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Each month we ask our Facebook followers for a book or series recommendation based on a particular genre or similar parameters – and then print the answers in our mid-month newsletter.

Jack Batten is a Canadian author best known for writing the Crang Mystery series of books. Batten had mostly written non-fiction until the 1980s when he began writing his fiction series. The Crang series began in 1987 with the release of Crang Plays the Ace.

Kaira Rouda is an American author best known for writing books in the psychological suspense genre. Some of her most popular books are Best Day Ever, All the Difference, and The Favorite Daughter.

Kiese Laymon is an American author out of Mississippi. He is best known for writing Heavy: An American Memoir, which won the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, the 2018 Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose, and the Austen Riggs Erikson Prize for Excellence in Mental Health Media.

Kjell Ola Dahl is a Norweigan author best known for writing the Oslo Detectives series of Nordic noir.

Saul Black is an English author best known for writing the Valerie Hart series of books. The first book in the series is The Killing Lessons, released in 2015. Saul Black is actually a pen name used by British author Glen Duncan.

Sally Hepworth is a bestselling author best known for writing The Good Sister and Mother In Law. She had Mother In Law optioned for a TV series by Amy Poehler.

Rosemary Simpson is an American author of the Gilded Age Mystery book series. The series began in 2017 with the release of What the Dead Leave Behind.

Richard Wright was an American writer and poet. He is best known for his bestselling book, Native Son. In 2021, long after his death, an unpublished novel of his was finally published. That book was The Man Who Lived Underground.

Tara K. Harper is a fantasy author known for writing the Wolfwalker series of books and the Cat Scratch series of books.