Novik never seems to make a misstep, and the thirteen stories here revisit favorite fictional worlds, delve into never-before-revealed...

Kennedy writes poignantly about the Irish Troubles through the point of view of Cushla, a young adult stretching her wings despite her...

Booth cushions the blow of the main protagonist's early-onset Alzheimer's with a zany romp, lots of love for books, and heartwarming,...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Naomi Novik's book of stories, Buried Deep ; I'm listening to Colm Toibin's Long Island ; and I'm...

More Memoirs I've Loved I love a good memoir, one that offers a glimpse or a deep dive into the life and pivotal experiences of another...

Intermezzo is one of my favorite Rooney novels yet, exploring complicated families, grief, unconventional relationships, forgiveness, and...

The reality-show setting and LGBTQIA+ representation in Ever After flips the traditional fairy tale in satisfying, heartwarming ways in...

The gems of What I Ate in One Year are, as promised in the title, the food-related moments Stanley Tucci delves into over the course of...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Stephanie Booth's story of an author developing early-onset Alzheimer's who relies on a superfan to...

Fairy Tales and Retellings For this list, I focused on books with fantastical elements; clear good-and-evil conflicts; characters living...

I felt like the story started off slowly, but once the world was built and the background established, I was hooked on the interpersonal...

Knoll's novel was inspired by real events; Bright Young Women traces a serial killer targeting young women and in the character of...

I loved this dive into the repercussions of a seemingly psychic woman's predictions of demise for her fellow passengers on a flight....

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Liane Moriarty's story of the aftermath a plane full of psychic predictions regarding...

The Civil War Books This painful, terrible time in our nation's history makes for some poignant, brutal, often beautiful storytelling....

ICYMI: My favorite Kate Quinn books center around strong young women proving their mettle during wartime crises, and The Alice Network ...

I loved this summer-camp setting, the slow build of mystery in two timelines, the privilege and working class disparities, the eventual...

The Paris Novel is the first novel by food writer, memoir author, food critic, and James Beard award-winner Ruth Reichl. It's a...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Jessica Knoll's novel inspired by real-life events surrounding a serial killer in the 1970s, Bright...

Six Four-Star (and Up) Bossy Science Fiction Reads I realize I just said this last week regarding mysteries, but really, doesn't the cold...