After she lost three aging cats in the space of a year and a half, Allia Zobel Nolan needed a resource that could soothe the gut-wrenching loss and elicit a glimmer of hope. She couldn’t find what she was looking for, so she wrote the book herself.

"Warm." "Witty." Big-hearted." Those are just a few of the descriptions from advance readers about Amy Poeppel's newest novel, The Sweet Spot.

Oy! Mathew Klickstein has written an amusing and informative encyclopedia of all things Jewish.

In Start More Than You Can Finish (Chronicle Prism), writer, artist and entrepreneur Becky Blades offers a powerful new mindset: acting on more ideas makes us happier — and reveals our highest creativity.

Amy Ephron and her daughters, Anna and Maia, have collaborated on The Amazing Baby Name Book, a wonderfully curated collection of imaginative baby names.

Dean Norman's The Lucky Generation is a "lighthearted, humorous account of a man who, if granted one wish, would wish that every generation could be as lucky as his."

New Yorker cartoonist Bob Eckstein has published a new hilarious book, The Complete Book of Cat Names (That Your Cat Won't Answer to, Anyway).

Peggy Rowe is at it again, this time giving a hilarious inside look at her writing career in her third book, Vacuuming in the Nude and Other Ways to Get Attention. The other two, both published after the age of 80, were New York Times' bestsellers.

Mathew Klickstein's See You at San Diego is being hailed as the comprehensive chronicle of Comic-Con International (and modern geekdom itself).

Publishers Weekly calls Erin Flanagan's new novel, Blackout, "a gripping psychological thriller . . . Flanagan keeps the reader guessing to the surprising climax. She remains a writer to watch."  

Liz Alterman's newest novel, The Perfect Neighborhood, will be published in July in the U.S. as well as the UK.

In The Time Traveling Matchmaker (Wild Rose Press), the latest book by Janie Emaus, love takes on a new meaning when soul mates are brought together through time and space.

Julia Roberts' new book, Write Without the Fight: Master Your Creative Process to Write with Ease and Satisfaction, helps writers prevent procrastination and writer's block.

Heather E. Schwartz's latest book, How to Be Ridiculous: 28 Tips for a Brand-New You!, is billed as a handy humor guide that allows readers to shed their professional demeanor and harness their "unique weirdness."

Bob Spitz, author of The Beatles, says novelist Bruce Ferber "has captured lightning in a bottle, chronicling a generation’s obsession with the Beatles" with his newest book, I Buried Paul.

Vickie Rubin's book, Raising Jess: A Story of Hope, tells of a family changed forever by the birth of a child with special needs and their courageous decision to choose hope.

Crazy to Leave You, Marilyn Simon Rothstein's newest book, delivers a heroine readers will root for and an inspiring tale of second chances.

Lian Dolan invites readers to journey to Paris for an art history treasure hunt "told with wit, style and a touch of intrigue."

Angie Kink's chapter, "Limber as a Rag," will appear in Gals Guide Anthology: Women of History.

In Loving You Big, Leah Witman Moore recounts how she learns to balance the joys and sorrows of her life as she navigates between wig-clad dance parties and the painful loss of loved ones. This powerful and poignant memoir teaches readers to celebrate every small victory, savor every chaotic moment and recognize the profound impact of a kind word.

The paperback of Annabelle Gurwitch's You're Leaving When? Adventures in Downward Mobility releases March 8.

Adriana Trigiani has published her first children's book, The House of Love, and her newest novel, The Good Left Undone, will be published this spring.

Publishers Weekly says Jessica Strawser "spins a magical tale of love and loss in her wildly unpredictable latest (novel)," The Next Thing You Know. It's her fifth book, and it releases March 22.

The Echoes, Jess Montgomery's highly anticipated fourth novel in the Kinship series, releases March 29.

Meredith Doench's fourth thriller, Whereabouts Unknown, hits bookstores in March.

Cathy Guisewite's new book, Scenes from Isolation, was created when Cathy lifted her head from the ice cream carton during pandemic lockdown long enough to start dumping some of her angst on paper.

Fast Fierce Women: 75 Essays of Flash Nonfiction, edited by Gina Barreca, will showcase the work of at least 10 writers affiliated with the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop.

Comedy greats have come together to pen funny haikus for Gabe Henry's new book, Eating Salad Drunk. It's described as a “perfect gift for any fan of humor as an escape from our dystopian present.”

In his sixth book, syndicated humorist Jerry Zezima looks at life through rose-colored glasses — for which he doesn’t even need a prescription.

A story by Chicago writer and storyteller Julie Danis is featured in a new book, Storytellers' True Stories About Love.

Amy Daughters wrote all 580 of her Facebook friends a letter — then wrote a book.

At the age of 92, Lori Mansell published her first book, Dare to Live: Finding Joy at Any Age. She found inspiration — and encouragement — at the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop.

Foreword Reviews says Rebekah Iliff's new book, Champagne for One, "turns myths about solitude on their head."

Kathy Thorson Gruhn's funny book, Fight Naked, is the second in a trilogy. She pens funny books as one way of handling the grief of losing her husband of 43 years.

Mathew Klickstein's new audio book with Beth Lapides, So You Need to Decide, will be released by Recorded Books, the largest audiobook publisher worldwide.