A picaro novel is based on an outsider who wanders around seeing the best and worst of humanity. This Tender Land is one great picaro novel.

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If I could choose three writers to come to a literary dinner party today, they'd be Louise Penny, Rick Bragg, and Ben Shattuck.

Books are emotionally linked to every momentous occasion of my existence. Your life is probably "book-marked" too.

The Sistine Chapel 3-volume set reproduces artwork at a 1:1 proportion, making you feel "as if you were a bird on Michelangelo's shoulder."

If you love elephants, read Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult and The Elephant Company by Vicki Croke. Two books that both honor elephants.

Ben Blatt's book Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve uses data to examine the elements of great writing: similes, cliches, adverbs, and more.

The best in environmental fiction, Richard Powers' The Overstory depicts the intertwined destiny of humans and trees.

The Atomic Weight of Love is a story of a woman trying to find herself, torn between dreams and demands and the secrets of Los Alamos.

I got a thrill from reading du Maurier's Rebecca years ago. I got another thrill when I found out that Netflix is releasing the movie.

Frank Herbert's science fiction Classic, Dune, is being remade into a new full-length feature film to be released in December 2020.

Beneath a Scarlet Sky provides a look at how WWII impacted the citizens of Italy and the true story of one boy who becomes a spy and a hero.

Treasure-hunting novels like Ramsey's Gold remind me that reading doesn't have to be serious. It's can be a fun escape into adventure.

Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain uses the Post Office Mural Project as the basis for a compelling story of art and compassion.

A Family in Six Tones is brutally honest, mother-daughter account of coming to America when Saigon fell and the lifelong effects on both.

The Rainbow Atlas shows the world and all its peoples in brilliant living color in both natural and created settings.

The Women in the Castle presents the German perspective during Hitler's time, attempting to answer the question, "How Did This Happen?

Wouldn’t it be nice if when you bought historical fiction, you'd know how much is fact and how much is fiction? We need a veracity scale.

Three recent books tell the important stories of women whose impact is still felt today: a codebreaker, an actress, and an amputee spy.