“Last Twilight in Paris, by Pam Jenoff, is about two women, Helaine and Louise, and a former furniture store known as Levitan. Helaine’s...

“The Note,” by Alfafair Burke, is a quick paced suspenseful story in which three lifelong friends meet for a long weekend in the Hamptons...

Navigating the teen years, especially if that teen is left mostly to his own devices, forms the basis of “Playworld,” a powerful novel by...

Nnedi Okorafor is a Nigerian-American author of fantasy and science fiction for both children and adults. She has published numerous...

“The Favorites,” by Layne Fargo, is the story of Katarina (Kat) Shaw and Heath Rocha, world famous ice skaters. Readers won’t be able to...

“Patriot” is a jarring and vivid memoir by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The opening chapters describe the early days of his...

"The Lodge" a novel by Kayla Olson, is the perfect winter read. It’s a cozy, sweet book with just enough of a mystery to keep readers...

Fiona Davis, author of “The Stolen Queen,” has placed her main characters in a New York City landmark, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In...

Indigenous botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer’s new book, “The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World,” expands upon her...

“Blue Sisters: A Novel,” by Coco Mellors, is the story of three women in the Blue family. The sisters are very different from one...

Paramour + politician = power is a succinct summary of “Kingmaker.”  This biography of a British-born socialite reads like a political...

From Ed McMahon's nightly introduction, "Heeeeeere's Johnny!" to the imaginary golf swing at the end of each opening monologue, Johnny...

“The Memory Dress,” by Jade Beer, is a historical fiction novel about a dressmaker who created designs for Diana, Princess of Wales, from...

“The Witches of El Paso,” by Luis Jaramillo, is the story of Nena and her grandniece Marta. From the beginning of the book, readers...

The Big Ag country of North Dakota is the setting of Louise Erdrich's 14th novel, "The Mighty Red." Once the home of the Ojibwe, the...

Ivy Cooper is 52 years old, newly divorced and raising her young son alone in a New York City apartment. She is surviving financially...

American writer Richard Powers has published 14 novels, including 2019’s “Overstory,” which won that year’s Pulitzer Prize for fiction....

Thomas Fuller is the San Francisco bureau chief for the New York Times.  His assignment is to write about California wildfires,...

“A Reason to See You Again,” by Jamie Attenberg, is the story of the women in the Cohen family. The daughters and mother are in crisis,...

Best-selling author John Grisham, and John McCloskey, a pioneer in the Innocence Movement, relate 10 painful to-read stories of wrongly...