Contemporary literature, social commentary, and modern voices.https://newcenturyreading.com/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/the-lady-on-esplanade/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/the-lady-on-esplanade/The Lady on Esplanade sounds like the kind of book I would match to the right customer without much hesitation.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/do-not-disturb/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/do-not-disturb/I can already picture the kind of bookseller conversation that would end with this title in somebody's bag.Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/bears-discover-fire-and-other-stories/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/bears-discover-fire-and-other-stories/Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories sounds like the kind of book I would match to the right customer without much hesitation.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/nymph/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/nymph/I can already picture the kind of bookseller conversation that would end with this title in somebody's bag.Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/jane-said-it-best/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/jane-said-it-best/Jane Said It Best sounds like the kind of book I would match to the right customer without much hesitation.Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/death-and-dinuguan/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/death-and-dinuguan/Death and Dinuguan sounds like the kind of book I would match to the right customer without much hesitation.Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/why-i-trust-a-fitness-book-willing-to-argue-with-the-room/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/why-i-trust-a-fitness-book-willing-to-argue-with-the-room/Certainty can be cheap, but so can politeness. This book earns some trust by being willing to challenge the dominant script, even when it overshoots.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:30:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/a-heart-for-christmas/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/a-heart-for-christmas/I pay attention when a title sounds specific enough to hand-sell instead of merely summarize.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/the-fact-finders-universe/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/the-fact-finders-universe/This feels built for readers who want voice, shape, and a sense that the book knows what it is doing from a recommendation with some personality.Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/the-lychford-collection-1/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/the-lychford-collection-1/I pay attention when a title sounds specific enough to hand-sell instead of merely summarize.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/octavo/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/octavo/Octavo sounds like the kind of book I would match to the right customer without much hesitation.Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/america-as-it-happened-looks-like-the-kind-of-history-book-i-actually-keep-open/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/america-as-it-happened-looks-like-the-kind-of-history-book-i-actually-keep-open/I do not need history to feel dutiful. I need it to feel arranged by someone who wants me to keep turning pages.Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/my-last-innocent-year-a-novel/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/my-last-innocent-year-a-novel/Midway through her senior year of college, Isabel finds herself enmeshed in a sexual encounter that she feels, in hindsight, was not entirely consensual. Her activist roommate publicly humiliates the boy involved, and Isabel finds herself shaken as rumors abound. Better company is her new creativ...Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/before-i-forget-sounds-sharper-and-sadder-than-most-memory-books/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/before-i-forget-sounds-sharper-and-sadder-than-most-memory-books/Books about memory can get sentimental in a hurry. Before I Forget sounds like it may have more nerve than that.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/a-touch-of-moonlight-a-novel/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/a-touch-of-moonlight-a-novel/Every full moon, Larimar Cintrón’s naturally curly hair straightens itself out. Her ankles twist themselves around until her feet face backward. She can run so fast that she’s flying and invisible. The women of older generations in her family are in ciguapa form year-round. Larimar lives the life...Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/a-readable-novel-with-enough-edge-to-keep-things-honest/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/a-readable-novel-with-enough-edge-to-keep-things-honest/I’m drawn to books that are welcoming without being bland. A novel can be easy to enter and still have a little nerve.Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/self-publish-a-book-in-10-steps-by-hank-quense/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/self-publish-a-book-in-10-steps-by-hank-quense/About the Book: Self-publishing a book is difficult. This book simplifies it by breaking down a self-publishing and marketing project into 10 steps. This step-by-step process will get your book published and initiate the pre-launch marketing. Hank Quense has written and self-published over twenty...Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/the-book-review-industry-needs-a-clearer-line-on-ai/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/the-book-review-industry-needs-a-clearer-line-on-ai/Authors are being asked to trust services that do not always explain how reviewer work is screened. That has to change.Wed, 06 May 2026 16:18:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/academy-arcanist-by-shami-stovall/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/academy-arcanist-by-shami-stovall/Book Summary: Hopes. Dreams. And literal nightmares out to kill a young boy. Gray Lexly, son of a candlemaker, wants to escape his life of old-world technologies and study at the prestigious Astra Academy, a school for arcanists—those who can wield magic. But Gray has a major problem. Every night...Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/the-books-that-feel-most-alive-to-me-right-now/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/the-books-that-feel-most-alive-to-me-right-now/The books that stay with me are not always the neatest ones. Usually they are the ones asking the hardest questions in the most human way.Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/why-i-trust-a-book-that-does-not-rush-its-questions/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/why-i-trust-a-book-that-does-not-rush-its-questions/Some books want to prove a point quickly. I usually trust the ones willing to live with complexity a little longer.Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/holler-whispers-is-a-smart-readable-legal-mystery/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/holler-whispers-is-a-smart-readable-legal-mystery/Holler Whispers has a clear commercial hook, but it reads with more texture than a bare-bones legal thriller.Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/my-expansion-by-nancy-manet/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/my-expansion-by-nancy-manet/Story Summary Big Bear thinks they know how things are supposed to be for the cub: Don’t run too fast. Don’t get your feet wet. Do what the “good” bears are doing. Never stray from the traditional path. But Big Bear’s got a cub on their paws that just wants to go their own way. […]Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/a-second-chance-by-asher-frend/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/a-second-chance-by-asher-frend/Here’s what A Second Chance gets right that most coming-of-age fiction doesn’t: it shows manipulation as a process, not an event. Mikaila and Chara are best friends. Asa is the person who enters and begins, quietly, to dismantle what they have. Asher Frend doesn’t rush this. The dated chapter str...Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:30:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/align-your-business-with-the-real-you-connect-with-yourself-create-what-matters-most-and-define-your-success-by-jennifer-musser/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/align-your-business-with-the-real-you-connect-with-yourself-create-what-matters-most-and-define-your-success-by-jennifer-musser/Not all self-help books are created equal. Jennifer Musser’s Align Your Business with the Real You stands out by blending memoir, strategy, and actionable exercises. Her 5C framework walks you through aligning your inner world with your outer goals. It’s introspective without being fluffy, practi...Sat, 05 Apr 2025 20:05:58 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/here-lyeth-by-johanna-frank/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/here-lyeth-by-johanna-frank/Book Summary: In Here Lyeth, Lexxie, feeling angry and heartbroken, leaves her home after learning that her biological father lives in a village called Vereiteln Dorf. There, she becomes intrigued by an unconsecrated graveyard and tries to uncover the truth, despite the locals’ reluctance to shar...Wed, 18 Dec 2024 15:18:26 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/universe-of-lost-messages-the-charismites-by-janet-stilson/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/universe-of-lost-messages-the-charismites-by-janet-stilson/Story Summary What if your child has special powers and can get people to do almost anything? What happens if the child is abducted? Izzie and Tristan were never mere humans. They are Charismites, with almost god-like powers of magnetism. And they couldn’t be more different. Izzie is a reckless, ...Tue, 10 Dec 2024 11:27:44 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/champagne-widows-by-rebecca-rosenberg/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/champagne-widows-by-rebecca-rosenberg/Summary: Sparkling Courage: Love, Loss, and the First Champagne Queen’s Daring Legacy France, 1800s. Young widow Barbe-Nicole Clicquot possesses an extraordinary gift: Le Nez, an exquisite sense of smell required to craft the world’s finest champagne. Despite crippling grief and societal rules ag...Mon, 09 Dec 2024 09:42:16 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/bones-of-the-apostle-by-john-amos/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/bones-of-the-apostle-by-john-amos/Story Summary: “Thomas, I’m bored. We need some excitement.” Back from their harrowing mission in the desert to recover a stolen statue of Aphrodite, detectives Flinders Petrie and Thomas Pettigrew have earned a reputation for success against all odds. Just as they are growing restless for anothe...Sun, 08 Dec 2024 12:45:04 