Scottoline's suspenseful mystery offers surprising depth in exploring grief while the main protagonist takes justice into his own hands...

Penn's thoughtful memoir explores serious issues yet also made me laugh out loud. You Can't Be Serious is both thoughtful and playful,...

The Oceanography of the Moon reads like a romance, with superlative moments, emotional encounters with art and music, and clean...

In Erin Kate Ryan's historical fiction mystery, she uses a fascinating story structure to explore different potential paths for...

Rachel Hartman's young adult story follows irresistible, hardheaded, wonderfully faulted Tess as she breaks from rigid medieval gender...

ICYMI: This five-star read--part memoir/part essay--is one of my favorite books of Ann Patchett's, and I didn't want her reflections and...

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev is a fictional account of an interracial music duo's rise to success (and their famous split) in which...

The issues Umrigar confronts in Honor are weighty and fascinating, but I found myself distracted by the story's pacing and an...

Finlay dips her toe into a criminal underworld in the second in Cosimano's campy mystery series. She juggles motherhood, her ex, her...

Bob Odenkirk's memoir digs into fascinating elements of process, creativity, and collaboration, and he shares his own missteps, joys, and...

In Marie Lu's young adult dystopian series starter Legend, the Republic and Colonies war with each other, a plague separates the haves...

Williams's historical fiction mystery--based on real-life double agents in the Cambridge Spy Ring--is vividly set in Europe and Russia...

I listened to this romantic fantasy about a chosen one, a long-lost family, portals to a magical world, and a treasure of a best...

Nagamatsu's science fiction centers around a resurgence of an ancient Arctic plague. These interconnected stories are odd, fascinating,...

I enjoyed the glimpses of Alaska and peeks into Greta's musical inspirations and aspirations, although I remained confused about why her...

My very favorite books from February! Here are my favorite reads of the past month, in no particular order: No Cure for Being Human, a...

This is an irresistible tribute to Kalb's funny, opinionated, fiercely loving grandmother--a granddaughter's best friend and a wise and...

This Depression-era-set historical fiction story tracks characters in intensely difficult situations as they successfully fight for...

This peek into a childhood in Kabul and a lifetime of searching and yearning is luminous and vivid in Hashimi's hands. What will this...

ICYMI: North Carolina author Rash offers a fascinating, Appalachian-set mystery told from various points of view with a Southern gothic...