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Cory Anderson's debut is a story about darkness, desperation, unlikely loyalty, and, ultimately, brave young characters in tough spots...

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In this satisfying final book in the trilogy, Black's characters show darkly funny humor and trade biting remarks, and creatures of all...

Characters cope with lost dreams and find ways to (often clumsily) come together through their shared pain. The vibrancy of Beirut is...

I wished that the book had more fully explored the cycle of prediction and realization that lies at the heart of its premise. In the...

The book introduces some fascinating detail and interesting themes, but the story frequently feels choppy and unfinished. In von...

Do you love memoirs like I do? I love digging into the story of someone's life--notable because of chance, circumstance, or choice--and...

What I'm Reading Now Here's what I've got going at the moment: a dark, intriguing story of interconnectedness between unusual characters;...

Space! Robots! Artificial intelligence! Divya has crafted strong female main protagonists who navigate the sometimes dark, always...

The emotions and drives of the story feel real, but the tone is darkly playful. I loved spending time with main protagonist Eli as he...

01 Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton Eli Bell is a young man in a tough spot. His father's gone, his mother's in jail, and his best...

Hart reliably offers character-driven mysteries with heartbreaking interpersonal complications. The twists and turns here are excellent,...

I was especially taken with the sisters' complicated relationships and with the link Harrow draws between witching and the women's...

01 A Burning by Megha Majumdar “Many years ago I would have been asking why is this happening? But now I am knowing that there is no use...

01 Pachinko by Min Jin Lee In the early 1900s, a teenager falls for a silver-tongued stranger on the coast of Korea. But when the...

The Unhoneymooners is fun escapism, even if it's not my very favorite Christina Lauren book. In The Unhoneymooners, unlucky Olive is...

01 Where the Forest Meets the Stars Joanna is feeling adrift after her mother's death, and she disappears into the constant attention her...

Zhang's detail was wonderful, and her characters make noble sacrifices and face impossible choices. The book's frequent heartbreak was a...

01 To Sleep in a Sea of Stars I'd like to mention up front that To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is 878 pages, so if you never hear from me...