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/the-case-of-the-stolen-goddess-by-john-amos/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/the-case-of-the-stolen-goddess-by-john-amos/Story Summary: Flinders smiled. “Once more into the breach, my friend.” Now famous after their previous quest to find Cleopatra’s tomb, detectives Flinders Petrie and Thomas Pettigrew begin their next adventure in search of a stolen statue of Aphrodite. Their pursuit takes them from the bowels of...Sat, 07 Dec 2024 14:07:30 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/prioritize-us-unlock-lasting-love-with-one-simple-proven-test-by-nick-brancato/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/prioritize-us-unlock-lasting-love-with-one-simple-proven-test-by-nick-brancato/Summary: What if the real reasons behind our arguments were hidden all along? The answer could change everything—starting today. Introducing Prioritize Us: Unlock Lasting Love with One Simple, Proven Test—a research-backed tool with the power to uncover what truly matters to you and your partner....Fri, 06 Dec 2024 17:40:33 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/thought-choice-power-charting-the-course-of-liberty-in-modern-society-by-plebeius/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/thought-choice-power-charting-the-course-of-liberty-in-modern-society-by-plebeius/Summary: Thought Choice Power: Charting the Course of Liberty in Modern Society by Plebeius is a thought-provoking exploration of governance, civic responsibility, and the critical need for principled thinking in today’s complex sociopolitical landscape. In an era when superficial messaging and p...Thu, 05 Dec 2024 23:21:55 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/apricot-marmalade-and-the-edmondson-transmittal-by-lon-orey/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/apricot-marmalade-and-the-edmondson-transmittal-by-lon-orey/Summary: The war was not going well. The surprisingly effective Tet Offensive in late January 1968 had humbled and embarrassed the South Vietnamese and their American allies. It had sent a powerful message to the folks back home that this Vietnam thing was not going to be over anytime soon. The h...Wed, 04 Dec 2024 18:16:05 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/the-crush-of-wine-and-war-by-molly-fumia/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/the-crush-of-wine-and-war-by-molly-fumia/Summary: “Here is a book of exquisite honesty and profound depth… Along the way grief becomes a dance in the dark and suffering turns to love.” -Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Book of Longings, review of Molly Fumia’s Safe Passage Austria, 1938. Two Couples struggle with the terrifying prospect of ...Tue, 03 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/tangles-a-cold-war-love-story-and-mystery-by-by-kay-smith-blum/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/tangles-a-cold-war-love-story-and-mystery-by-by-kay-smith-blum/Summary: “In a well-crafted debut, Smith-Blum provides the reader a ringside seat to the birth of the nuclear age…a beautifully written, important story…Tangles packs a punch and hits close to home.” –Robert Dugoni, New York Times bestselling author of The Tracy Crosswhite Series Oppenheimer was ...Mon, 02 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/101-super-cute-things-to-draw/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/101-super-cute-things-to-draw/More than 100 step-by-step lessons for making cute, expressive, fun art! 101 Super Cute Things to Draw is an interactive activity that can be done by yourself or with friends and family. The numerous things to draw are collected from common themes, such as everyday objects (i.e., coffee cup, vase...Fri, 29 Nov 2024 16:35:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/wine-club/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/wine-club/Raise A Glass Roundup Entering the diverse and intricate world of alcoholic beverages can be a richly rewarding experience, and what better way to do so than through the pages of a good book? In this Raise A Glass Roundup, we’ve gathered together five recently released books that offer a tantaliz...Thu, 28 Nov 2024 16:15:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/the-hype-machine/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/the-hype-machine/How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health–and How We Must Adapt Leading up to and following the 2020 presidential election, it seems blatantly obvious the influence that social media and “news sources” have on the public’s opinions on matters. It has seemed that “news s...Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:59:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/get-your-book-seen-and-sold-the-essential-book-marketing-and-publishing-guide/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/get-your-book-seen-and-sold-the-essential-book-marketing-and-publishing-guide/Get Your Book Seen and Sold, written by Claudine Wolk and Julie Murkette, is a guide for assisting writers in marketing and getting their book published. Wolk is a published author and Murkette has experience working alongside writers and publishers. The book first starts off by distinguishing th...Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:02:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/abyss-of-tyranny/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/abyss-of-tyranny/“Justin Cook’s Abyss of Tyranny is a passionate and highly enlightening tale about the justice system in the USA. Drawing on his abusive experience even outside the prison walls, Justin tells a story that shines a light on the need to transform conventional correctional measures and guarantee tru...Tue, 26 Nov 2024 04:31:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/colors-of-art-the-story-of-art-in-80-palettes/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/colors-of-art-the-story-of-art-in-80-palettes/This impressively illustrated collection of paintings ranging from prehistoric times to the present so vividly demonstrates the development and significance of color as stories and history have been artfully and colorfully translated into visual images. The colors and shades produced by the pigme...Fri, 22 Nov 2024 20:09:12 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/next-stop-a-graphic-novel/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/next-stop-a-graphic-novel/Pia and her father are supposed to embark on a road trip to see Cessarine Lake, a lake touted to make people’s wishes come true. However, amidst some ongoing problems at home, Pia is off on a summer bus tour alone without her father. While on the tour to some oddball sites, Pia meets Sam […]Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:18:24 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/wind-riders-1-rescue-on-turtle-beach/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/wind-riders-1-rescue-on-turtle-beach/Grab your sailing gear and get ready to go on an adventure on the high seas…and save endangered sea turtles too.Wind Riders: Rescue on Turtle Beach is a fun read that takes Max, a local beach kid, and his new friend Sofia on a magical boat ride to Hawaii. Max is getting ready for a […]Wed, 20 Nov 2024 18:15:15 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/inkflower/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/inkflower/Lisa has a pretty idyllic life—a loving family, plenty of friends at school, and an amazing boyfriend. But she also has some secrets. Her father has just told the family that he is dying. He only has six months to live. And Lisa is Jewish. Her parents insist on a 10:00 curfew, unlike her friends....Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:30:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/carol-gilligan-and-the-search-for-voice-extraordinary-women-in-psychology-series/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/carol-gilligan-and-the-search-for-voice-extraordinary-women-in-psychology-series/Carol Gilligan and the Search for Voice is a very empowering book by Bill Cole and illustrated by Sarah Green. For me, it is especially empowering in these times where there is an election going on and there are many passages about Gilligan’s essays on the patriarchy. She explains at one point in...Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:30:00 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/the-one-week-writing-workshop-7-days-to-spark-boost-or-revive-your-novel-by-karin-adams/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/the-one-week-writing-workshop-7-days-to-spark-boost-or-revive-your-novel-by-karin-adams/About the book: You’ve always wanted to write a novel and have been nurturing a great idea. Perhaps you’ve made a pile of notes—even written several chapters. But as you sit down alone with the blank page or your next scene, nothing happens. Or if the writing does start to flow, it soon dries up....Sat, 16 Nov 2024 11:13:23 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/the-law-says-what-stuff-you-didnt-know-about-the-law-but-really-should/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/the-law-says-what-stuff-you-didnt-know-about-the-law-but-really-should/The law touches our everyday lives, and Maclen Stanley is determined to help readers change the way they think about the legal system. In this book, the Harvard Law grad and practicing attorney focuses on six broad sections: policing, crime, self-defense, rights, employers and landlords, and the ...Fri, 15 Nov 2024 17:42:52 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/devour-a-graphic-novel/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/devour-a-graphic-novel/“We bring our beliefs wherever we go.” The myths and lore from Africa came to America with the enslaved peoples. But it wasn’t just the stories that arrived in the New World; the gods came, too. One of these gods was the spider Anansi, who came to consume the stories of the captured Africans. The...Thu, 14 Nov 2024 16:44:30 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/the-witchstone/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/the-witchstone/In a forgotten corner of the Catskills live the Drakefords. The family has been cursed for generations. Nineteen-year-old Maggie lives with her family with no hope of escaping their curse. One night, a visitor knocks on the Drakefords’ door. The man who ventures onto their property is Laszlo. Int...Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:48:25 GMThttps://newcenturyreading.com/posts/catch-and-keep-a-novel/https://newcenturyreading.com/posts/catch-and-keep-a-novel/Outdoors enthusiast Maren Laughlin is looking to start on a new path in Wisconsin after leaving her job as a park ranger and life with her former fiancé in Michigan. In Wisconsin, she reunites with Josiah (Joe) Cole, her older brother Liam’s best friend. They spent a lot of time together growing ...Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:20:37 GMT