The various Sarahs of Cohen's stories take on frequently unorthodox searches for self and meaning--while coping with versions of the...

Young adult Josie's origins--specifically her immaculate conception--have overshadowed everything else in her life. Now she must delve...

Lee shapes a lovely, tragic, wonderfully detailed story around the forgotten, real-life figure of Andrew Green and his essential...

Much of this book about a rock star and his (unrecognized) teenaged soulmate didn't ring true enough for me to feel that I could buy into...

This is a great, character-driven sequel to McManus’s young adult mystery One of Us Is Lying. Last year, in McManus's great young adult...

Dave offers unexpected twists and turns and complex relationships in this great mystery. In The Last Thing He Told Me, Hannah has just...

ICYMI: MacArthur's stories, set in rural Vermont, are tragic, beautiful, heartwarming, and heartbreaking. MacArthur, who is from Vermont...

ICYMI: This is excellent, layered historical fiction with memorable characters and a great big story to dive into on a hot summer's day....

ICYMI: I've been thinking lately about robot books and specifically about this great series by Neuvel, in which a girl stumbles upon...

This summer read makes you feel like you’re in safe hands, and you can be confident that nothing here will go seriously awry. The vivid...

Michaelides weaves Greek mythology, references to ancient ceremony, and superstition into this dark tale, but the particulars of the...

The story is heartwarming, funny, with strong friendships, plus it's steamy and romantic at times without being dramatic. I loved this...

Basi manages an incredible feat: the book involves messy feelings and grief, yet it isn't maudlin or sappy despite the tragedy and...

This ending to Green's duology has tremendous heart without ever flirting with sappiness, deep meaning without being pedantic, and it...

ICYMI: This is a gloriously oddball book with lots of heart featuring unorthodox friendships, the frightening power of social media, the...

I love Young's tone and her characters. Namesake was fantastic, and I wish more books were coming in this series. Namesake is the second...

My very favorite books from May! In no particular order, here's the gist of each of the books I most loved reading during the past month:...

Axelrod offers a light fiction romance that's heavy on engaging passages about making music, band life, and tricky interpersonal...

This is captivating without being melodramatic, romantic without any overdone elements, and wonderfully steeped in legend. This is Pike's...

Adunni is a tough young woman determined to have a voice and emerge from her oppressive situation, and she's wonderfully dogged,...