Anthony Marra has written an intelligent, witty novel about Hollywood Studios just before and during America’s participation in World War...

In 1883 Mark Twain published “Life on the Mississippi,” the first book ever submitted for publication as a typewritten manuscript. In it,...

What value does life have if you can leave no mark? This is the question Addie LaRue faces after making a desperate deal to live forever....

Clover’s “August Must Reads” are spot on. Their focus isn’t on stories about polka dots, or the spots on a cheetah’s fur, but on places...

What do the Katy Trail, Confluence Point State Park, a Fortune 500 company, Prairie Fork and Young Conservation Areas have in common? The...

In Jillian Medott’s novel, “When We Were Bright and Beautiful,” Cassie Quinn is the young adult daughter of a New York family whose...

“Shutter” is a fast-paced crime thriller that combines the supernatural and Navajo spirituality. This story, by Ramona Emmerson, centers...

Nina and Leo may work together on the set of a popular cooking competition show but their charm is decidedly OFF behind the scenes. When...

Many bibliophiles report an insatiable appetite for books and for Devon Fairweather, raised on a diet of fairy tales, this is true in the...

Sick of the heat—need a light read set in Maine? I suggest “Flying Solo” a simple, yet charming tale about a woman who marches to a...

The multi-faceted presence of Irish immigrants in St. Louis is chronicled in media-personality Patrick Murphy's book, “The Irish in Saint...

I have always loved Geraldine Brooks' historical fiction so I was very excited to to grab her latest work, Horse. It was well worth the...

“The Daughter of Doctor Moreau” takes place in the 1870’s amidst a beautiful, garden-of-Eden-like paradise in what is now known as the...

Ever since Blake Crouch’s book Dark Matter was published in 2016, he has been on my “authors to read” list. For some reason, I never got...

One must caution against judging people, or books, based on their appearance or what one has heard about them. I almost refused a newly...

Candice Millard returns with her fourth popular history, a fascinating tale of British exploration and exploitation, “River of the Gods.”...

Florence Day is a romance ghostwriter running from her past in New York City. When her father dies suddenly, Florence is forced to return...

Raw, brave, and authentic, are words that describe Jason Kander’s unflinchingly honest memoir. Kander chronicles his 4-month deployment...

I’d be lying if I said that “The Darkening,” by Sunya Mara, isn’t an exemplar of one of my favorite YA subgenres: it’s a read-alike to...

A master of mystery, author Ruth Ware has quite a following. Her newest, “The It Girl,” provides more fodder for her fans. It’s a tale of...