Book Reviews

 Autobiography/Biography/Memoir

Entertainment Industry

The Actor’s Life by Jenna Fisher

All About Me by Mel Brooks

Always Looking Up by Michael J. Fox

As You Wish by Cary Elwes with Joe Layden

How Y’all Doing? by Leslie Jordan

I Loved her in the Movies by Robert Wagner with Scott Eyman

I Was Better Last Night by Harvey Fierstein

I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had by Tony Danza

My Happy Days in Hollywood by Garry Marshall with Lori Marshall

My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business by Dick Van Dyke

Remember How I Love You by Jerry Orbach and Elaine Orbach with Ken Bloom

Food

My Life in France by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme

Yes, Chef by Marcus Samuelsson

Music

Diary of a Player by Brad Paisley and David Wild

Me by Ricky Martin

Sports

Hardcourt Confidential by Patrick McEnroe with Peter Bodo

You Cannot Be Serious by John McEnroe with James Kaplan

World War II

Hiding in the Spotlight by Greg Dawson

A Lucky Child by Thomas Buergenthal

Other

The Answer is … by Alex Trebek

It’s Not Really About the Hair by Tabatha Coffey with Richard Buskin


Children’s

How Women Won the Vote by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

 

Fiction

Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber

Already Home by Susan Mallery

Christy by Catherine Marshall

Family Ties by Danielle Steel

First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen

Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen

The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen

Legacy by Danielle Steel

Letters from Paris by Juliet Blackwell

The Knitting Diaries by Debbie Macomber et al.

The Matchmaker’s List by Sonya Lalli

Only by Your Touch by Catherine Anderson

The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen

The Perfect Dress by Carolyn Brown

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen

A Summer in Sonoma by Robyn Carr

Today We Go Home by Kelli Estes

The Wedding Tree by Robin Wells

When We Found Home by Susan Mallery


Historical Fiction

Tales from Ivy Hill by Julie Klassen

1700s

The Black Violin by Maxence Fermine

Revolutionary War

The Traitor’s Wife by Allison Pataki

1800s

Carnegie’s Maid by Marie Benedict

Girl in Disguise by Greer Macallister

An Unlikely Suitor by Nancy Moser

Early 1900s

The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott

The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander

World War I

Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb

Somewhere in France by Jennifer Robson

The Victory Garden by Rhys Bowen

World War II

The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel

The Last Telegram by Liz Trenow

Post-War 1940s

The Gown by Jennifer Robson

The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner

50s and 60s

Love & Saffron by Kim Fay

Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton


Middle Grade

The Wild Rose Inn Series by Jennifer Armstrong

The Marvels by Brian Selznick

Two-Minute Mysteries by Donald J. Sobol

 

Mystery/Thriller

Books

Bakeshop Mysteries by Ellie Alexander

Booklover’s B&B Mysteries by Victoria Gilbert

Bookmobile Cat Mysteries by Laurie Cass

Booktown Mysteries by Lorna Barrett

Library Lover’s Mysteries by Jenn McKinlay

Novel Idea Mysteries by Lucy Miller

Crafts

Amish Quilt Shop Mysteries by Amanda Flower

Embroidery Mysteries by Amanda Lee

Detectives

The New Hercule Poirot Mysteries by Sophie Hannah

Chief Inspector Gamache Mysteries by Louise Penny

Piper & Porter Mysteries by Amanda Flower

Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries by Agatha Christie

The Killings at Badger’s Drift by Caroline Graham

Food

Amish Candy Shop Mysteries by Amanda Flower

Charmed Pie Shoppe Mysteries by Ellery Adams

Chef-to-Go Mysteries by Denise Swanson

Chocoholic Mysteries by JoAnna Carl

Chocolate Covered Mysteries by Kathy Aarons

Chocolate Whisperer Mysteries by Colette London

Cupcake Bakery Mysteries by Jenn McKinlay

Poppy McAllister Mysteries by Libby Klein

Historical

Bess Crawford Mysteries by Charles Todd

Countess of Harleigh Mysteries by Dianne Freeman

Dr. Genevieve Summerford Mysteries by Cuyler Overholt

Julian Kestrel Mysteries by Kate Ross

Lady Darby Mysteries by Anna Lee Huber

Molly Murphy Mysteries by Rhys Bowen

Magic

Magic Garden Mysteries by Amanda Flower

Magic Potion Mysteries by Heather Blake

Magical Bakery Mysteries by Bailey Cates

Magical Bookshop Mysteries by Amanda Flower

Magical Cats Mysteries by Sofie Kelly

Magical Dressmaking Mysteries by Melissa Bourbon

Witchcraft Mysteries by Juliet Blackwell

Shattered by Karen Robards

Paranormal

Family Skeleton Mysteries by Leigh Perry

Haunted Library Mysteries by Allison Brook

Haunted Yarn Shop Mysteries by Molly MacRae

Rose Gallagher Mysteries by Erin Lindsey

Simon Kirby-Jones Mysteries by Dean James

Other

Amish Matchmaker Mysteries by Amanda Flower

Family History Mysteries by Brynn Bonner

Meg Langslow Mysteries by Donna Andrews

Murder, She Wrote Mysteries by Jessica Fletcher et al.

The Amber Room by Steve Berry

Altar of Bones by Philip Carter

Garden of Lies by Amanda Quick

The Romanov Prophecy by Steve Berry


Nonfiction

Entertainment Industry

Backwards & in Heels by Alicia Malone

The Female Gaze by Alicia Malone

Career/Self-Help

Be a Free Range Human by Marianne Cantwell

Cinematherapy by Nancy Peske and Beverly West

On Writing by Steven King

So You Want to Start a Podcast by Kristen Meinzer

Home Improvement

Make It Right by Mike Holmes

Travel

London Style Guide by Saska Graville

Women’s History

Behind Every Great Man by Marlene Wagman-Gellar

Still I Rise by Marlene Wagman-Gellar

 

Paranormal

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir by R.A. Dick

Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie

 

Romance

Cowboys

Holiday, Texas by Dylann Crush

Friendship

The Bride Quartet by Nora Roberts

Happily Inc. by Susan Mallery

Historical

Secret Scientists of London by Elizabeth Everett

The Lady Most Willing … by Julia Quinn et al.

The Perfect Mistress by Victoria Alexander

Holiday

A Dreamspun Christmas by Marilyn Campbell et al.

Military

Navy SEAL Cowboys by Nicole Helm

Troubleshooters by Suzanne Brockmann

Paranormal

Believe It or Not by Tawna Fenske

Suspense

The Witness by Nora Roberts

Other

Callahan Brothers Trilogy by JoAnn Ross

The Happily Ever After Romances by Jenn McKinlay

Inn Boonsboro Trilogy by Nora Roberts

Kiss Trilogy by Jane Feather

Amazing Gracie by Sherryl Woods

Baby Love by Catherine Anderson

Country by Danielle Steel

Waiting for Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey

 

Young Adult

Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maltonado

Internment by Samira Ahmed

Lucky Caller by Emma Mills

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