6 Rhody Reads to Make Room For on Your Bookshelf

Tales and tomes by local authors for cold winter nights

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The short days of January are perfect for curling up with a good book when the sun goes down – which is approximately 4:30pm to you and me. Our small state is brimming with authors in all sorts of genres and we’ve assembled some picks for you to peruse. Whether you’re in the mood for a memoir with a side of recipes, a thrilling page-turner, or learning a thing or two, our list has suggestions for all that and more, written by creative minds near you. And remember, before heading to that online retailer named for the rainforest, please consider checking your local indie bookstore for titles; if not in stock, they can likely order for you.

 

ANTHOLOGY

Discover a range of area wordsmiths all in one place: Hope: Selected short fiction, non-fiction, poetry & prose from The Association of Rhode Island Authors includes the work of Martha Reynolds, Steven R. Porter, Kevin Duarte, Hank Ellis, Barbara Ann Whitman, Judith Boss, R.N. Chevalier, Mike Squatrito, Jack Nolan, Jess M. Collette, Richard Maule, Michael Geisser, Emily Tallman, Belle DeCosta, Joann Mead, Alexander Smith, Pete A. O’Donnell, Abraham Simon, and Bary Fleet.

 

CULINARY BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

What reading list would be complete without Ann Hood? Hood is Providence’s own national bestselling author known for novels such as Comfort: A Journey Through Grief, The Book That Matters Most, The Knitting Circle and more. In Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love, and Food, the prolific Hood shares personal stories peppered with regional references and the recipes that connect them. All the fixings for an evening of read, cook, repeat!

 

ROMANCE

Missing those Hallmark Christmas movies already? Check out Sebastian Cole’s Sand Dollar: A Story of Undying Love. Winner of eight literary awards, get lost in the tale of Noah Hartman, groomed since childhood to inherit the family fortune and business empire until Robin enters the picture! Bum bum bah! Bestselling author Jon Land notes, “Like the best of Nicholas Sparks with just enough schmaltz. Moving and emotive, it’s every bit The Notebook.”

 

SCIENCE

Craving rays? Learn all about it in Light: The Visible Spectrum and Beyond, co-authored by Megan Watzke and Kim Arcand – Smithfield’s own visualization scientist and science communicator for NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Organized along the order of the electromagnetic spectrum, each chapter focuses on a different type of light. A stunning book that’s fascinating to read and browse.

 

THRILLER

A Rhode Island winter always feels a bit supernatural, which makes Providence: A Novel by Caroline Kepnes the perfect book for this list. Her previous work, You was turned into a successful miniseries on Netflix. This one continues her exploration of the suspense-romance-thriller genre. It’s truly a story where love hurts and tough choices have to be made – if everyone is to survive.

 

WRITING

If becoming a writer or writing more is one of your resolutions for the year ahead, be sure to pick up The 1-Minute Writer: 396 Microprompts to Spark Creativity and Recharge Your Writing by Leigh Medeiros. The book features writing prompts in time intervals ranging from one minute to 20 to fit both the time you have available and the kind of writing you want to do – so put down that phone – you just might have a novel in you.

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