Joel Salatin
This recommendation is a little different from my usual: Joel Salatin, for those who have not encountered his name before, is a farmer and advocate for old-style natural farming techniques…
Robert Crais
More mystery than thriller, Robert Crais's Chasing Darkness follows a detective's hunt for the truth after a man he had helped clear of murder is found dead with evidence he…
Mallory Kane
If you like Harlequin Romances, you'll enjoy Mallory Kane's intriguing heroes. Solving the Mysterious Stranger, subtitled The Curse of Raven's Cliff, is set in a coastal Maine village and pits…
Adriana Trigiani
Sumptuous. That is the word that comes to mind to describe Ms.Trigiani's writing. Very Valentine celebrates the author's heritage and the city of New York that is her home, as…
Will North
Water, Stone, Heart is a modern romance set in Cornwall, England. The tale meanders comfortably through the countryside and through the friendships of two Americans come to the Atlantic coast:…
Robert Heinlein
My first science fiction novels were those of Robert Heinlein. I could not get enough of them. Starship Troopers introduced me to life in outer space. The characters written by…
Dan Brown
Perhaps best known for The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown does not restrict himself to tales with religious overtones. In Digital Fortress, technology meant to crack codes succumbs to human…
Janet Chapman
Charming the Highlander combines a Scottish warrior, a wizard, time travel, a wintry mountain landscape, and a modern woman into a Romance that is both predictable in the sense that…
Robert Harris
Pompeii is an historical novel through which the reader lives the last days of that doomed city of luxury and its neighbouring community, Herculaneum. The signs are there: Wells and…
Louise Penny
The Sûreté du Québec takes a beating in Ms. Penny's novels as the kindly but formidable Chief Inspector Armand Gamache battles corruption as well as murderers. A seemingly idyllic village…