Book Reviews

4.8

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition is the official, authoritative reference guide for APA Style, designed for writers, researchers, editors, students, and educators across a wide range of disciplines. A Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller with millions of copies sold worldwide, this thoroughly revised seventh edition updates best practices in scholarly writing, citation, and publishing for the modern academic landscape — including expanded guidance on digital sources, DOIs, URLs, and inclusive language.

Before The Bestseller: Your Proven Path to Book Sales Without Wasting Time by Alex Strathdee, Laura Russom, Steve Sarner

4.7

Published by ShelfLife in March 2025, Before The Bestseller: Your Proven Path to Book Sales Without Wasting Time & Money is a nonfiction guide co-authored by Alex Strathdee, Laura Russom, and Steve Sarner, designed to walk authors through a structured, actionable process for building book sales and a lasting readership — with or without an existing platform. Early readers on Amazon have rated it 4.8 out of 5 stars across 56 ratings.

Science Book, The: Everything You Need to Know About the World by National Geographic

4.7

National Geographic's The Science Book: Everything You Need to Know About the World and How It Works is a broad, richly illustrated single-volume reference designed to encapsulate centuries of scientific thought across six major disciplines, making it a strong starting point for curious readers of varied backgrounds.

I'll Start Again Monday: Break the Cycle of Unhealthy Eating Habits by Lysa TerKeurst

4.7

I'll Start Again Monday is a revised and condensed edition of Lysa TerKeurst's bestseller Made to Crave, reframing the struggle with unhealthy eating habits as a spiritual issue rather than a dietary one — best suited to Christian readers seeking motivation and accountability rooted in faith.

Apr 26, 2026

If You Ask Me: The Collected Columns of America's Most Beloved by Libby Gelman-Waxner

4.6

If You Ask Me: The Collected Columns of America's Most Beloved is a humor collection by the pen name Libby Gelman-Waxner — the creation of playwright and screenwriter Paul Rudnick — gathering five years of film criticism columns originally published in Premiere magazine between 1987 and 1992. The book skewers Hollywood through the voice of a delightfully suburban, pop-culture-obsessed persona, and readers who enjoy satirical cultural commentary delivered with a sharp comedic edge will find it holds up as one of the genre's most purely entertaining entries.

All the Broken Places: A Novel by John Boyne

4.6

All the Broken Places is a historical fiction novel by New York Times bestselling author John Boyne — a sequel to his book The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas — that follows Gretel Fernsby, now 91 years old and living quietly in a London mansion block, as the arrival of a new family forces her to confront decades of buried guilt over her father's role as commandant of a Nazi extermination camp, her own complicity, and her part in her brother Bruno's death.

The Mediterranean Dish: 120 Bold by Suzy Karadsheh

4.6

Suzy Karadsheh's New York Times bestselling debut cookbook translates the cross-cultural flavors of the Mediterranean — spanning Greece, southern Spain, Jordan, Tunisia, Egypt, and beyond — into more than 120 weeknight-accessible recipes designed for American home kitchens, backed by the enormous following her pioneering Mediterranean food blog has built over the years.

The Book of Lost Friends: A Novel by Lisa Wingate

4.5

Lisa Wingate's The Book of Lost Friends is a New York Times bestseller and a dual-timeline historical novel that roots its emotional power in the real-world tragedy of post–Civil War "Lost Friends" newspaper advertisements, weaving together the journeys of three young women in 1875 Louisiana and Texas with the story of a modern teacher who uncovers their forgotten history.

Apr 26, 2026

The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, by Jonathan Rosen

4.4

Jonathan Rosen's memoir The Best Minds is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and a New York Times Top 10 Best Book of 2023 that reconstructs the author's lifelong friendship with Michael Laudor — a Yale-educated legal prodigy diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia who ultimately killed his pregnant girlfriend, Caroline Costello. Drawing on court and police records, medical studies, interviews, and diaries, Rosen widens the lens beyond one devastating story to examine deinstitutionalization, the nature of mental illness, and the self-deceptions of an entire era.

Last Patient of the Night: An AJ Docker Thriller (An AJ Docker by Gary Gerlacher

4.4

Gary Gerlacher's debut medical thriller introduces Dr. AJ "Doc" Docker, a Houston ER physician whose determination to identify and seek justice for an unnamed young woman who dies in his emergency room pulls him into the criminal underworld — with his policeman friend and a police dog at his side. Published by Black Rose Writing in December 2023, the novel blends action-packed thriller plotting with lighter, episodic moments from emergency room life, with Gerlacher's real-world background as a pediatric emergency physician providing the authentic ER detail that grounds the series opener.

The Whisper Man: A Novel by Alex North

4.3

Alex North's debut novel, The Whisper Man, is a New York Times bestseller published by Celadon Books that intertwines a cold-case serial killer investigation with a story of grief, fatherhood, and a child's unnerving connection to something he cannot explain — earning starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist and an Editor's Pick designation from The New York Times.

Cozy: The Art of Arranging Yourself in the World – A Wise by Isabel Gillies

4.2

Isabel Gillies's Cozy: The Art of Arranging Yourself in the World is a hybrid work — part manifesto, part lifestyle guide, part memoir — that reframes comfort not as a passive mood but as a deliberate, achievable practice, written by the New York Times bestselling author of Happens Every Day and featuring hand-drawn illustrations throughout.