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DearAuthor@dearauthor3 Oct 2025

It is with great sadness that I would like to tell our readers, past and present, that Dear Author's contributor, Robin Harders, has passed away. She was thoughtful and incisive in her DA pieces and elsewhere.

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REVIEW: Miss Beresford and the Beast by Mimi Matthews dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor

REVIEW: Miss Beresford and the Beast by Mimi Matthews

Charlotte Beresford has spent far too long under the iron rule of strict governesses and unflinching finishing school teachers. When she’s offered a brief window of freedom—an invitation to spend t…

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DearAuthor@dearauthorOct 22

REVIEW: There and Back Again: The Unofficial Oral History of The Lord of the Rings Films by Sam Moore dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor

REVIEW: There and Back Again: The Unofficial Oral History of The Lord of the Rings Films by Sam...

The definitive, unofficial oral history of the making of the iconic and beloved Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Celebrate the beloved, influential, and truly epic Lord of the Rings films with this …

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DearAuthor@dearauthorOct 21

Review: Spellstruck by Martha Waters dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor

Review: Spellstruck by Martha Waters

From beloved author Martha Waters, a lightly magical, enemies-to-lovers rom-com about the owner of a speakeasy supplying magical drinks and an enforcer of the ban on magic who must team up when pot…

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DearAuthor@dearauthorOct 20

REVIEW: The Foreign Correspondent's Wife by Jenna Helwig dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor

REVIEW: The Foreign Correspondent’s Wife by Jenna Helwig

Set in post-WWII Paris, the wife of an American foreign correspondent stumbles on the body of her murdered classmate at culinary school and becomes tangled in a web that stretches from the halls of…

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DearAuthor@dearauthorOct 19

REVIEW: The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor

REVIEW: The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware

So I’ve come to the end of Ruth Ware’s backlist. I saved this for last thinking, for some reason, that it was her first book. It was actually her fourth (not counting a young adult fant…

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DearAuthor@dearauthorOct 16

Review: A Trade of Blood: An Ana and Din Mystery (Shadow of Leviathan Book 3) by Robert Jackson Bennett dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor

Review: A Trade of Blood: An Ana and Din Mystery (Shadow of Leviathan Book 3) by Robert Jackson...

Detective Ana Dolabra must prove a condemned man’s innocence and confront a terrifying magical technology in this fantasy-mystery from the bestselling author of The Tainted Cup, winner of the Hugo …

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DearAuthor@dearauthorOct 15

REVIEW: Look What the Cat Dragged In by Jason Rekulak dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor

REVIEW: Look What the Cat Dragged In by Jason Rekulak

From the New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Pictures and The Last One at the Wedding comes a new supernatural thriller about a young woman pet-sitting a cat with a mysterious secret, featu…

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DearAuthor@dearauthorOct 14

REVIEW: As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor

REVIEW: As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers

Explore a universe of stubborn survival and found family, of persistent danger and quiet wonder in the first installment of a heartfelt new duology from Hugo Award–winning author Becky Chambers. Li…

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DearAuthor@dearauthorOct 13

REVIEW: It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Murder by Ally Carter dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor

REVIEW: It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Murder by Ally Carter

Dear Ally Carter, Last year’s The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year made my list of best reads of 2025 so I was especially happy to read Carter’s latest. It’s billed as book two in…

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DearAuthor@dearauthorOct 12

REVIEW: : A Medieval Crime and the Servant Girl Who Changed History by Jennifer D Thibodeaux dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor

REVIEW: : A Medieval Crime and the Servant Girl Who Changed History by Jennifer D Thibodeaux

She was a servant with no voice. He was a predator with powerful friends. She refused to stay silent—and changed history. Normandy, 1429. The Hundred Years’ War rages, Joan of Arc is leading the re…

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DearAuthor@dearauthorOct 9

REVIEW: Algot, Anna Stina and the Water of Life by Jonas Jonasson dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor

REVIEW: Algot, Anna Stina and the Water of Life by Jonas Jonasson

Jonas Jonasson is back with another irresistible adventure, this time set in nineteenth century Sweden. After his father’s death is caused by the greedy and cunning Count Bielkegren, Algot Olsson i…

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DearAuthor@dearauthorOct 8

REVIEW: What Happens at Nightfall by Lauren Willig dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor

REVIEW: What Happens at Nightfall by Lauren Willig

In the sprawling Gothic expanse of Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery, some secrets refuse to stay buried. Recently laid off and searching for purpose, Jess reluctantly joins her best friend on a suppo…

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DearAuthor@dearauthorOct 7

REVIEW: When You Rescued Me by Sian Ann Bessey dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor

REVIEW: When You Rescued Me by Sian Ann Bessey

London, 1776 It’s been twelve years since Hannah Dennington looked into the gray eyes of Samuel Ross, their depths as bleak as sadness itself. That childhood memory—the day she accused him of hidin…

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DearAuthor@dearauthorOct 6

REVIEW: Dive Bar at the End of the Road by Kelley Armstrong dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor

REVIEW: Dive Bar at the End of the Road by Kelley Armstrong

I got this from Netgalley totally on impulse – I don’t read horror these days (I did as a teenager), but I recognized the author’s name. I don’t think I’ve ever read a…

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DearAuthor@dearauthorOct 5

REVIEW: The Cat Who Came in Off the Roof by Annie M.G. Schmidt dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor

REVIEW: The Cat Who Came in Off the Roof by Annie M.G. Schmidt

One of the best-known classics from beloved Dutch children’s author Annie M.G. Schmidt, The Cat Who Came in Off the Roof spins a charming and whimsical tale of friendship and adventure. Tibble is a…

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DearAuthor@dearauthorOct 4

Open Thread for Readers for October 2026 dearauthor.com/features/open… via @dearauthor

Open Thread for Readers for October 2026

Got a book you want to talk about? Frustrated with a book or series? In love with a new one? Found a buried treasure? An issue that keeps popping up in the books you are reading? Just want to chat …

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DearAuthor@dearauthorOct 2

REVIEW: Stanis's Guide to a Purrfect Life: Everyday Wisdom from a Cozy Cat by Elisa Colarossi dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor

REVIEW: Stanis’s Guide to a Purrfect Life: Everyday Wisdom from a Cozy Cat by Elisa Colarossi

Let the internet’s coziest Italian cat, Stanis, show you how to slow down, savor simple joys, and embrace a softer, more mindful life, one purr at a time. Step into the soft, cozy world of St…

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DearAuthor@dearauthorOct 1

Review: Kindred Hearts by Rowan Speedwell (favorite m/m paperbacks) dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor

Review: Kindred Hearts by Rowan Speedwell (favorite m/m paperbacks)

Charming rascal Tristan Northwood seems to have it all: an ancient name, a noble inheritance, a lovely wife, and a son he adores. Women love him, men admire him, and it seems there is nothing he ca…

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DearAuthor@dearauthorSep 30

REVIEW: A Winter's Trail by Jane Lovering dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor

REVIEW: A Winter’s Trail by Jane Lovering

A final request. A hidden past. A hope for the future. When Faith loses her beloved father, famous TV historian Richard Macintire, she is baffled to receive a final letter which sends her on an int…

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DearAuthor@dearauthorSep 29

REVIEW: A Librarian's War: The Man Who Fought World War II with Books and Brought the Joy of Reading to Millions by Molly Guptill Manning dearauthor.com/book-reviews/… via @dearauthor

REVIEW: A Librarian’s War: The Man Who Fought World War II with Books and Brought the Joy of...

The untold story of Ray Trautman, the Greatest Generation’s librarian, who made reading central to the Allied fight in World War II and transformed the role of books in American life. Though …

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