James D. Best

Agatha Christie as a Young Woman Agatha Christie is often listed as the bestselling novelist of all time. If the list is for fiction ...

A book is always a great gift … especially if you take the time to match the recipient’s taste in fiction or nonfiction. Suddenly, ...

The best gift is a vacation … and the least expensive vacation is a book. A novel effortlessly transports the reader to another place and t...

My best birthday gift. Click here to see the full video .

We're off to San Diego to escape winter in Nebraska. If the body is willing, I also hope to get in a little surfing. Actually, we d...

Books are a perfect gift ... and a great way to avoid the crowds.  At times, friends and relatives can be hard to buy for. Some s...

Fictional Bookstore From You've Got Mail We just returned from New York City. My son’s family lives on the Upper West side with h...

The Author’s Academy is a subscription website dedicated to teaching “authors how to write, produce, and market their books successfu...

The Fictional Café has previewed the first chapter of Jenny’s Revenge , the fifth novel in the Steve Dancy series .  If you enjoy ...

In a Barnes & Noble Book Blog, Stephen King presents 20 writing tips. Most famous writers offer ten or perhaps a dozen tips, bu...

I carry my Kindle with me almost everywhere I go. Now, instead of fuming at airport security, I read or shop for my next book. If my wife a...

This seems like a good time to discuss Amazon’s ratings because The Shut Mouth Society has reached 100 Amazon customer reviews. Amazon app...

My father is furthest out on the wing. Father’s Day is special. I use the day to remember a father I never knew. He died in WWII in the...

Ron Charles, entertainment and book columnist for the Washington Post has written an interesting article about gift books for graduation...