Abraham Verghese's novel, The Covenant of Water, enchants with mysticism, medicine, and the magic of India. Multi-generation and magnificent

Chris Bohjalian's The Hour of the Witch depicts the damage that false accusations can do. Historical fiction and legal thriller combined.

To be a writer, you must write, but you also must read. Here are four of my favorite reads for writers, sure to energize your creative soul.

Can a Western novel also be a horror story and a fantasy? Victor LaValle's novel, Lone Women, is a mashup of genres.

The Reading List is a novel that touts the power of reading - and libraries - to ease grief, understand people, and make connections.

Fredrik Backman's novel Britt-Marie Was Here is a meaningful story at how one woman's surly presence changes the whole community of Borg.

Book blurbs have been around since Whitman first used one, but do they really matter? Do you really need them to make sales?

Natasha Boyd's historical fiction highlights the life of Eliza Lucas, a grower in colonial South Carolina called "The Indigo Girl."

John Jakes' historical fiction - made me - and millions of others - love the genre. He died, popularizing American history with his series.

Anita Shreve's last novel, The Stars Are Fire, infuses classic feminist themes into a novel about what women do when pushed to the edge.

O'Farrell's novel The Marriage Portrait is like time-traveling to the Renaissance, cringing at the injustice of the life of Lucrezia Medici

Gabrielle Zevin's novel, The Storied Life of A. J. Firky is a touching tale of how books and reading have the power to draw people together.

Sarah Penner's debut novel, The Lost Apothecary, examines themes of motherhood and justice common in 18th century London and today.

Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City, is a combination of two stories: Chicago's 1893 World's Fair and America's first serial killer.

Fillippo Bernardini worked in the publishing industry when he developed a phishing scam to steal unpublished manuscripts.

Tracy Chevalier's novel, A Single Thread, is a look at the choices "surplus" women had to make to survive after World War I.

Creativity doesn't disappear as you age. Older women writers are proving that it's never too late to gain success.

Bonnie Garmus' novel, Lessons in Chemistry, is exciting millions with its no-nonsense feminist message of a female chemist in the 1960s.

Lisa Wingate's novel, The Story Keeper, encompasses the world of publishing, the life of Appalachia, and the mysterious Melungeon people.

Peng Shepherd's The Cartographers asks the question of whether the map makes the world or the world makes the map. Dark academia at its best