No one at the government psychiatric hospital would guess that the rigid, professional Dr. Mina Murray grew up a witch’s daughter in a...

British author Mark Haddon’s most recent book, “Dogs and Monsters.” is a collection of eight short stories, several of which are...

For me, author events are simultaneously inspiring and scary. During the event, I am inspired by the author as they share their writing...

The major story of our time is not the launch of artificial intelligence nor the contention in US politics, it is the continuing...

As usual Nicholas Sparks does not disappoint. “Counting Miracles” is a love story full of blessings and tragedies, about finding a place...

Journalist Sarah Smarsh is not bashful about sharing the details of her earliest years. She was born to an unwed 17-year-old mother with...

Caroline Woods takes a page from history, combining fact with fiction, to create “The Mesmerist” an absorbing historical fiction novel...

Just before 80-year-old Fred is evicted from his tiny apartment, he finds brief respite in a nearby park on a lake near a small town in...

It takes quite an imagination to conjure up and carry through the complicated plot line and wicked surprises in “The Sequel,” by Jean...

Get ready for some pleasing, peculiar picks—not shiver-me-timbers scary reads, but a trio of “Unique Books to Keep You Guessing.” There’s...

“The Night we Lost Him,” by Laura Dave, is the story of the Noons, a family dealing with some unique dynamics. The fact that their...

The fictional village of Santa Chionia, the setting of Juliet Grames’s novel “The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia, is nestled in the...

Food is the foundation of joy, sustenance, and freedom—and the root of oppression. In a wide-ranging exploration of American history,...

I was first introduced to Strout’s imaginary community of Crosby, Maine in her Pulitzer Prize winning novel “Olive Kitteridge.” I have...

Change is in the air—Clover feels it, sure you do too. In the blink of an eye summer gives way to fall, pastel blossoms fade, replaced by...

I had a good cry after I finished “Here One Moment,” so touched by the wisdom and wonderfulness of Liane Moriarty’s new novel. I loved...

The year is 1997. In the small Australian town of Jericho, excitement is building for the arrival of newly discovered comet St John,...

Author William Kent Krueger revisits scenic Tamarack County in Minnesota with “Spirit Crossing,” a continuation of his Cork O’Connor...

“The Comfort of Ghosts,” by Jacqueline Winspear, is a historical fiction novel, the final book in the Maisie Dobbs Mystery Series. Maisie...

American author Rachel Kushner’s most recent novel is set in contemporary rural southwestern France, a land of failing farms, incursive...