Books

These stories may be fiction, but they are all set in a real place: Northeast Ohio. Read novels from the 1800s to 2025 that use our home as their home. Edited by Annie Nickoloff

The Lorain native is honored in various spaces across the region for her greater contributions to literature as a Black woman. By Julia Lombardo

Both Gray & Company and Kent State University Press have built business on producing work for Northeast Ohio-based readers. By Maura Zurick

As BookTok and Bookstragram continue to guide the literary scene, Zoranne Host, Nahomy Ortiz-Garcia and Mikey Feinman have the best recommendations to help you stock your bookshelf and max out your library card. Lainey Novak

Meet up at bookstores, pubs, libraries and more at these Greater Cleveland book clubs. No matter your pace or genre, there's a welcoming group ready to turn the page with you. By Christina Rufo

The 87-year-old author of the popular Cleveland-based Milan Jacovich private detective novel series opens up about his career and upcoming work. By Vince Guerrieri

From legal document floppy disks to the hugely popular Libby reading app, locally headquartered OverDrive has become a literary tech giant. By Annie Nickoloff

The impressive Downtown building has educated and welcomed Clevelanders for a full century, offering insights into local history, architecture and literature. By Annie Nickoloff

The East Cleveland Public Library is bringing its bookish twist to trends sweeping social media, bringing a renewed spotlight to one of East Cleveland’s most historic city resources. By Katrina Carlson

This year, the creator released the children’s comic The Ghost Whiskerers through Storm King Comics. By Annie Nickoloff

The Cleveland poet’s latest full-length poetry collection, We Look Better Alive, arrives on April 28. By Annie Nickoloff

The land we call “Northeast Ohio” was originally forged through eons of glacial pressure and continues to be transformed countless times, as told by this excerpt from An Alternative History of Cleveland, which uncovers the worst blackout in the history of North America. By Jon Wlasiuk