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Books We Loved, Jan. 2026
Books We Loved in January 2026, by Jennifer Ashley, Sandra Freels, and Wally Lamb—historical fiction and contemporary novels

Five Directions Press
Jan 154 min read
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Books We Loved, Sep. 2025
Books We Loved in September 2025, by Liana de la Rosa, Katie Kitamura, and Chrystal Schleyer

Five Directions Press
Sep 17, 20255 min read
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Books We Loved, July 2025
Books We Loved in July 2025, by S. Isabelle, Ali Rosen, and Sarah Winman

Five Directions Press
Jul 16, 20255 min read
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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
Jun 16, 20255 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 16, 20254 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 14, 20255 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 14, 20254 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 29, 20255 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 15, 20255 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, 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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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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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, 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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Books We Loved, May 2024
Books We Loved in May, by Cara Devlin, Rachel Joyce, and Curtis Sittenfeld

Five Directions Press
May 15, 20244 min read
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Books We Loved, Apr. 2024
Books We Loved in April 2024, by Geraldine Brooks, Sandra Byrd, and Abraham Verghese

Five Directions Press
Apr 15, 20245 min read
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Spotlight Interview with Faye Rapoport DesPres
Spotlight Interview with the memoirist, children's novelist, and micro-fiction writer Faye Rapoport DesPres
Joan Schweighardt
Mar 27, 20246 min read
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Books We Loved, Feb. 2024
Books We Loved in February 2024 by Teresa H. Janssen, Jodi Picoult, and Sarah Ready

Five Directions Press
Feb 15, 20245 min read
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Books We Loved, Dec. 2023
Books We Loved in December, by Erica Ruth Neubauer, Bradley Beaulieu, and J. M. Coetzee

Five Directions Press
Dec 15, 20234 min read
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