#ReadWithSharon
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Sharon's Bookshelf
Every book Sharon has put in front of readers — her own novels, the monthly #ReadWithSharon picks, and the themed lists she features on Between the Lines. One shelf, one story: a life spent reading.
"I've always believed that the books we keep tell a story of their own — about where we've been, what we can't stop thinking about, and who we're becoming next. This is my shelf, gathered in one place for the first time. Wander it the way you'd wander a friend's library: slowly, and with no particular plan."
From Sharon's Pen
The novels themselves — the Fields of Honor series and the standalones that travel beside it. Each one began with a place Sharon couldn't stop thinking about and a question she couldn't let go. Read them in order for the through-line, or start wherever a title catches you.
The Monthly Picks
#ReadWithSharonWhat Sharon's reading right now, and what the club is reading with her. A new pick each month — historical fiction with heart, the occasional memoir, the book you didn't know you were waiting for. Pull up a chair; the conversation is already underway.
November
2026
Before Dorothy
by Hazel Gaynor
October
2026
A Box Full of Darkness
by Simone St. James
September
2024
The Hope Keeper
by Heather Webb
July
2026
A Founding Mother
by Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie
July
2025
Daughter of Egypt
by Marie Benedict
June
2026
Buckeye
by Patrick Ryan
May
2026
Women of a Promiscuous Nature
by Donna Everhart
April
2026
Broken Country
by Clare Leslie Hall
March
2024
The Mad Wife
by Meagan Church
February
2024
All the Colors of the Dark
by Chris Whitaker
January
2026
The Jackal's Mistress
by Chris Bohjalian
As Seen on Between the Lines
The themed reading lists Sharon builds for her monthly television segment — curated around a single idea, season, or question. Each list is a small journey; watch the segment, then follow the books wherever they lead.
Fall 2026 · Ghosts, Gothic Tales & Haunted History
Nine Nail-Biters
Nine recent releases for readers who love history — and don’t mind sleeping with one eye open
- 1.A Box Full of Darkness — Simone St. James
- 2.A Penance for Crows — Shannon Morgan
- 3.Carry Me to My Grave — Christopher Golden
- 4.Hell Is A Farm — J.T. McNair & J. LeMay
- 5.The Grays of Truth — Sharon Virts
- 6.House of Splinters — Laura Purcell
- 7.If Walls Could Talk — Jean Grainger
- 8.Sarafina — Philip Fracassi
- 9.The Séance Garden — Juliet Blackwell
Summer 2026 · End-of-Summer Beach Reads
Six Historical Escapes for the Last Days of Summer
Six recently released historical novels — each one a perfect companion for one last summer getaway, from New England islands to 1950s California to America’s Space Race.
- 1.A Happier Life — Kristy Woodson Harvey
- 2.Under the Stars — Beatriz Williams
- 3.Our Last Vineyard Summer — Brooke Lea Foster
- 4.Masque of Honor — Sharon Virts
- 5.An Infinite Love Story — Chanel Cleeton
- 6.The Island Club — Nicola Harrison
Summer 2026 · America's 250th Anniversary
Revolutionary Reads
Ten historical fiction novels that transport readers back to the American Revolution — curated to celebrate America's semiquincentennial.
- 1.A Girl Called Samson — Amy Harmon
- 2.America's First Daughter — Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie
- 3.My Dear Hamilton — Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie
- 4.Rebel Spy — Veronica Rossi
- 5.The Frozen River — Ariel Lawhon
- 6.The Indigo Girl — Natasha Boyd
- 7.The Lacemaker — Laura Frantz
- 8.The Tory Widow — Christine Blevins
- 9.The Turncoat's Widow — Mally Becker
- 10.Bargains of Fate — Sharon Virts
Halloween 2025 · People Magazine Feature
Spooky Reads
Eighteen spooky reads curated for People magazine's Halloween book list — gothic tales, haunted history, and ghost stories for readers who don't mind sleeping with one eye open.
- 1.Murder Road — Simone St. James
- 2.Mexican Gothic — Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- 3.The Guest List — Lucy Foley
- 4.The House of Last Resort — Christopher Golden
- 5.The September House — Carissa Orlando
- 6.Small Town Horror — Ronald Malfi
- 7.King Nyx — Kirsten Bakis
- 8.The Only One Left — Riley Sager
- 9.The Devil and Mrs. Davenport — Paulette Kennedy
- 10.The Grays of Truth — Sharon Virts
- 11.You Like It Darker — Stephen King
- 12.The Omen — David Seltzer
- 13.The Amityville Horror — Jay Anson
- 14.The Hunger — Alma Katsu
- 15.Heart-Shaped Box — Joe Hill
- 16.The Ruins — Scott Smith
- 17.The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires — Grady Hendrix
- 18.The Exorcist — William Peter Blatty
Anytime · Get Back Into Reading
Reading Slump Suggestions
Seven hand-picked books to pull you out of a reading slump — from laugh-out-loud travel writing to page-turning thrillers, chosen for when you can’t seem to finish anything.
- 1.A Walk in the Woods — Bill Bryson
- 2.West with Giraffes — Lynda Rutledge
- 3.The Client — John Grisham
- 4.The Murder of Roger Ackroyd — Agatha Christie
- 5.The Bodyguard — Katherine Center
- 6.The Kill Artist — Daniel Silva
- 7.The Woman in the Window — A. J. Finn
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