01 The Huntress by Kate Quinn I'm in for World War II-set books with tough, brave female protagonists, and I loved this book. Nina...

There's brutality and bravery in this spooky tale--and the atmospheric descriptions of the remote, tiny town setting created an eerie,...

Brown shares moments of reckoning, everyday evidence of yawning racial divides, and her insistent joy in embracing her black identity and...

01 Notes on a Silencing: A Memoir by Lacy Crawford Crawford thought the trauma of her assault at St. Paul's boarding school decades...

This is my last book gift guide of the holiday season. I hope these lists (see links below) may have helped you find a book or two for...

Nothing happened in McMinn County unless the corrupt Machine profited by it...until the local GIs returned home from World War II and...

Nick is an appealing character, I adored the detailed setting, and the mystery's resolution makes sense without seeming too easy. I'm...

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

A Bossy book-buying note: Your local independent bookstore needs and appreciates your business now more than ever, and the staff will...

01 The Fighting Bunch: The Battle of Athens by Chris DeRose The young men of McMinn County, Tennessee, are coming home after fighting in...

Lu offers complex motivations, clashes between idealism and realism, editorialization about class and race, and futuristic advancements...

I would have liked more introspection, but I loved spending time in Kendrick's funny, honest, often wonderfully wacky point of view. In...

A Bossy book-buying note: If you're buying books this holiday season, please support your local independent bookstore. They need and...

01 The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren Christina Lauren is the pen name for Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, who write as a team....

King immerses the reader in a sometimes-claustrophobic situation while providing enough character connection and appealingly messy...

Valpy's detailed Scottish setting and character development are wonderful, and I was equally invested in and engaged by both of the...

Spoiler alert: If you're someone I give gifts to for a fall birthday or for the holidays, this roundup might be a surprise ruiner! Or...

I loved this first installment of Young's two-book series, which features pirates, a brave young heroine, a little romance, and lots of...

01 Skyhunter by Marie Lu My copy of the book unfortunately does not have this gorgeously mesmerizing cover. But I'm still excited to read...

This is an appealingly cozy and old-fashioned mystery, with the flavors, sights, and sounds of colonial India underlying everything. It's...