BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Looking for your next great read? Our Texas Reads book recommendations are handpicked by the Lone Star Literary Life team and spotlight books we love across a wide range of genres—from heart-pounding mysteries and swoon-worthy romances to unforgettable young adult adventures and more. Every recommendation features Texas-connected authors or stories set right here in the Lone Star State. Whether you’re in the mood to solve a crime, fall in love, or dive into a whole new world, there’s a Texas read waiting for you.
TEXAS WRITES with DiAnn Mills
Houston’s DiAnn Mills writing about writing
Texas Reads Roundup: Romance
A roundup of new and recent Texas romances
Texas Reads: Texas Reads columnist bids farewell
After nearly eighteen years writing “Texas Reads,” Dromgoole is retiring his syndicated column
Texas Reads: Texas Murder Case Inspired Grisham Novel
The Guardians by John Grisham is based on Texas murder case
Texas Reads: Writer describes mom’s journey with early-onset Alzheimer’s
Originally published April, 2019.
Texas Reads: Food for Thought Is Sign of the Times
How many cliches can you pack into one essay?
Texas Reads: Retired Lubbock Editor’s Columns Fun to Read
Texas Reads two collections from small-town Texas childhoods
Texas Reads: Western Artist Bugbee Profiled in New Biography
Texas Reads art, romance, inspiration
Texas Reads: Billy Clyde Puckett Is Back in Jenkins’s Last Novel
Texas Reads covers Herb’s Cafe, WASPs, Harvey girls, and K-9s
Texas Reads: New Texas Almanac Looks at Population Trends
Texas Reads features new state almanac, upbeat novel
Texas Reads: Author writes about Johnny Cash’s theology
Trains, Jesus, and Murder: The Gospel According to Johnny Cash
Texas Reads: New Perini cookbook sets new standard for cookbooks
A new cookbook from Perini Ranch
