The twist in The Other Side of Night is fascinating, but I wanted to feel more for the characters, who experience extensive trauma, feel...

Geraldine Brooks's Horse digs into issues of race across three timelines, linked by a special bond between an enslaved man and a horse in...

Sink into this light-fiction escapism; Nora Goes Off Script is romantic and satisfying in its outlandishly satisfying resolutions,...

Marcellus the octopus is the very deserving star of the show here, and being able to predict much of where the story was headed didn't...

Filled with sometimes playful, often weighty questions, scenarios, and ideas, How to Be Perfect makes considering ethics and morality...

Hawker offers irresistible details of daily life and historical elements that add vivid layers to this story of Utah Territory,...

This romantic light fiction story includes sibling conflicts, loss, betrayal, a love that seems impossible...and a ghostwriter who's...

Hester is richly imagined historical fiction with connections to themes and characters from The Scarlet Letter. It's magical and...

In and among Sedaris's oddball, incisive, skewering observations are poignant, funny, heartfelt, complicated moments from his personal...

ICYMI: I loved being along for the ride with Moyes's five strong women characters as they traveled through the wilds of Kentucky in...

I wished for more of a focus on the character of Tess and her personal story--and less on political strategies, power plays, and the many...

Former child actress McCurdy's account of her mother's narcissistic, harmful, abusive behavior and how it has shaped the author's life is...

Harrow the Ninth, the sequel to Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth, is a complex, fascinating, gruesome story full of action and shifts in...

Chambers's slim book explores a man's search for meaning--and how a robot's simple questions about maintaining the status quo might open...

Zusy's Frederick sisters navigate a complicated, stressful situation and drastic changes with plenty of mistakes, forgiveness, and...

I was most intrigued by Kurczy's exploration of the National Radio Quiet Zone and the nearby military facility, but the book felt a...

Hsu's memoir remembers his friend Ken, who was tragically killed during college. He reflects on friendship and on their connection,...

In Nethercott's Thistlefoot, estranged siblings Bellatine and Isaac Yaga find their way back to each other within this odd, dark story...

Carley Fortune offers a satisfying story of coming home, young love, mistakes and redemption, romance, lake life, and some past and...

Cronin's debut novel explores mortality, vulnerability, surprising moments of joy and reflection, an irresistible young protagonist, and...