Fiction

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If Jim Carroll’s The Basketball Diaries reads like an homage to Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, his posthumously published The Petting Zoo finds the author paying tribute to

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Faced with a book titled The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe, whose cover is filled with retro-horror line drawings, the reader is daunted.

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Though readers might be more familiar with her New York Times bestselling House of Night novels, P. C.

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Louis Armstrong was (and still is) a popular figure in 20th century American jazz.

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Royalty is common fare for historical fiction, but the lives of the saints are usually not.

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Frequently, in reference to short fiction, “the well-crafted story” can be a sort of damning praise.

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Cliff, a former Michigan English teacher turned farmer finds himself in a midlife crisis when his wife suddenly leaves home for another man.

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What can you say about a retelling of the Cinderella story starring ponies?

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Patricia Cornwell is a prolific author whose work includes nonfiction, biography, cookbooks, and fiction—a total of 28 titles in all.

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What is the place of place in our lives? More specifically, what is the place of place in our romantic lives?

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Reading an Orhan Pamuk novel sometimes feels more like studying a painting or experiencing a work of architecture.

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In Regency England, would an earl really marry his housekeeper? That is the question posed by Grace Burrowes in her debut historical romance, The Heir.

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The Winter Sea is one of those novels that a reader doesn’t come across too often. It is a creative tour de force.

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Mr. Darcy as a Wild West cowboy? A dungaree-clad Elizabeth Bennett flying over the range on her painted pony?

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So . . . who saw School of Rock? That 2004 movie with Jack Black? Anyone . . . anyone? Bueller?

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Philip Carlo is no stranger to violence and death.

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Assassin-turned-time-traveler Toby O’Dare is back in Of Love and Evil, the second installment of Anne Rice’s Song of the Seraphim series.

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Vixen is a young adult book with a new edge.

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If one utters the name Monica in the U.S.A., there are only two possibilities that come to mind: Monica Lewinsky—we know what she is infamous for—and Monica from the television show “Friends.” In m

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The Duke and the Pirate Queen has all the makings of a classically entertaining romance romp.

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This lighthearted board book, published in 2007, is a sweet addition to the many parent-child mutual admiration society offerings.

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This latest installment in the Clifford the Big Red Dog franchise is a 20-page, 10-spread board book starring Clifford when he was a wee pup.

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A ten-spread (20 page) board book with a nice puffy cover, All Kinds of Kisses explores, well, all kinds of kisses.

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