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Books We Loved, June 2025
Books We Loved in June 2025, by Tana French (contemporary), Laurie R. King (historical mystery), and Lea Ypi (memoir)
Five Directions Press
4 days ago5 min read
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Spotlight Interview with Josh Denslow
Spotlight interview with Josh Denslow, whose story collection Magic Can't Save Us is due out in May 2025
Five Directions Press
May 286 min read
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Books We Loved, May 2025
Books We Loved in May 2025, historical fiction novels by Emma Donoghue, Kate Foster, and Karen Swan
Five Directions Press
May 146 min read
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Books We Loved, Apr. 2025
Books We Loved in April 2025, contemporary and historical fiction by Ashley Elston, Elise Hooper, and Alka Joshi
Five Directions Press
Apr 164 min read
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Spotlight Interview with Andrea Pickens
Spotlight Interview with historical romance writer Andrea Pickens, who also publishes mysteries as Andrea Penrose
C. P. Lesley
Mar 315 min read
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Books We Loved, Mar. 2025
Books We Loved in March 2025: historical and contemporary fiction by Elyse Durham, Rachel Kushner, and S. G. Maclean
Five Directions Press
Mar 145 min read
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Books We Loved, Feb. 2025
Books We Loved in February 2025, by Ryan Graudin, Heather McBreen, and Andrea Pickens
Five Directions Press
Feb 144 min read
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Spotlight Interview with Claudia H. Long
Spotlight Interview with Claudia H. Long, whose contemporary mystery Murder without a Duck came out in November 2024
Joan Schweighardt
Jan 295 min read
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Books We Loved, Jan. 2025
Books We Loved in Jan. 2025, by Fiona Davis, Claire Keegan, and Jodi Picoult co-writing with Jennifer Finney Boylan
Five Directions Press
Jan 155 min read
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Books We Loved, Dec. 2024
Books We Loved in December 2024, by Diana R. Chambers, Claudia H. Long, and Breanne Randall
Five Directions Press
Dec 16, 20243 min read
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Spotlight Interview with Cynthia J. Sylvester
Joan Schweighardt conducts this Spotlight interview with Cynthia J. Sylvester, author of The Half-White Album
Joan Schweighardt
Nov 29, 20246 min read
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Books We Loved, Nov. 2024
Books We Loved in November 2024, by Natalie Brianne, Sebastian Junger, and Julia Park Tracey
Five Directions Press
Nov 15, 20244 min read
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Books We Loved, Oct. 2024
Books We Loved in October 2024, by Magda Alexander, Hernan Diaz, and Percival Everett
Five Directions Press
Oct 15, 20246 min read
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Spotlight Interview with Minrose Gwin
Spotlight on Minrose Gwin in this interview by Five Directions Press author Joan Schweighardt about Gwin's new novel "Beautiful Dreamers"
Joan Schweighardt
Sep 30, 20246 min read
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Books We Loved, Sep. 2024
Books We Loved in September 2024, by Christina Dodd, Emily L. Finch, and Paul Murray
Five Directions Press
Sep 16, 20245 min read
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Books We Loved, Aug. 2024
Books We Loved in August 2024, by Emilia Hart, Kristen Loesch, and the cowriting team of Lynn Morrison and Anne Radcliffe
Five Directions Press
Aug 15, 20245 min read
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Spotlight Interview with Mary Fleming
Spotlight interview with Mary Fleming, whose third novel, Civilisation Francaise, appeared in July 2024
Joan Schweighardt
Jul 31, 20246 min read
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Books We Loved, July 2024
Books We Loved in July 2024, by Eve J. Chung, Kate Parker, and Ruth Reichl
Five Directions Press
Jul 17, 20244 min read
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Books We Loved, June 2024
Books We Loved in June, by Audrey Burges, Lauren Kate, and Amor Towles
Five Directions Press
Jun 14, 20244 min read
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Spotlight Interview with Shannon Robinson
Interview that shines a spotlight on Shannon Robinson, author of the short story collection The Ill-Fitted Skin
Joan Schweighardt
May 29, 20246 min read
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