Recommended Reading

Missouri authors and books capture our imaginations with this list of recommended reading.


February 24, 1853

On this date in Missouri history, Lindenwood College is chartered as a women’s college. The university at St. Charles was incorporated by a special act of the Missouri Legislature as the Lindenwood College for Women, making it the oldest women’s college in the “West.”


Great Reads

True-crime thrillers, scandals and canine adventures are vying for your springtime reading pleasure.


Illustration for St. Louis Jewish Book Festival

St. Louis Jewish Book Festival Binds Community

From a futuristic St. Louis where technology clashes with Jewish tradition to a story inspired by real high school students who stood up against an assignment asking them to defend the Holocaust, the forty-third annual St. Louis Jewish Book Festival brings together a variety of authors and stories.