“Win,” by Harlan Coben, is sure to be another favorite for Coben’s worldwide followers. Win is the name of the main character, and fans...

Nature is full of mystery and prompts curiosity. “Braiding Sweetgrass,” by indigenous American botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer, quickly...

“The Kindest Lie,” by Nancy Johnson, gives a gripping, honest look into the lives of the “haves” and the “have-nots” through the story of...

In “The Midnight Library,” author Matt Haig takes a depressed, suicidal main character, adds some science fiction, multi-universe...

Rhineland is an east-central Missouri village carved out of the bottomlands and forests along the Missouri River in the 1830s. Due to the...

Fiction writer Fannie Flagg gained worldwide acclaim with the publication of her beloved book “Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop...

"The Kitchen Front" is a World War II story that focuses on four women who are competing in a cooking contest. These four spirited,...

In this disturbing but beautifully written book, Jessica Bruder reports on the tens of thousands of itinerant Americans who move “like...

We all have a voice in our head. Sometimes that voice goes excessively negative. Scientist Ethan Kross calls this chatter. One dark night...

At the beginning of 2020, a total of 36 percent of American doctors were women, as were 51 percent of medical students. The percentage of...

Alvin York (1887-1964) was raised in the tiny impoverished rural village of Pall Mall, in northeastern Tennessee. The red-haired,...

“When the Apricots Bloom” is a fictional story set in 2002 based on author Gina Wilkinson’s experiences as a reporter in Baghdad before...

“Amelia Unabridged,” by Ashley Schumacher, is one of the most enchanting books I’ve ever read. I could imagine every second of the novel...

“The Ladies of the House,” by Lauren Edmonson, is being toted as a modern-day version of Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility.” I haven’t...

The word “slavery” does not appear in the United States Constitution. The enslaved were referred to as “persons” who are “held to...

“Remote Control,” sizzles with creative energy. Setting her novel in near-future Ghana, Okorafor packs a lot into this mysterious,...

Joan Didion, born in Sacramento, California in 1934, is considered to be one of America’s most influential contemporary writers. She...

“Instant Karma,” a young adult novel by Marissa Meyers, touches on the moral dilemma of right and wrong, the inner-workings of a seaside...

Thomas Ricks has written a history book bursting with relevance for today. Disturbed by the election of Donald Trump, Ricks set out to...

I like reading books that lead me to Google searches about a topic or to other books about the same subject. Such was the case with the...