Top Series Featuring a Female Protagonist
Each month we ask our Facebook followers for a book or series recommendation based on a particular genre or similar parameters – and then print the answers in our mid-month newsletter. (more…)
Order of Oz Reimagined Books
Oz Reimagined in a series of short stories edited by John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen. The series takes the characters created by L. Frank Baum and turns them on their head. Most of the stories range from 15-20 pages, and have a recommended reading age of 13+. Included are stories by Simon R. Green, Jonathan Maberry, Tad Williams, Orson Scott Card, David Farland, Jane Yolen, Rachel Swirsky, Robin Wasserman, Seanan McGuire, Jeffrey Ford, Dale Bailey, Theodora Goss, Ken Liu, Rae Carson and C.C. Finlay, and Kat Howard. The stories are collected in the anthology Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond. (more…)
Order of Jack Batten Books
Jack Batten is a Canadian author best known for writing the Crang Mystery series of books. Batten had mostly written non-fiction until the 1980s when he began writing his fiction series. The Crang series began in 1987 with the release of Crang Plays the Ace. (more…)
Order of Home To Heather Creek Books
Home to Heather Creek is a multi-author series of Christian-themed novels. The series follows Charlotte Stevenson, who must now care for her grandchildren who have tragically lost their mother. Charlotte believes she made mistakes raising her daughter, and she looks at this as an opportunity to correct the mistakes she made in the past. The series is published by Guideposts, and includes novels written by Carolyn Aarsen (sometimes as Kathleen Bauer), Leslie Gould, Robert Elmer, Kristin Eckhardt and Diann Hunt. (more…)
Order of Jory John Books
Jory John is an American author of children’s books. He is a New York Times bestselling author and E.B. White Read-Aloud Honor recipient. In addition to his many picture books and children’s books, he has also written for New York Times, The Guardian, the San Francisco Chronicle, and several other publications. His work has also been referenced on Jeopardy!. (more…)
Order of Kaira Rouda Books
Kaira Rouda is an American author best known for writing books in the psychological suspense genre. Some of her most popular books are Best Day Ever, All the Difference, and The Favorite Daughter. (more…)
Order of Kiese Laymon Books
Kiese Laymon is an American author out of Mississippi. He is best known for writing Heavy: An American Memoir, which won the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, the 2018 Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose, and the Austen Riggs Erikson Prize for Excellence in Mental Health Media. (more…)
Order of Kjell Ola Dahl Books
Kjell Ola Dahl is a Norweigan author best known for writing the Oslo Detectives series of Nordic noir. (more…)
Order of Joe Pulizzi Books
Joe Pulizzi is an author of thriller novels and non-fiction books. He is best known as an entrepreneur, but is also a speaker and podcaster. He has been at the helm of multiple startups, including Content Marketing Institute, which offers advisory services for innovative organizations such as HP, AT&T, Petco, LinkedIn, SAP, the Gates Foundation and many others. Joe has delivered keynote speeches for events and organizations including SXSW, NAMM, Fortune Magazine’s Leadership Summit, Nestle, General Motors, Oracle, DuPont, SAP, HP and Dell. (more…)
Order of Joan Druett Books
Joan Druett is a New Zealand author of historical fiction and non-fiction books. She specializes in maritime history. Joan earned her B.A. in English literature from Victoria University of Wellington. She worked as a biology and English literature teacher for years. She also travelled abroad to Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Middle East. Joan didn’t get published until she was 40, but she had always wanted to since she was a teenager. She and her husband Ron have two sons and six grandchildren. (more…)