Book Recommendations

Book of the Week for March 02, 2026

Consider This, Senora by Harriet Doerr

Five expatriates relocate to Mexico in 1962.

March 2026 Book Recommendations

A curated list of books and literary classics for your reading pleasure by David Bruce Smith Publications.

Book of the Week for February 23, 2026

The Pearl by John Steinbeck

A poor Mexican finds a pearl that brings destruction to his family; written in 1947.

Book of the Week for February 16, 2026

The Duchess Of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff

An Anglophile finally makes it to London; the sequel to 84 Charing Cross Road.

Book of the Week for February 09, 2026

A Most Obedient Wife by Natalie Wexler

Two wives in Washington’s inaugural Supreme Court–with nothing in common, except troubled marriages–become friends.

Book of the Week for February 02, 2026

100 Rules For Living To 100 by Dick Van Dyke

From roles in Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the theater, to family life, alcoholism, family tragedies, and...

February 2026 Book Recommendations

A curated list of books and literary classics for your reading pleasure by David Bruce Smith Publications.

Book of the Week for January 26, 2026

Tomorrow Will Be Better by Betty Smith

Despite her difficult family, and crushing poverty, Margy Shannon believes she will find a husband who will improve her existence.

Book of the Week for January 19, 2026

Heartburn by Nora Ephron

A woman discovers that her husband is having an affair with one of their friends.

Book of the Week for January 12, 2026

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The lives of the four March sisters; an autobiographical novel.

Book of the Week for January 05, 2026

Lilly: Reminiscences Of Lillian Hellman by Peter S. Feibleman

Forty-three years of friendship between the author and the well-regarded playwright.

January 2026 Book Recommendations

A curated list of books and literary classics for your reading pleasure by David Bruce Smith Publications.