For a number of years now, book publisher Akashic Books has been publishing collections of noir fiction short stories set in cities around the...
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For a number of years now, book publisher Akashic Books has been publishing collections of noir fiction short stories set in cities around the...
The Matchmakers welcome new Matchmaker Lisa Gordon! Lisa writes: Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci (2021) The pungent odor of sautéed...
Have you ever thought about what a crossover between Criminal Minds and Silence of the Lambs, but with teenage protagonists, would look like? Well,...
2023 marks the fifth annual Summer Scares, a program partnership of the Horror Writers Association (HWA), United for Libraries, Book Riot, and...
You can fit so many tropes into this one. Fake dating? Check. Enemies to lovers? Check. Grand gestures? Check. Basketball and cheerleader? Check....
The Matchmakers are happy to welcome our Adult Summer Reading Coordinator, Jen, as our guest blogger today! Jen writes: Chart your own adventure...
I recently read three terrific new novels. I'm not sure that they have much in common; they all have contemporary timelines, except one of them has...
“Please tell the people of your country, a child in the Congo dies every day so that they can plug in their phones.” Have you ever wondered how...
When most people think of historical fiction, they picture books set in the regency era, or perhaps WWII, since that seems to be a very popular time...
It's 2023, and as we continue our journey into the future, some might be wondering, Where are all the robots promised by our favorite sci-fi films...
Today the Matchmakers welcome guest blogger Michele Hirschfeld! Michele writes: Last Summer on State Street, the 2022 debut novel by Toya Wolfe,...
Looking for something great to read this spring? Check out this list of recently published novels! You can also fill out our Match Me Up form for...