Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 Last week, I wrote the first article in a four-part series about the 20 Best Female Authors. Here are the next five authors whose works are undeniably great. Remember, this list is in no partic...

Rowan Oak is the family home of William Faulkner, one of the most famous Southern authors to ever put pen to paper. Rowan Oak welcomes thousands of visitors each year. A visit to Faulkner’s home offers a rare glimpse into the l...

To say that Monroeville, Alabama, is off the beaten track would be an understatement. Much of Alabama is labeled as “rural,” but Monroeville embodies the ideal of small-town America to the fullest. Yet, this tiny city has manag...

Philip Margolin’s latest novel, Worthy Brown’s Daughter, is an example of what makes reading historical fiction both entertaining and educational. Margolin competently explores the complexities of 1860s Portland, Oregon in an e...

When Emma Donoghue published her novel Room in 2010, no one could have guessed that it would spend weeks on bestsellers lists across the world, or that it would win some of the most coveted awards for fiction writing. In March ...

Most book lovers harbor a secret desire to own a bookstore. We’ve all imagined how we’d arrange each section just so, and we’ve pictured the joy that sharing our love for books with others would bring. That’s why the novel The ...

For booklovers, discussing our passion with non-readers can be a little unsettling. Non-readers just don’t understand why nothing smells better to us than a freshly printed novel. They cannot fathom how we look at paper cuts ca...