Wrobel supplies Münchausen syndrome by proxy, lies, betrayals, and double-crossing, within a claustrophobic mother-daughter relationship.

Child's Jack Reacher eschews societal standards of beauty and the judgment that often surrounds addiction. Jack Reacher doesn’t follow...

Tallulah shifts from resenting her future and her obligations to taking charge of her life and how she intends to live it.

Cummins offers a fictional immigrant family’s urgent motivation, incredible fortitude, fears, failures, friendships, abuse, and successes.

The most fascinating parts for me were the late-in-life reflections from those who had been involved in the IRA's brutal and unrelenting...

This book is Yip-Williams's powerful farewell to her family, but it's also valuable for anyone considering meaning in their own life.

Anappara captures the myriad sights, sounds, smells—and complicated network of politics and power—in an impoverished Indian neighborhood.

This was creepy and smart and kept me hooked, wondering if the characters were who they said they were. Libby Jones was adopted as an...

I loved the grumpy, jaded dragon of a main protagonist but had trouble with the purely evil bad guy. Vern! What I love love loved about...

This is the third and final book in Katherine Arden's strong, fanciful, often wonderfully dark Winternight trilogy.

This is beautiful, powerful, illuminating, and heart-wrenching.

I found it interesting that Schwab doesn't make you feel especially sympathetic toward either Victor or Eli. This is the second in...

Vance shares his unlikely, circuitous route to an emotionally and financially stable adult life. In Hillbilly Elegy, Vance mainly shares...

This is a quick read that addresses serious matters—betrayal, loyalty, duty, trust, and love, with a little sleuthing and romance.

This one wasn't for me. I read half but didn't finish this second in the Monsters of Verity series. Look at that beautiful cover! I tried...

This is the epitome of glorious young adult fantasy, but the book is truly character driven. I loved it. Oh, this book! In Other Lands is...

In Leaving the Witness, Amber Scorah takes the reader into her confidences and lays bare her sheltered experiences, religious...

Vera and Edith are such a complementary WWII partnership, and I loved spending time with these strong young friends.

Nazemian takes the reader to a powerful time in NYC through the experiences of characters that I cared about. Abdi Nazemian's Like a Love...

Wong’s reflections on growing up, the influence of her Asian culture, and starting out and making her way in comedy were the highlights for