Books For The Bookish...

What More Could A Reader Ask For…

Book of Doors - Gareth Brown

Secret Lives Of Booksellers & Libarian - James Patterson

Craft: Stories I Wrote For The Devil - Ananda Lima

Babel - R.F. Kuang

No Two Persons - Erica Bauermeister

The Storied Life Of A. J. Fikry - Gabrielle Zevin

Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore - Robin Sloan

End Of Story - A.J. Finn

Liar's Dictionary-Ellery Williams

The Borrower - Rebecca Makkai

Blank - Zibby Owens

Door To Door Bookstore - Carsten Henn

The Book Eaters - Sunyi Dean

The Girl Who Reads On The Metro - Christine Feret-Fleury

The Dictionary Of Lost Words - Pip Williams

The Wishing Game - Meg Shaffer

Lexicon - Max Barry

Ink Blood Sister Scribe - Emma Torzs

The Woman In The Library - Sulari Gentill

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The Book Case

Master Mind Games...

Books That Keep You Guessing…

Anna O - Matthew Blake

Yellowface - R.F. Kuang

The Busy Body - Kemper Donovan

My Murder - Katie Williams

Kill For Me Kill For You - Steve Cavanagh

Last Murder At The End Of The World - Stuart Turton

The Fury - Alex Michaelides

End Of The Story - A.J. Finn

A Talent For Murder - Peter Swanson

The Split - Kit Frick

Assassins Anonymous - Rob Hart

First Lie Wins - Ashley Elston

One Of The Good Guys - Araminta Hall

Not By Blood - Chris Narozy

He Started It - Samantha Downing

Blood Sugar - Sascha Rothchild

No One Will Miss Her - Kat Rosenfield

Woman In The Window - A.J. Finn

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Master Mind Games

Books Set In The Art World...

Artsy Lit…

Curse Of Pietro Houdini - Derek B. Miller

The Lost Van Gogh - Jonathan Santlofer

The Flanders Panel - Arturo Perez-Reverte

Fake - Erica Katz

The Art Forger - B.A. Shapiro

Chasing Cezanne - Peter Mayle

The Last Mona Lisa - Jonathan Santlofer

The Swan Thieves - Elizabeth Kostova

The Violin Conspiracy - Brendan Slocumb

Loot - Aaron Elkins

Girl With The Botticelli Eyes - Herbert Lieberman

The Raphael Affair - Iain Pears

The Gauguin Connection - Estelle Ryan

Loving Frank - Nancy Horan

The Cabinets Of Barnaby Mayne - Elsa Hart

The Art Thief - Michael Finkel

Con/Artist: Life & Crimes Of The World’s Greatest Art Forger - Tony Tetro

Hot Art: Chasing Thieves & Detectives In The World Of Stolen Art - Josh Knelman

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Literary Compositions

If You Prefer Your History In Fictional Form...

Historical Fiction Reads…

The Women - Kristin Hannah

Warm Hands Of Ghosts - Katherine Arden

Table For Two - Amor Towles

James - Percival Everett

The Widow Spy - Megan Campisi

Homecoming - Kate Morton

The Last Russian Doll - Kristen Loesch

The Marriage Portrait - Maggie O’Farrell

The Starlet Letter - Julie Mathison

The Spectacular - Fiona Davis

The Sin Eater - Megan Campisi

The Puzzle Master - Danielle Trussoni

Essex Dogs - Dan Jones

Hotel Of Secrets - Diana Biller

Strangers In The Night - Heather Webb

A Gentleman In Moscow - Amor Towles

The House With The Golden Door - Elodie Harper

L.A. Confidential - James Ellroy

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Now & Then

Read With The Lights On...

Bookish Scares To Keep The Blood Pumping…

The Lesser Dead - Christopher Buehlman

All Souls Lost - Dan Moren

Boys In The Valley - Philip Fracassi

In The Valley Of The Sun - Andy Davidson

Dead Eleven - Jimmy Juliano

A Haunting On The Hill - Elizabeth Hand

A Light Most Hateful - Hailey Piper

Fever House - Keith Rosson

The Handyman Method - Nick Cutter

Your Lonely Nights Are Over - Adam Sass

Out There Screaming - Jordan Peele

Schraders Chord - Scott Leeds

Edenville - Sam Rebelein

Never Whistle At Night - Shane Hawk

Rouge - Mona Awad

Wasps In The Ice Cream - Tim McGregor

The Bottoms - Joe R. Lansdale

The Ancestor - Danielle Trussoni

Cry Your Way Home - Damien Walters

Armchair Travels...

