King must be a former waiter; Casey's experiences working in a restaurant and the twisted but familial

01 The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo Bardugo's rich world-building sets the scene in Spain during the Inquisition fantasy, and while this novel isn't as layered and complex or as twisty as some other Bardugo novels, The Familiar full review of this book--and for links to my reviews of other Leigh Bardugo books--please see The Familiar unconventional "medicine" in the form of cats explores interconnectedness and new perspectives, inspiration, and familial

This book serves as her powerful farewell to her family but also holds meaning for anyone considering determined rise to stardom, her religious faith, her reliance on and love for her friends, her deep familial

The scenes in which they circuitously learn intimate details about each other's families, pasts, traditions

, sure, but she's ready to be reunited with the team, which includes her mother and the rest of her family

Abriel's grandmother Vera lived with the author's family when Abriel was growing up, and she was immersed Everyone Brave Is Forgiven, Cleave tells the story of Mary, a young British socialite who shocks her family

) and her spotty success with hunting is the only thing standing between her (largely insufferable) family's

The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young June struggles with the complicated implications of her family's

maid in love with the lady, racy scenes, angst, wonderful details of a life in service to a wealthy family and by never realizing the value of the important and continual sacrifices she willingly made for her family

The novel references elements from book one, such as Emma's familial career inspiration, but it isn't

when she was just nineteen; her middle-aged embracing of Comic-Con, her passionate fans, and the odd familiarity strong young women split by time (and, secondarily, created complex male characters they each love as family Adunni experiences tremendous emotional, physical, familial, and societal hardships, yet she keeps her

young teen growing up in a rural Nigerian village where girls are often married off young so their families

together to a tropical island for his sister's wedding, pretending to be soulmates, and fooling West's family

Permanent holes have been created in families, and the loss of men has left medical and other support

Jack Troy and his oldest daughter Ronnie are coping with complicated family dynamics in their drafty,

keeping the peace; reject the myth of the ideal martyrdom of motherhood and sacrificing everything for family

She's seemingly trustworthy and nonthreatening, the perfect dog-walker for upscale Mountain Brook families

Police and family are worried about a teenage character who disappeared, yet they don't go by her workplace

the wedding, pregnant Elsie and her husband's tedious spinster cousin must head from London to the family's

We brought our first puppy into the family this year (Leo!)

book to the birdwatcher in my household as a birthday gift, and it's been living prominently in the family

a celebration marking the end of the war, he lays eyes on an Irish governess for a Union colonel's family

He had a relationship with their parents, and now their family is in shambles.

How-To Cookbook for Teens by Julee Morrison One positive development that's occurred because of our family's our house, recipes for semi-beginner cooks need to balance independent tasks and confidence-boosting familiarity Cookbooks for them=meals for the whole family and less cooking (and more reading) for me.

rescue mission arrives decades too late, to bring him to 2142 and back to another life with another family She disappears from her family and leaves behind a tragic mystery, while in her forays through new worlds

But when one of their group, Gentleman, comes up with a large-scale con, suddenly the makeshift family's

Meloy is also the author of Liars and Saints and A Family Daughter as well as the story collection Half

her impossibly shut-off and unhappy mother, but who wouldn't try to get a job or otherwise shift her family's

Kristin Hannah The Nightingale is Kristin Hannah's very popular book set during World War II about a family

Javier Zamora Zamora's memoir of his grueling journey from El Salvador to the United States without family

limits (while letting younger sons off the hook) when set with the task of providing for the extended family

Victoria is the last surviving female in a family of difficult men, living on a rural Colorado peach

That's where Simon lays eyes on the Irish governess for a Union colonel's family.

at school, while internalized by Crawford into her sense of self, and into the broken heart of her family

, sure, but she's ready to be reunited with the team, which includes her mother and the rest of her family

They are all we have of our folks and the family we were."

, sure, but she's ready to be reunited with the team, which includes her mother and the rest of her family

The Humans is about mathematics, aliens, and shape shifters, but at its heart it's about a hurting family

outdated views of women, purity, careers, and education expressed repeatedly and in detail by Juniper's family

in typical mesmerizing fashion, with her usual masterful balance of magic, religion, love, passion, family

Twentysomething Mae is spending the holidays yet again with her parents' college friends and their families

spoon; and Mathinna, the orphaned daughter of an Aboriginal chief, adopted by a powerful white British family

irresistible, oddball tragicomedy with heart, characters explore the limits and solidity of friendship and family

cover style says "light fiction" to me, but this book addresses deeper issues--of what it means to be a family

He becomes involved with the family whose daughter and ward died as he works to find clues, donning disguises

and by never realizing the value of the important and continual sacrifices she willingly made for her family

involves mistaken identities, betrayals, secrets and lies, fierce loyalty between friends who are like family

They are all we have of our folks and the family we were."

loved Williams's immersive story so much, I was in for all of Our Woman in Moscow's elements: Russia, family

Lostetter Lostetter's standalone science fiction is a story about robots, a ragtag space crew, friends like family