Plumbelly, about a 28-foot sloop and the dynamics of its sailors, is Gary Maynard's debut novel.

Chef Deon Thomas’s Island Conch Cookery, chronicles the results, with dozens of recipes for the humble northern sea snail.

Widow’s Wreath, Cynthia Riggs’ most recent book and the 14th in the Martha’s Vineyard Mystery installment, has just hit the shelves, and, like most of its predecessors, is partially autobiographical.

Joyce’s Way, by Island author and storyteller Susan Klein, is the true story of the late Joyce Brigish.

“By the water we all feel at home,” writes Barbara Bates Conroy in her intensely moving book Dear Jack: A Love Letter.

Naturally, a good many Vineyard tales verge on the odd.