Barbara Claypole White

As we kick off OCD Awareness Week, I’d like to highlight a title that will publish in November. Michael Alcée, a clinical psychologist diagnosed with OCD, writes, “OCD will give you perfection, but it will take your soul.” In The Upside of OCD, he digs into that statement to present new, integrated ways of treating…

THE WEDDING PEOPLE, a story bursting with humor and heart, will definitely be in my top five audiobooks of 2024. The narrator, Helen Laser, creates a wonderful repertoire of voices and brings Phoebe to life within seconds. Phoebe arrives at the Cornwall Inn in Newport, Rhode Island, wearing a dramatic green dress that is not…

This novel has all the feels, people! Colton Gentry is a sweet, talented guy who blows up his life not once but twice. And yet he finds the strength to regroup and earn his third act. I loved every minute of his journey as we follow him through three different timelines: in senior year of…

THE SWAN’S NEST is a compelling read, a literary love story that hooked me from the first paragraph. It might also be one of my favorite novels of 2024. The writing is gorgeous, the characters are rich, and every detail reverberates with the hypocrisy and stifling morality of the Victorian era. A powerful subplot about…

Since May was Mental Health Awareness Month and June is Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month, I want to recommend two novels that tackle mental illness with honesty and hope. JUST FOR THE SUMMER was my first Abbey Jimenez novel, and it won’t be my last. The story opens with a hysterical Reddit post from a…

FAMILY FAMILY is the perfect book club pick. Funny and wise, it raises thought-provoking questions about what makes a family. Across multiple timelines, readers join India Allwood on her journey from spirited teen dreaming of a life on the stage, to studying hard as an undergrad, landing a role on Broadway, snagging an agent, and…

I love Ali Hazelwood’s rom-coms about women in STEM, but I’d decided to skip BRIDE because I have zero interest in werewolves and vampires. Or so I believed until I picked up a copy and read the first page. This novel has everything: fabulous characters, hilarious dialogue, sexual tension, betrayal, political shenanigans, and killer good…

I’m a huge Catherine McKenzie fan, and the first of a new series written under the name Catherine Mack might be my favorite of her novels. EVERY TIME I GO ON VACATION SOMEONE DIES introduces best-selling author Eleanor Dash. As readers join Eleanor on an Italian book tour that includes historical settings and dramatic views…

My New Year’s resolution was to liberate one book a month from the back of my teetering TBR stacks, and I’m so glad THE POSSIBLE WORLD was my February save. This beautiful novel winds together the stories of three strangers struggling to make sense of events that have broken their lives into before and after.…

THE FROZEN RIVER is a gripping blend of historical fiction, thriller, and women’s fiction. From the first few minutes of the audiobook, I was immersed in a brutal Maine winter, the harsh realities of frontier life, a gruesome murder, and one of history’s unsung heroines: Martha Ballard, an 18th-century healer and midwife. An author’s note…