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From Alicia's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Alicia loves this book

I love stories based on real events/real people.

By Ariel Lawhon ,

Why should I read it?

44 authors picked The Frozen River as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • GMA BOOK CLUB PICK • AN NPR BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and Code Name Hélène comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history.

"Fans of Outlander’s Claire Fraser will enjoy Lawhon’s Martha, who is brave and outspoken when it comes to protecting the innocent. . . impressive."—The Washington Post

"Once again, Lawhon works storytelling magic with a real-life heroine." —People Magazine

Maine, 1789: When…


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The Tomorrow Project by H Critchlow,

A compelling and unforgettable tale of humanity, resilience, and the lengths we will go to for love. When the end comes, what will you wish you had done?

In 2050s London, a deadly virus sweeps the globe, and the British government decides to evacuate children from the cities while a…

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By Beatriz Serrano , Mara Faye Lethem (translator) ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Discontent as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

From a dazzling new international voice, an audacious, darkly funny novel about a young woman whose carefully crafted office persona threatens to crack when she's forced to attend her company's annual retreat "A wry work of spectacular wit. . . . Beatriz Serrano writes with a caustic flare for detail, exploring the small humiliations of the everyday corporate office with charm and utter hilarity. Absolutely brilliant." --Danya Kukafka, author of Notes on an ExecutionOn the surface, Marisa's life looks enviable. She lives in a beautiful apartment in the center of Madrid, she has a hot neighbor who is always around…


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Yvonne Osborne Author Of Black River

From my list on rural noir tension and environmental conflict.

Why am I passionate about this?

I grew up on a fifth-generation family farm, schooled around the dining table by stories of bootleggers, hoodlums, and environmental shysters. Raised by parents and grandparents who believed in the ancient wisdom of husbandry versus the growing use of chemicals and crop dusters.  Those who believed what was good for all was good enough for one. The common good versus the selfish exploitation of land, animals, and labor. 

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Yvonne Osborne Why Yvonne loves this book

If you love the National Parks but fear for their continued viability, read The Last Ranger.

Heller takes you deep into Yellowstone with a gutsy but beleaguered ranger who is only trying to do his job, protecting the animals therein and the majesty of the park from often well-meaning but ignorant tourists and poachers. The tension explodes when a fellow ranger and good friend is caught in a trap.

By Peter Heller ,

Why should I read it?

4 authors picked The Last Ranger as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

The best-selling author of The River returns with a vibrant, lyrical novel about an enforcement ranger in Yellowstone National Park who likes wolves better than most people. When a clandestine range war threatens his closest friend, he must shake off his own losses and act swiftly to discover the truth and stay alive.

“A good story that’s intertwined like leaves afloat in a river with the current of Heller’s descriptive powers… Filled with Heller’s lush writing… Powerful.” –Denver Post

Officer Ren Hopper is an enforcement ranger with the National Park Service, tasked with duties both mundane and thrilling: Breaking up…


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The Tomorrow Project by H Critchlow,

A compelling and unforgettable tale of humanity, resilience, and the lengths we will go to for love. When the end comes, what will you wish you had done?

In 2050s London, a deadly virus sweeps the globe, and the British government decides to evacuate children from the cities while a…

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Yvonne Osborne Author Of Black River

From my list on rural noir tension and environmental conflict.

Why am I passionate about this?

I grew up on a fifth-generation family farm, schooled around the dining table by stories of bootleggers, hoodlums, and environmental shysters. Raised by parents and grandparents who believed in the ancient wisdom of husbandry versus the growing use of chemicals and crop dusters.  Those who believed what was good for all was good enough for one. The common good versus the selfish exploitation of land, animals, and labor. 

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Yvonne Osborne Why Yvonne loves this book

I loved this book because of the setting in a sugar beet farming town facing environmental degradation, complicated by forbidden love and hidden secrets.

The problems all farming communities face are similar and heartbreaking. This is about ordinary people, like those I know, flawed but decent and struggling to survive a farming life.

Plus, I love a good love story.

By Louise Erdrich ,

Why should I read it?

5 authors picked The Mighty Red as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

'Erdrich remains one of the world's literary giants' Boston Globe

In Argus, North Dakota, a fraught wedding is taking place.