Escape To Destinations On The Page…

Nigeria - Rosewater - Tade Thompson

Russia - A Gentleman In Moscow - Amor Towles

Mexico - Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Japan - Strange Weather In Tokyo - Hiromi Kawakami

Egypt - City Of Brass - S.A. Chakraborty

Korea - The Plotters - Kim Un-Su

Argentina - Who Is Vera Kelly? - Rosalie Knecht

Malaysia - The Night Tiger - Yangsze Choo

Ghana - Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi

Australia - The Cartographers Secret - Tea Cooper

Sri Lanka - The Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida - Shenhan Karunatilaka

Netherlands - The Miniaturist - Jessie Burton

Sweden - The Stockholm Octavo - Karen Engelmann

Czech Republic - The Woman From Prague - Rob Hart

Greece - The Two Faces Of January - Patricia Highsmith

Portugal - Two Nights In Lisbon - Chris Pavone

Hungary - The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova

Sierra Leone - The Gilded Ones - Namina Forna

Nicaragua - Heir Of Uncertain Magic - Charlie Holmberg

Congo - The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingslover

Denmark - Smilas Sense Of Snow - Peter Hoeg

Finland - The Witch Hunter - Max Seeck

Norway - The Snowman - Jo Nesbo

Lebanon - The Arsonists City - Hala Ayan

New Zealand - Birnam Wood - Eleanor Catton

Jamaica - Black Cake - Charmaine Wilkerson

Vietnam - The Sympathizer - Viet Thanh Nguyen

Thailand - Bangkok 8 - John Burdett

Scotland - The Lost Queen - Signe Pike

Dark Sparkles...

Tales of Broads, Babes & Rebels…

Charm - The Bone Orchard (Sara A Mueller)

Lanore - The Taker (Alma Katsu)

Sister Holiday - Scorched Grace (Margot Douaihy)

Celaena - Throne Of Glass (Sarah J. Maas)

Wren Connolly – Reboot (Amy Tintera)

Victoria McQueen – NOS4A2 (Joe Hill)

Anna - Hench (Natalie Zina Walschots)

Annie Wilkes – Misery (Stephen King)

Jessa-Lynn - Mostly Dead Things (Kristen Arnett)

Nova - Renegades (Marissa Meyer)

Hwa - Company Town (Madeline Ashby)

Chelsea - The Violence (Deliah S Dawson)

Martha - The Future (Naomi Alderman)

Flo & Clara - Plain Bad Heriones (Emily Danforth)

Jane - Bad Monkeys (Matt Ruff)

Jude - The Cruel Prince (Holly Black)

Carmen - Secret Identity (Alex Segura)

Lore - Lore (Alexandra Bracken)

Ada - Outlawed (Anna North)

Loretta & Hamara - Chain Gang All Stars (Nana Kwame-Adeji)

Nova - Zero Sum Game (S.L. Huang)

Gwendy - Gwendy Button Box (Richard Chizmar & Stephen King)

Holiday Story's...

Mystery, Romance & Fantasy, Oh My…

The Christmas Guest - Peter Swanson

The Kingdom Of Sweets - Erika Johansen

The Christmas Appeal - Janice Hallett

Christmas Orphans Club - Becca Freeman

Christmas Murder Game - Alexandra Benedict

I Am Half-Sick Of Shadows - Alan Bradley

Christmas Presents - Lisa Unger

Secret Santa - Andrew Shaffer

Sherlock Holmes & The Christmas Demon - James Lovegrove

The Usual Santas - Peter Lovesy

Always, In December - Emily Stone

Christmas By The Book - Anne Marie Ryan

Bright Lights, Big Christmas - Mary Kay Andrews

The Christmas Bookshop - Jenny Colgan

Silent Night - R.L. Stine

When Christmas Comes - Andrew Klavan

The Santa Klaus Murder - Mavis Doriel Hay

Murder On The Christmas Express - Alexandra Benedict

Hercule Poirot's Silent Night - Sophie Hannah

Guilty Pleasures...

Read Shamelessly, Always…

Slay - Laurell K. Hamilton

The Watchmakers Hand - Jeffrey Deaver

Darius - JR Ward

Exit - Belinda Bauer

The Taker - Alma Katsu

The Rich - Rachel Lynch

House At The End Of The World - Dean Koontz

From Blood & Ash - Jennifer L. Armentrout

The Beautiful - Renee Ahdieh

Thank You For Listening - Julie Whelan

A Discovery Of Witches - Deborah Harkness

Hit List - Lawrence Block

Mortal Sins - Penn Williamson

Deal Breaker - Harlan Coben

Warriors Hope - Rebecca Zanetti

Last Time You Called - Carmi Heyman

Ascend - Amanda Hocking

Identity - Nora Roberts

You - Caroline Kepnes

Storytime Books...

