“The Serpent and the Wings of Night” by Carissa Broadbent is a perfect book for fans of the romantasy genre that is growing more and more...

New Orleans native Maurice Carlos Ruffin teaches creative writing at Louisiana State University and holds a law degree from Loyola...

“The Hunter,” by Tana French, is a thriller set in the remote village of Ardnakelty, off Ireland’s west coast. Although a murder occurs,...

The ingenuity, heart and craftsmanship of “James” left me aghast in amazement. Author Percival Everett, a Pulitzer Prize Finalist, will...

Education journalist Benjamin Herold explores the faltering US public education system in this well-researched, informative explanation...

“Get outside your box,” I told myself, picking up a copy of “Annie Bot,” by Sierra Greer, a contemporary novel about A.I., featuring a...

We are all special in our own way—some of us do well in math and science, others of us enjoy English. Maybe you admire the way your buddy...

Who would find a way to place a sea lion in an MRI scanner? Charan Rangarath would, and did in the course of his work. Dr. Ranganath has...

In “The Great Divide,” a historical fiction must-read by Cristina Henríquez, readers are treated to an immersive story about the building...

"Love and Hot Chicken," by Mary Liza Hartong, is a heartfelt Southern novel that offers lots of laughs and lots of love. In the story,...

Author Deborah Taffa was a resident of Wildwood and the Central West End, graduated with a degree in Creative Writing from Webster...

Tommy Orange is a citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes of Arizona. His first novel, “There There,” was nominated for the Pulitzer...

In “Sisters of Belfast,” by Melanie Maure, twin sisters, Aelish and Isabel McGuire, are orphaned when their home in Belfast is bombed by...

We all have favorite authors we follow, waiting for another of their treasures to feed us as we sit transfixed, amazed at their craft....

This historical fiction tale of adventure and romance, by Sara Ackerman, is full of action. “The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West” is a...

British-Libyan author Hisham Matar was born in New York, where his father was a member of the Libyan delegation to the United Nations....

Luis Urrea’s mother, Phyllis McLaughlin, joined the American Red Cross in 1943 as a volunteer in the Clubmobile Corps. She was one of 250...

The title “The Waters'' refers to M’sauga a small island located in rural Michigan. Situated on the island are an outhouse, a chicken...

“The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years,” by Shubnum Khan, is a haunting love story,  a multigenerational, double timeline mystery full of...

“The Teacher,” by Freida McFadden, is a read-it-in-one-sitting thriller that I totally raced through. While I thought a couple of times...