the Castle…

Kelly SimmonsNovember 5, 2020

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Mother Knows Best? 12 Suspenseful Mother-Daughter Dynamics

I can’t think of toxic mother-daughter relationships without hearing Joan Crawford screech about no wire hangers! Or remember the sinister Mrs. Coulter in Philip Pullman’s brilliant novel The Golden Compass, trying to lure her daughter Lyra into giving up the precious alethiometer. (And who was Cinderella’s real mother, anyway, who…

Hank Phillippi RyanSeptember 17, 2020

Fiction Listicles

8 Reads That Will Keep You Cozy … Or Up All Night

The days are cooler, the leaves are changing and the pumpkin spice is everywhere. If you’re a fan of fall like I am, you’re looking forward to nights by the fire — with a great book, of course! My latest novel, an odd-couple tale of friendship (with a side of…

Kristy Woodson HarveyOctober 1, 2020

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7 Books With Knock-Your-Socks-Off Surprise Endings

Who of us doesn't love a story with a “Wow-I-didn't-see-that-coming” ending? (Where The Crawdads Sing, anyone?) I remember when I saw Sixth Sense in theaters oh-so-long ago, I was so gobsmacked by the shocker of an ending that I couldn't wait for the movie to come out on DVD so…

Susan MeissnerSeptember 10, 2020

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8 Historical Fiction Reads to Satisfy Your Royal Curiosity

Before the Kardashians, before Hollywood, royalty were the original celebrities. We can’t help our fascination with the royals. Princess Diana was known as The Face That Launched a Thousand Magazines. The media went into a frenzy when Grace Kelly married Prince Ranier of Monaco. And on the other side of…

Janie ChangAugust 20, 2020

Fiction Listicles

8 Books to Make You Glad You Stayed Home This Summer

You remember vacations, right? When you got to leave your home, on your own or with your darling family, and pack into a car or plane, and head for a bustling vacation destination, with gloriously crowded beaches and bustling restaurants and expeditions and adventures. Okay, so, next year, we hope. …

Hank Phillippi RyanSeptember 3, 2020

Fiction Listicles

10 Beach Books to Take You to the Beach Vicariously

You can instantly recognize a good beach book. It’s the one with the grits of sand in the binding, and translucent splotches made by Coppertone fingers turning the pages. The ones you find on the shelves of that musty-smelling summer cottage by the ocean you rented, tattered and swollen by…

Hank Phillippi RyanJuly 30, 2020

Fiction Listicles

10 Books to Take You Far and Away (Even When You’re Stuck at Home)

Staycations may be relaxing, but they rarely satisfy wanderlust. Sometimes when your looking for adventure, you don't have to travel any further than your own bookshelf. If you're itching to explore destinations near and far while stuck at home, these reads are your ticket to new and exciting locales.

Julie CantrellJuly 9, 2020

Fiction Listicles

8 Novels About Asian Heritage to Celebrate the Lunar New Year

I hear you. Didn’t we just celebrate the New Year? Well, I’m talking about the Lunar New Year, Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival in many parts of Asia. A major holiday outside the U.S., it follows the lunar calendar, usually arrives at the end of January and middle of…

Weina Dai RandelJanuary 9, 2020

Fiction Listicles

If You Like “This Is Us,” You’ll Love These 5 Books

Family is … complicated. So is love. And when the two intersect — well, it’s almost impossible to look away, which is exactly what makes the television show This Is Us so compulsively watchable. The hit NBC series chronicles the Pearsons — parents Jack and Rebecca and siblings Kevin, Kate…

Camille PaganJanuary 23, 2020

Fiction Listicles

8 Books Featuring Memorable African American Characters

Memorable characters are like friends in my head who stick around long after the book has ended. They dazzle me with their imperfections, deliciously awful decisions, and take me on a read that I just can’t resist. The best ones follow me to bed, dance through my dreams, and when…

Sadeqa JohnsonFebruary 6, 2020

Amy Reichert’s 10 Most Anticipated Reads of 2021

When Are We? 8 Stories Featuring Dual Timelines

Southern State of Mind: 6 Books Set in The Sultry South

10 Books to Keep You Warm This Winter

Winter Is Here: 10 Books to Transport You to a Snowier Setting

Sisters and Sagas: Must-Read Novels About Built-In Best Friends

Mother Knows Best? 12 Suspenseful Mother-Daughter Dynamics

8 Reads That Will Keep You Cozy … Or Up All Night

7 Books With Knock-Your-Socks-Off Surprise Endings

8 Historical Fiction Reads to Satisfy Your Royal Curiosity

8 Books to Make You Glad You Stayed Home This Summer

10 Beach Books to Take You to the Beach Vicariously

10 Books to Take You Far and Away (Even When You’re Stuck at Home)

8 Novels About Asian Heritage to Celebrate the Lunar New Year

If You Like “This Is Us,” You’ll Love These 5 Books

8 Books Featuring Memorable African American Characters

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