Picture Books That Rock…

The Very Best Hug - Smriti Prasadam Halls

The Tragically Hip ABC - The Tragically Hip

The Umbrella - Beth Ferry

Oh, Olive - Lian Cho

A Bad Case Of The Stripes - David Shannon

A Child Of Books - Oliver Jeffers

The Night Frolic - Julie Berry

The Stinky Cheese Man & Other Fairly Stupid Tales - Jon Sciezska

The Most Serious Fart - Mike Bender

D Is For Drool - Amanda Noll

The Day The Crayons Quit - Drew Daywait

Attack Of The Underwear Dragon - Scott Rothman

It's Only Stanley - Jon Agee

Lift - Minh Li

The Barnabus Project - Terry Fan

The Liszits - Kyo Maclear

Big - Vashti Harrison

5 More Sleeps 'til Christmas - Jimmy Fallon

Do Not Open This Book - Andy Lee

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Once Upon A Time

Detective Wannabe's...

Whodunit’s In The Hands Of Amateurs…

West Heart Kill - Dann McDorman

The Mystery Guest - Nita Prose

The Last Devil To Die - Richard Osman

Glory Be - Danielle Arceneaux

The Busy Body - Kemper Donovan

Everybody On This Train Is A Suspect - Benjamin Stevenson

Close To Death - Anthony Horowitz

A Most Agreeable Murder - Julia Seales

Murder In The Bookship - Anita Davison

The Postscript Murders - Elly Griffiths

How To Solve Your Own Murder - Kirsten Perrin

Nosy Parker - Lesley Crewe

Golden Spoon - Jessa Maxwell

The Bingo Hall Detectives - Jonathan Whitelaw

I Only Read Murder - Ian & Will Ferguson

Death Comes To Marlow - Robert Thorogood

The Columbo Collection - William Link

The Cleaner - Samantha Beal

22 Murders Of Madison May - Max Barry

So Many Books...

If You Could Only Read A Few…

11/22/63 - Stephen King

A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles

Bright Young Women - Jessica Knoll

Dead Silence - S.A. Barnes

Eight Detectives - Alex Pavesi

Happiness Falls - Angie Kim

Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill

Heartless - Marissa Meyer

Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore - Robin Sloan

No One Will Miss Her - Kat Rosenfield

Recursion - Blake Crouch

The Carnivale of Curiosities - Amiee Gibbs

The Final Girl Support Group - Grady Hendrix

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield

The Woman in the Library - Sulari Gentill

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

We Begin at the End - Chris Whitaker

Tea Time...

Books Set In Diners, Cafes & More…

Coffee Shop Of Curiousities - Heather Webber

Last Diner Standing - Terri Austin

Together Tea - Marjan Kamali

Marrying The Ketchups - Jennifer Close

The Supremes At Earls All You Can Eat - Edward Kesley Moore

A Magic Steeped In Poison - Judy Lin

Tempest In A Teapot - Kate Valent

Recipes Of Love & Murder - Sally Andrew

Little Coffee Shop Of Kabul - Deborah Rodriguez

Gil's All Fright Diner - A. Lee Martinez

The Devine Doughnut Shop - Carolyn Brown

Dinner At The Homesick Restaurant - Anne Tyler

Traveling Tea Shop - Belinda Jones

Vintage tea Cup Club - Vanessa Greene

Glazed Murder: Donut Shop Mystery - Jessica Beck

Midnight At The Blackbird Café - Heather Webber

Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Café - Fannie Flag

Little French Bistro - Nina George

Before The Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Hidden Gems...

What Are You Waiting For…

Secret Identity - Alex Segura

The Serialist - David Gordon

A Kiss Before Dying - Ira Levin

The Shadow Of The Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Verifiers - Jane Pek

Miss Cecily’s Recipes For Exceptional Ladies- Vicky Zimmerman

Sourdough - Robin Sloan

The Hundred,Foot Journey - Richard C. Morais

The Music Shop - Rachel Joyce

Out Of Sight - Elmore Leonard

Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman

See Jane Run - Joy Fielding

I Let You Go - Clare MacKintosh

Larry’s Party - Carol Shields

My Sister’s Keeper - Jodi Picoult

Olive, Again - Elizabeth Strout

The Help - Kathryn Stockett

Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirarsky

Winter Garden - Kristin Hannah

Books For The Bookish...

Well, Obviously…

The Woman In The Library - Sulari Gentill

Ex Libris - Ross King

The Librarianist - Patrick deWitt

Last Chance Library - Freya Sampson

Ink Blood Sister Scribe - Emma Torzs

Babel - R.F. Kuang

Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore - Robin Sloan

The Binding - Bridget Collins

Lexicon - Max Barry

No Two Persons - Erica Bauermeister

The Book Eaters - Sunyi Dean

The Midnight Library - Matt Haig

Liar's Dictionary-Ellery Williams

The Wishing Game - Meg Shaffer

The Girl Who Reads On The Metro - Christine Feret-Fleury

The Dictionary Of Lost Words - Pip Williams

The Borrower - Rebecca Makkai

Door To Door Bookstore - Carsten Henn

The Storied Life Of A. J. Fikry - Gabrielle Zevin

Mind Blowing Fiction...

