You Could Make This Place Beautiful
You may have heard of Maggie Smith from her powerful poem, Good Bones, the last line of which inspires the title of this memoir. I recommend this poetic memoir for…
You may have heard of Maggie Smith from her powerful poem, Good Bones, the last line of which inspires the title of this memoir. I recommend this poetic memoir for…
Everyone knows about the iconic 1970s rock group The Six and their lead singer, Daisy Jones. But do you really know the band? This novel is written in an expose-interview…
I recommend this book for fans of Jackson’s A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series. Six friends are on an RV road trip for spring break when the RV breaks…
This debut novel is a treat for science-fiction fans. Three characters’ lives interconnect in this fun story about when aliens come to Earth and mistake cats for the dominant species.…
This psychological thriller focuses on a father and son in the middle of an investigation to catch a serial killer in their small town. Tom and his son, Jake, are…
This is a tale of the five Dunbar brothers in Australia, narrated by Matthew, the eldest. Clay, brother number 4, is “the best of us,” according to Matthew, as they…
Charlie Davis is the girl in pieces, struggling with mental illness and cutting. Her body is full of scars and she’s been let down by everyone around her. When the…
When Beyah’s mother dies of an overdose in their Kentucky trailer, she goes to live with her biological father in Texas the summer before she starts college. In Texas, she…
Jacob Finch Bonner had a best-selling novel but hasn’t been able to follow it up with another great success, so he’s now teaching at a low-rate MFA program where he’s…
This was a fascinating story inspired by a real-life crime. During the pandemic lockdown of 2020, a severed hand washes ashore at Reef Road beach in Palm Beach, Fla. Two…