I hope you enjoy this Preview of my 18-page printable 2025 Summer Reading Guide. The full guide contains over 60 reading recommendations including books from spring and summer 2025 as well mystery series recommendations, fiction/nonfiction pairings,…
Creating a Summer Reading Guide is one of my favorite bookish things to do every year, and for 2024 I decided to step it up a bit and create a guide with 45 books that people can print and pore over. This year, I have read over 90 titles and sampled…
Creating my Summer Reading Guide is a highlight for me every year, and 2023 is no exception. I have combed through an untold number of titles to find the ones that I really enjoyed and personally recommend, and as always, I have read every book on t…
So many great historical fiction titles are coming out this summer! To help book lovers know which ones to pick up and when, I sorted through them to compile this list of the best ones. Once I read a book, I will update this post with my comments on…
Susan Meissner’s latest novel Only the Beautiful published on April 18, 2023. Susan Meissner is a USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction with more than three-quarters of a million books in readers' hands and translations in eightee…
My friend Pam Lamp, blogger and podcaster at Who I Met Today, joins me today with a fun post on Newport mansions and books. Pam interviews people from all walks of life. Through conversations about health, hobbies, books, food, aging, and travel, sh…
Kristen Loesch’s debut novel The Last Russian Doll published on March 14, 2023. Kristen grew up in San Francisco. She holds a BA in History, as well as a Master’s degree in Slavonic Studies from the University of Cambridge. Her debut his…
So many great books published in 2022. In this post, I am highlighting my favorite fiction titles of the year. I have already posted about the best historical fiction of 2022 and will be covering the best books in the mystery/thriller genre soo…
2022 was a stellar year for historical fiction – so many titles in the genre released, and I worked my way through as many as I could. I love that the historical fiction transports me to another time and place, and I had a blast spending time …
I enjoy looking ahead to the next reading season, and the upcoming fiction releases of 2023 look very promising. To help readers decide which ones to pick up and when, I waded through the plethora of titles to create this list of the ones that are m…
2023 is going to be a fabulous year for new historical fiction - an incredibly large number of books are coming out in the genre about widely varied topics and places. To help readers know which ones to pick up and when, I waded through the many, ma…
Freya Sampson’s book The Lost Ticket published in September 2022. Freya is the author of two novels, The Last Chance Library and The Lost Ticket/The Girl on the 88 Bus. She worked in TV as an executive producer and her credits include two docu…
Khristin Wierman’s book Buck's Pantry published in September 6, 2022. Khristin spent twenty years rising through the marketing ranks of Fortune 500 companies, building a career that was lucrative, ego-boosting, and a little bit soul-crush…
Roselle Lim’s latest book Sophie Go’s Lonely Hearts Club published in August 2022. Roselle is the critically acclaimed author of Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune and Vanessa Yu’s Magical Paris Tea Shop. She lives on the…
Ali Hazelwood’s latest book Love on the Brain published this week. Ali is the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis, as well as a writer of peer-reviewed articles about brain science, in which no one makes out…
Rebecca Stirling’s new memoir The Shell and the Octopus published on July 26, 2022. Rebecca lives between Aspen, Colorado and Kauai, Hawaii, with her two children. She teaches creative art and writing classes to help spread the knowledge and i…
Maren Cooper’s book Finding Grace published in July 2022. Maren grew up in the Midwest and now resides in St. Paul, Minnesota. She currently serves as a volunteer for various nonprofits and retreats frequently to the shore of Lake Superior, wh…
Nan Fischer’s new novel Some Of It Was Real published on July 26, 2022. Nan is a graduate of Cornell University and former Traveling Writer for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and Senior Campaign Writer for The University of Cali…
Brooke Beyfuss's novel After We Were Stolen published July 19, 2022. She is a freelance writer who lives in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey with her husband, daughter, and far, far too many pets. She graduated from Rutgers University with a BA in ps…
Abigail Cutter’s novel Long Shadows published on July 12, 2022. Abigail started out as an artist/printmaker with a MFA from George Washington University, but during a long stint at the National Endowment for the Humanities she developed a…
Louise Hare’s novel Miss Aldridge Regrets published on July 5, 2022. Louise is a London-based writer and has an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck, University of London. Originally from Warrington, the capital is the inspiration for muc…
The second half of 2022 is chock full of new titles in the historical fiction genre. I created this list of the standouts for this time period to help readers narrow down their choices and to help them find the best books in the genre for this year.…
Catherine Drake’s debut novel The Treehouse on Dog River Road published on May 10, 2022. Catherine lives with her husband in Stowe, Vermont. She fell in love with Vermont when she moved there shortly after her wedding and is still starry-…
Susan Speranza’s new book Ice Out published May 24, 2022. Susan was born in New York City, grew up on Long Island, and for a time worked in Manhattan, enjoying the hectic pace and cultural amenities of the City. Eventually, however, …