Writing is crisp, sarcastic, and wryly funny, steeped in New Jersey lore and anecdotes that add great historical and cultural dimensions to its mystery. When wisecracking and smoothly confident private investigator Jack Colt goes on the... Read More

This marvelous manifesto on radical self-love is life altering—required reading for anyone who struggles with body image. “Survival is damn hard,” Sonya Renee Taylor says in the introduction to her marvelous new book, "The Body Is... Read More

"Journey into Europe" is a crash course on modern European thought regarding Islam and Muslim immigration. In "Journey into Europe", Akbar Ahmed takes the temperature of Europe’s Muslims via interviews in which they describe the... Read More

This romance nurtures the balance between following one’s dreams and embracing the moment. Carla Laureano’s surprising cozy romance "The Saturday Night Supper Club" follows a woman as she finds love again, even though it requires... Read More

"19 Souls" introduces a memorable PI, grappling with a past he’s not reconciled to. Hard-edged Las Vegas private investigator Jim Bean takes on what he assumes is a by-the-numbers job locating a missing person, but he discovers too... Read More

Effortlessly consumable reading; this convivial romance is filled with humorous exchanges. Becca Wilhite’s "Check Me Out" is a clean contemporary romance, a modern librarian’s update on the Cyrano de Bergerac story. It’s quirky and... Read More

Emotional but never sentimental, "All the Castles Burned" contrasts privilege with working-class struggles for a gripping story of human resilience. "All the Castles Burned" by Michael Nye is a coming-of-age story that is as painful as... Read More

Tayari Jones displays tremendous writing prowess with "An American Marriage", an enchanting novel that succeeds at every level. The story focuses on a marriage that is slowly and cruelly torn apart. After only a year of marriage, Roy and... Read More