Gary Geist, a terrified young man set to inherit two farms, is desperate to marry Kismet Poe. Gary thinks Kismet is the answer to all of his problems; Kismet can't even imagine her future, let alone the kind of future Gary might offer. During a clumsy proposal, Kismet misses her chance to say 'no' and so the die is cast.

Hugo has been in love with Kismet for years. He has been her friend, confidante and occasionally her lover -…


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Yvonne Osborne Author Of Black River

From my list on rural noir tension and environmental conflict.

Why am I passionate about this?

I grew up on a fifth-generation family farm, schooled around the dining table by stories of bootleggers, hoodlums, and environmental shysters. Raised by parents and grandparents who believed in the ancient wisdom of husbandry versus the growing use of chemicals and crop dusters.  Those who believed what was good for all was good enough for one. The common good versus the selfish exploitation of land, animals, and labor. 

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Yvonne Osborne Why Yvonne loves this book

I loved the setting—wild and beautiful but on-the-brink-of-collapse Antarctica.

And who knew there was a seed bank where all the seeds of the world are collected and saved? Who decides what’s worth saving?

A cliffhanger ending that kept me turning pages. I could never put it down.

By Charlotte McConaghy ,

Why should I read it?

12 authors picked Wild Dark Shore as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A rising storm on the horizon.

Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world's largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers. But with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants, packing up the seeds before they are transported to safer ground. Despite the wild beauty, isolation has taken its toll on the Salts. Raff, eighteen and suffering his first heartbreak, can only find relief at his punching bag; Fen, seventeen, has…


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Yvonne Osborne Author Of Black River

From my list on rural noir tension and environmental conflict.

Why am I passionate about this?

I grew up on a fifth-generation family farm, schooled around the dining table by stories of bootleggers, hoodlums, and environmental shysters. Raised by parents and grandparents who believed in the ancient wisdom of husbandry versus the growing use of chemicals and crop dusters.  Those who believed what was good for all was good enough for one. The common good versus the selfish exploitation of land, animals, and labor. 

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Yvonne Osborne Why Yvonne loves this book

I loved this book because it shows how class disparity still exists, how it complicates a teenage love affair and transcends family secrets.

As a reader, I found myself rooting for all of the main characters, though they are facing impossible choices, working against each other and their own best interests, which are mercurial and contradictory.

Fast-moving and propulsive storytelling.

By Clare Leslie Hall ,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked Broken Country as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

*****AMAZON'S BOOK OF THE YEAR *****
INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
REESE WITHERSPOON'S BOOK CLUB PICK
FEARNE COTTON'S HAPPY PLACE BOOK CLUB PICK
AMANDA LAMB BOOK CLUB PICK

'An unforgettable story of love, loss, and the choices that shape our lives . . . but it's also a masterfully crafted mystery that will keep you guessing until the very last page. Seriously, that ending?! I did not see it coming'
REESE WITHERSPOON

'This story of a love affair is so addictive it could be at home with the thrillers . . . A simmering book of secrets,…


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Yvonne Osborne Author Of Black River

From my list on rural noir tension and environmental conflict.

Why am I passionate about this?

I grew up on a fifth-generation family farm, schooled around the dining table by stories of bootleggers, hoodlums, and environmental shysters. Raised by parents and grandparents who believed in the ancient wisdom of husbandry versus the growing use of chemicals and crop dusters.  Those who believed what was good for all was good enough for one. The common good versus the selfish exploitation of land, animals, and labor. 

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Yvonne Osborne Why Yvonne loves this book

I loved this book because of the Northern Michigan setting and the accurate portrayal of land use controversies: an issue facing rural communities everywhere.

What a family will do to protect their land from monied interests and commercial development, especially when their land has become prime real estate. And what happens when siblings go against one another and their mother’s wishes.

By Travis Mulhauser ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked The Trouble Up North as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

An NPR Best Book of the Year 2025

An atmospheric, haunting novel about the Sawbrooks, a family of bootleggers with a troubled history and a deep connection to the Michigan land that binds them.

The Sawbrooks have spent decades crisscrossing the waterways and vast forests between Northern Michigan and Canada to make their way as smugglers. Those hidden routes through the border's nooks and crannies are their legacy, but they no longer pay the bills. The world has changed; the resorts, with their fancy clientele, are infringing on their space, and the Sawbrooks find themselves deeply fractured, clutching at their…


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