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The Novel, Broken Country, Made Me Scream, "Don't Do It!"
Clare Leslie Hall's Broken Country is a bestselling novel dealing with love, grief, and the impacts of trauma on a marriage with a plot twist that shocks you!

Melissa Gouty
Oct 234 min read


Oh, My Friends! One Novel You Absolutely Shouldn't Pass Up
Fredrik Backman's, My Friends, is a poignant, funny, beautiful story of art, youth, and the redemptive power of love. You will laugh, cry, and be glad you read it!

Melissa Gouty
Aug 275 min read


Would Your Life Make Sense in Letters? Read the Novel, The Correspondent
The Correspondent focuses on an older woman who has spent her life writing letters, dribbling out her story in missives to others, a lasting legacy of a complicated woman.

Melissa Gouty
Aug 176 min read


A Novel "By Any Other Name" - and Anyone Other Than Jodi Picoult - Would Not Be As Sweet!
Picoult's 2024 novel, By Any Other Name focuses on the contemporary issue of gender inequality, a powerful topic, to be sure.

Melissa Gouty
Oct 21, 20245 min read


One Bold Prediction: North Woods Will Win the 2024 Pulitzer for Fiction
Daniel Mason's North Woods is an inventive, mesmerizing, riveting romp through history and my pic to win the 2024 Pulitzer for fiction.

Melissa Gouty
Mar 3, 20244 min read


An Insanely Clever First Novel for Lovers of Language: The Liar’s Dictionary
Word-nerd delight Lexicography If you think that a book about lexicography, the making of a dictionary, would be boring, think again....

Melissa Gouty
Aug 2, 20236 min read


Is It Good to Mix Genres? Horror, Fantasy, and the Western in Lone Women
Can a Western novel also be a horror story and a fantasy? Victor LaValle's novel, Lone Women, is a mashup of genres.

Melissa Gouty
Apr 22, 20235 min read


Britt-Marie's Heartfelt, Age-Old Question: How Should You Live Your Life?
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.

Melissa Gouty
Apr 10, 20235 min read


Do You Know the Strange, Lovely Tale of Shakespeare's Wife?
Everyone has heard of Shakespeare, but few know about his wife, his children, or his personal life. Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet imagines...

Melissa Gouty
Sep 8, 20225 min read


If You Love Elephants, Read These Two Very Different Books
If you love elephants, read Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult and The Elephant Company by Vicki Croke. Two books that both honor elephants.

Melissa Gouty
Oct 27, 20204 min read
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