Novel Narratives…

Dark Matter - Blake Crouch

Maybe In Another Life - Taylor Jenkins Reid

An Instance Of The Fingerpost - Iain Pears

3:59 - Gretchen McNeil

The Midnight Library - Matt Haig

The Two Lila Bennetts - Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke

The Hundred-Year House - Rebecca Makkai

Frankenstein - Mary Shelly

If We Were Villians - M.L. Rio

The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield

The Night Watch - Sarah Waters

The Secret History - Donna Tartt

The Fifth Season - N.K. Jemisin

Eight Detectives - Alex Pavesi

A Kiss Before Dying - Ira Levin

The Word Is Murder - Anthony Horowitz

Security - Gina Wohlsdorf

Thirteen Storeys - Jonathan Sims

S. - J.J. Abrams & Doug Dorset

Pull Of The Stars...

Explore Spectacular Worlds…

Paradox Hotel - Rob Hart

Lexicon - Max Barry

Dead Silence – S.A. Barnes

Dark Matter - Blake Crouch

Station Eternity – Mur Lafferty

Mindwalker – Kate Dylan

Echo Wife – Sarah Gailey

Frankenstein – Mary Shelly

Neuromancer – William Gibson

The Three-Body Problem – Cixin Liu

Company Town - Madeline Ashby

Ready Player One – Ernest Cline

Atomic Anna – Rachel Barenbaum

The Impossible Us – Sarah Lotz

Night Shift – Natalka Burian

The Martin – Andy Weir

Yesterday – Felicia Yap

Tell Me An Ending – Jo Harkin

Zero Sum Game – S.L. Huang

A Gut Feeling...

Fiction For Foodies…

Marrying The Ketchups - Jennifer Close

Hot Mess - Emily Bleden

Mastering The Art Of French Murder - Collen Cambridge

Recipes Of Love & Murder - Sally Andrew

Miss Cecily’s Recipes For Exceptional Ladies - Vicky Zimmerman

The Kitchen Front - Jennifer Ryan

Sourdough - Robin Sloan

Kitchens Of The Great Midwest - J. Ryan Stradel

The Kitchen God’s Wife - Amy Tan

The Particular Sadness Of Lemon Cake - Aimee Bender

The School Of Essential Ingredients - Erica Bauermeister

Serving Crazy With Curry - Amulya Malladi

The Kitchen Daughter - Jael McHenry

The Hundred,Foot Journey - Richard C. Morais

Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe - Fannie Flagg

The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Cafe - Mary Simses

The Coincidence Of Coconut Cake - Amy E. Reichert

Chocolat - Joanne Harris

Dinner At The Homesick Restaurant - Anne Tyler

Master Mind Games...

Its Playtime…

Speak Of The Devil - Rose Wildling

Blood Sugar - Sascha Rothschild

No One Will Miss Her - Kat Rosenfeld

Theives Gambit - Kayvon Lewis

Gaslight - Femi Kayode

How To Kill Your Family - Bella Mackie

Hurricane Blonde - Halley Sutton

The Trap - Catherine Ryan Howard

Girl In The Eagles Talons - Karin Smiimoff

To Catch A Storm - Mindy Mejia

Twisted: A Love Story - Samantha Downing

The Viper - John Verdon

Bright Young Women - Jessica Knoll

The Confession - Charlotte Bigland

The Fury - Alex Michaelides

After That Night - Karin Slaughter

The Spider - Lars Kepler

This Is How We End Things -R.J. Jacobs

Woman In The Window - A.J. Finn

Pitch Perfect Reads...

Books With A Musical Spin…

We Sold Our Souls - Grady Hendrix

High Fidelity - Nick Hornby

Girl - Blake Nelson

Space Opera - Catherine Valente

Signal To Noise - Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Songs In Ursa Major - Emma Brodie

More Than Maybe - Erica Hahn

Fever House - Keith Rosson

The Farewell Tour - Stephanie Clifford

The Vinyl Underground - Rob Rufus

This Song Will Save Your Life - Leila Sales

The Music Shop - Rachel Joyce

A Song For A New Day - Sarah Pinsker

Guitar Notes - Mary Amato

Spin - Colleen Nelson

Impossible Music - Sean Williams

How to Kill A Rock Star - Tiffanie DeBartolo

Stone Arabia - Dana Spiotta

Bootleg Stardust - Glenn Dixon