Literary Fiction Archives

4-STAR REVIEW: A MOMENT’S SURRENDER by John Burt

Fiction Amy Wilson - 2 July 2026

Publication Date: January 19, 2026 A Moment’s Surrender follows freshman writing instructor Paul Bishop in the aftermath of the murder of his former best friend, the renowned poet Tom Corbin. Haunted by guilt...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE LOWE JOB by Grace Alexander

Family Life Amy Wilson - 24 June 2026

Publication Date: June 16, 2026 When Lili Lowe gets caught having an affair with her married boss, an admired politician, she finds herself at the epicenter of a scandal that could dismantle her...

4-STAR REVIEW: THE RETURN OF THE NISH by Tyson Stewart

Family Life Peggy K - 5 June 2026

Publication Date: June 6, 2026 As I watched my father stand in court, guilty and alone, I realized I was seeing him as a man for the first time. Gerry Smith grew up fifty-five...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: POLLOCK’S LAST LOVER by Stephen P. Kiernan

Historical Peggy K - 19 May 2026

Publication Date: May 19, 2026 Set in New York City in alternating time periods—the 1950s and the early 2000s—Pollock’s Last Lover is the engrossing tale of two women whose lives collide as they...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE FOURSOME by Christina Baker Kline REVIEWER’S CHOICE! 🏆

Literary Fiction Amy Wilson - 13 May 2026

Publication Date: May 12, 2026 From #1 New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline comes a boldly original reimagining of an astonishing true two sisters in nineteenth-century North Carolina—Kline’s own distant relatives—who married...

4-STAR REVIEW: CHOPPINESS ON HIGH SEAS by Arvind Wadhera

Literary Fiction Amy Wilson - 7 May 2026

Publication Date: April 17, 2024 Being born into poverty and hardship in 1930s London, Matthew’s life was one of relentless struggle. One inadvertent act in defence of his mother would haunt his conscience...

5-STAR REVIEW: THROWING THE HAMMER by Gary J. Kirchner REVIEWER’S CHOICE! 🏆

Fiction Amy Wilson - 30 April 2026

Publication Date: March 3, 2026 Paranoid administrators, interdepartmental feuds, quirky staff members, and an eccentric headmaster: welcome to Winston Grant High School. Mark Patterson has a master's degree in physics, wants to do nothing...

5-STAR REVIEW: DON’T STOP by Bonnie Friedman

Literary Fiction Amy Wilson - 20 April 2026

Publication Date: April 21, 2026 A daring, erotically charged novel about ambition, desire, and the dangerous pursuit of self-knowledge. Ina is a 41-year-old literary scholar on the cusp of professional success. With a coveted...

4-STAR REVIEW: THE VIOLET HOUR by James Cahill

Fiction Amy Wilson - 5 March 2026

Publication Date: March 3, 2026 A stylish, ambitious novel—touching on themes of power, money, and desire—that evokes the art world and all of its moral complexities. Thomas Haller has achieved the kind of fame...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE LAST DINNER AT WISTERIA HOUSE by Sue Roberts REVIEWER’S CHOICE 🏆

Fiction Amy Wilson - 16 January 2026

Publication Date: January 15, 2026 On a peaceful avenue stands the once-grand Wisteria House. Now it’s split into apartments, occupied by strangers who rarely say hello. Could one last dinner party bring it...

5-STAR REVIEW: YOUR TOMORROW WAS TODAY by Oyindamola Dosunmu

Literary Fiction Sandy Saucier - 15 January 2026

Publication Date: January 15, 2026 A woman’s evocative chronicle of modern womanhood, navigating love, family, and the radical desire to remain child-free in a patriarchal world. Karen has spent years building an independent life...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE SEVEN by Igor Stefanovic

Action/Adventure Amy Wilson - 14 November 2025

The Seven Saga: Book 1 Publication Date: October 7, 2025 Haunted by his failures as a father, billionaire widower Abraham Meyer sends his seven privileged children on a life-changing quest across seven continents to...