Adorable photographs of babies and toddlers are just one of the standout, educational perks offered in “My First Learn-To-Talk Book,” by...

Colson Whitehead “hits it out of the park,” that is out of New York City’s Shea Stadium, in his latest book set in 1970s Harlem. Crime...

Richard Russo is a prolific wordsmith with 10 novels to his credit, as well as short story collections, screenplays, and a memoir....

Any reader who’s been to Yellowstone will revel in “The Last Ranger.” Author Peter Heller entices once again, adding another exciting...

Family secrets form the basis of “Little Monsters,” an engrossing contemporary psychological novel about Adam Gardner, a renowned...

Notorious cult leaders Charles Manson, David Koresh, and Marshall Applewhite are three of the well-known figures profiled in “Cults” by...

“With My Little Eye” is a contemporary, psychological thriller by Joshilyn Jackson. This page turner contains plenty of suspense and...

Gary Kremer, a 5th-generation Missourian, completed his latest book “This Place of Promise” in celebration of Missouri’s 200th...

While fiction is my preferred genre, I do enjoy narrative non-fiction too— “Behind the Beautiful Forevers,” “Hidden Valley Road,” “Devil...

In recent years, several authors have written books that humanize mythological Greek characters. In works of fiction, Madeline Miller,...

In 1854, young Ana Ferreira became a helpmate to Mary Todd Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois. Anna helped with the housekeeping and...

Theoretical physicist, Elsie, is still waiting for her big “real” job and picks up the salary slack with a part-time gig...

July holds a bevy of bee-lights that make the good ol’ summertime memorable—set the scorching sizzles aside with cannonballs into a pool,...

Jonathan Eig’s biography of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) is the first major life history of the civil rights leader to be...

Vienna Pharaon’s “The Origins of You: How Breaking Family Patterns Can Liberate the Way We Live and Love” is a fantastic addition to the...

“The First Ladies,” by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray, is historical novel, the story of the enduring friendship between...

If you are looking for a different type of thriller, My Murder by Katie Williams might be for you. Louise (Lou) is a victim of a serial...

She’s been kept prisoner in the garden shed for five years, this woman he renames Rachel. He brings her food and water daily and uses her...

Tim Russert, former moderator of NBC's “Meet the Press,” would instruct his son Luke to “Look for me there,” when they agreed on a pickup...

Ruth Ware has written another entertaining murder-mystery thriller that employs her admirable knowledge of surveillance technology. (The...