February is African American History Month and presents a great opportunity to highlight stories by and about African Americans. As a reader and a librarian, I am delighted at the increase in children’s books published each year by and about African Americans, giving us more books about influential individuals, such as scientists, artists, and entrepreneurs…
If you like The Umbrella Academy
In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-seven extraordinary children were spontaneously born by women who had previously shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven of the children; when asked why, his only explanation was, 'To save the world.' These seven children form The Umbrella Academy, a dysfunctional family of superheroes with bizarre…
Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave Ona Judge
In traditional biographies of the Washingtons, the subject of slavery rarely comes up, or, if it does, it is given a paragraph or perhaps a chapter to explain the “peculiar institution” as it related to the first First Family. There is nothing like a personal story—an enslaved person's personal and true story—to get a deeper…
If you like Naked Heat
Looking for another female detective like Nikki Heat? Check out these suggestions for the popular series.
If you like Empty Mansions
If you enjoyed Empty Mansions, try these other nonfiction books on similar tales.
If you like A Time to Kill
Looking for another legal thriller that takes place in the South? Check out these titles.
If you like Annihilation
If you want another daring and haunting adventure taken in the name of science, check these books out.
If you like Fifty Shades of Grey
When literature student Anastasia Steele is drafted to interview the successful young entrepreneur Christian Grey for her campus magazine, she finds him attractive, enigmatic and intimidating. Convinced their meeting went badly, she tries to put Grey out of her mind - until he happens to turn up at the out-of-town hardware store where she works…
If you like The Fireman
Suggestions for The Fireman that involve mysterious plagues.
Horrible History of Medicine
When it comes to the science of medicine there is much to be grateful for. Vaccines, blood typing, x-rays, antibiotics: all make huge differences in how we are treated for accidents and ailments. For those of us who are perhaps morbidly curious, or at least not terribly squeamish, exploring the history of medicine is fascinating…
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