Lydia Millet’s superb literary thriller, Sweet Lamb of Heaven, has flown under the radar a bit. When it was published this May, it garnered

I have a tremendous aversion to reading about torture. I can’t stand slasher flicks or brutality in movies either, particularly if it’s...

Note from Kimmery: All middle-grade books with boy protagonists are reviewed by my 10 year-old son, Alex. This book is about a boy named...

Today, I'd like to introduce you to Nadia Hashimi, and her brilliant book, A House without Windows, which is the story of a woman accused...

Bear with me, because at first this is going to sound like a hard sell. I want you to read about the torture of twins at Auschwitz, the...

The Gilded Age of New York. Suburban secrets among the picket-fence set. An 1800’s shipwreck in the Carolinas carrying a famous daughter....

Happy Birthday, 'Merica! In an ideal world, we'd all be relaxing seaside with a great book today, am I right? In case you need...

A friend recently suggested I should compile a list of book recommendations for Father’s Day gifts. Owing to extreme domestic dysfunction...

Buckle up, y’all. Who doesn’t love the freedom of hitting the road? Beginning in coastal South Carolina, winding its way through the...

I won the dork lottery this year: my beloved local library system asked me to accompany them to this May’s BEA conference, held in...