Our talented literary critics share their top choices of the year.
Tabitha's Top Picks:
The Next, Stephanie Gangi's debut novel, combines a page-turning thriller with the deep, complicated relationships typic... Read More...
A few times a year I'm asked to review a short story collection and I am always pleased to do it, especially when the publisher is World Weaver Press! With their focus on speculative fiction, this quality small... Read More...
Ever wonder when the marathon and triathlon craze started? You know what I’m talking about – that time before your Facebook posts were inundated with scores of women from all walks of life crossing the finishin... Read More...
Augustus Rose paints the portrait of the unique heroine Lee Cuddy with the skill of a gifted artist. His talent is a fitting match to the core theme of The Readymade Thief, which revolves around the imagined fi... Read More...
Caroline Leavitt's eleventh novel, Cruel Beautiful World, is both a gripping page-turner and a deeply moving character study. Sisters Charlotte and Lucy lose their parents as young children and come to live wit... Read More...
Jonathan Maberry concocts his young adult novel about humankind's first venture to Mars from a blend of fiction and reality, a fusing that is the quintessential trademark of a Maberry creation. The novel brilli... Read More...
I forget how much I enjoy short stories. Often an anthology isn't the first thing I pick up at the bookstore, but the experience of reading a well-curated collection is always satisfying. In the latest installm... Read More...
In her debut novel, How Fast Can You Run, poet Harriet Levin Millan (The Christmas Show, Girl in Cap and Gown) gives an insightful and carefully crafted account of just one of the many consequences of the secon... Read More...
Ever wonder why so many people order tomato juice on airplanes, or if free-range chicken actually tastes better than factory farmed chicken? In Gastrophysics: The New Science of Eating, Charles Spence provides ... Read More...
Advertising is not something most people think much about, even though it’s a 600-billion-dollar industry aimed at influencing our behavior. When we do think about it, it’s usually in annoyance. Andrew Essex ar... Read More...