Argentinian Hauntings, A Monster Creation, Unexpected Guests, Sibling Relationships, The Most Inspirational Swiss Vacation, Beets Galore, Horror on a Movie Set, The Deep Blue Sea, and 365 Days of Pasta

Sanatoriums, Burning Buildings, Anarchists, Transforming Rain Drops, Art Theft, Hometowns, Haunted Cars, Hippos As Pets, and Decimated Lands

It's an honor just to be nominated

A Deadly Slip, Battlefields, A Playwright’s Revenge, Friendship, Growing Up and Apart, Insanity and Science, Grief, The Kennedy Curse, Cozy Cottages, and Controlling VR

And the award goes to...

The Lavender Scare, kidnapped for ransom, when adulthood becomes dull, from Candid Camera to Survivor, angst, PR gone bad, soccer prodigies, and Special Ops lovers

Best Books of the 21st Century

Irish murders, resort murders, young mothers, single mothers, celebrity chaos, and family chaos

Space shuttle explosions, AI children, martyrs, Siberian wasteland, and bears stalking humans

Oprah, Reese, and Jenna oh my

A family curse, mobster families, Andy Griffith, Egyptian mummies, evil babysitters, floating down rivers, and apocalyptic storms

Heaven is a place on earth with you (AKA The Strand)

Satanic Panic, underwater experiments, a haunting deer, immigration, how the 1% live, underwater experiments, love triangles, pseudoscience, mental illness awareness, and sociopaths

Mean Girls, sudden deafness, espionage, psychedelic trips, not-so-American dreams, gangsters and murders, scammers, and cozy small towns

Sign language, aliens, death doulas, friendship, art heists,  hallucinogens, if paintings could tell a story, and shapeshifters

Doctors on Mt. Everest, body switching, secret police, Uncle Jesse, the search for a long lost sunken ship, the depths of the ocean, and fever dreams