Robin Sloan's science-fiction-fantasy tale Moonbound , it's eleven thousand years in the future, and young A young girl arrives, telling the story of her own timeline, and she and Ariel begin to figure out they

became pregnant by (and married) her beloved high school sweetheart--and after Jo moved in with the young disappointments or life experiences could have prepared her for the horrific, shocking loss of her young up uncomfortable feelings in Jo--who vividly remembers the loss of her beloved father when she was young

ugliness under the surface of their town: a stifled wife reveals her husband's Nazi enthusiasms; a young son realizes that his mother is not dying, only experiencing the natural process of menstruation; a young

Kosta digs into his history as a young professional tennis player--including the unglamorous early tour months, attempts to improve ATP ranking, sleeping on floors, and struggling to focus as a young man

She tries to imagine the points of view of everyone involved, and she treats her young self with empathy acting, which also served as a sort of therapy) eventually allowed Field to come into her fully realized adult Academy Award-nominated singer-songwriter whose father killed her mother when Allison and her sister were young examines her parents, her youth, and that pivotal tragedy, considering how it has shaped her into her adult

When Ellie Mills is a young girl in Nova Scotia, she stumbles onto Clay and his island and upon stepping She is almost certain that her experience was real, and the pull of the island haunts her into adulthood I don't know why Clay was swept out to sea, and I don't know why I was drawn here as a young girl, why

01 The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones A young professor determined to make her mark is Xavier is a young veterinarian who feels grumpy, exhausted, and as though he may be losing faith in humanity

Nonie is the young protagonist of this stark climate-change dystopian future, in which her small community In a dystopian future in which the glaciers have melted, Nonie, a young girl with a gift for feeling

I really liked the magical realism, details of life in 1800s England, the young widow main character, In early 1800s England, Isabel is a young widow who is suddenly poor and plagued by destructive rumors

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Our Evenings , Alan Hollinghurst's novel of a young man in boarding Young Dave Win, the son of a Burmese father he never met and a devoted, kind seamstress mother, attends

about a figure whose existence the Catholic church has officially denied for a thousand years: Joan, a young in the land, she faces resistance, danger, and complications galore--including the presence of her young

Donoghue's captivating historical fiction centers around two real-life young women in an early 1800s We were not the first young lovers to fail at love in the end. That was one of my favorite books when I was young, and within Learned by Heart, the concern with classism It almost seems as though the school heads would like to forget either of the troublesome young ladies

Her charm comes through in candid reflections about her fascinating life, and her young life's adventures I was most intrigued by her young life with Jeffrey; camping in Europe on $5 a day; her early adventures

group contributed far more than the others--or, more powerfully, when a few contributed nothing--most adults in dramatic drops in 1990s crime through improvements in neural development of a new generation of young

Rose works at the diner, hiding her fading bruises and supporting her two young sons after her husband We also meet young Gregory, a promisingly complex character and unlikely hero who uses food as a crutch

Arienne knew since she was a young girl that because she was born with magic, her future would end with Schwab's lesbian vampire tale spans centuries, beginning in 1532 Santo Domingo de la Calzada as a young In 1827 London, naive young Charlotte lives a sheltered, lovely pastoral life, until an indiscretion Young Cordelia is becoming aware of her mother's significant power and reach, and she is terrified senseless The day young Celia's oldest brother Argent left the house in their war-torn homeland, determined to

This is gorgeous Niall Williams literary fiction, centering around an Irish country village, a young Young Noe (short for "Noel") has abandoned the seminary but is unsure of his next steps, and he takes

attempts to uncover; and I'm listening to The Island of Missing Trees, Elif Shafak's magical novel about a young Since her mother Defne went into a coma and never woke up, young loner Ada Kazantzakis lives in London A fig tree with its own voice and point of view witnessed Kostas's young love with Defne and illustrates

Daphne's childhood--whom she never saw nor heard from after a car accident that occurred when she was a young

begins a winding path to figuring out her life that mainly entails defying most of the stereotypes of a young Young Margo finds herself in the midst of the significant complications of single motherhood, an insecure

I would imagine that the audience of this book might skew relatively young, and readers might not be

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading the newest novel by Adrienne Young, time-traveling magical realism 01 The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young June Farrow is biding her time on her family's flower Adrienne Young is also the author of Fable, its sequel Namesake, and The Last Legacy, loosely set in Arthur, the young, haunted-seeming caretaker of the estate, seems resigned to her presence even as he

Young Katarina Shaw always felt that she was meant to become an Olympic champion. When he and Kat met, they made a connection that first built into a best-friendship between two lost young

work's origins begins to emerge, Wilson paints a full picture that spans the characters' coming-of-age young adoration as well as their separate adult lives--and how "the poster" unequivocally shaped them into

occasionally devastating" process of applying to college--and the dangerous potential belief that a young yes or no from Amherst or Dartmouth or Duke or Northwestern is seen as the conclusive measure of a young He emphasizes that it's what a young person does with the opportunities available to them that makes about college and the increasing pressure and weight put upon the acceptance/rejection equation for a young So much is out of young people's control when it comes to college, yet they may be feeling intense pressure

historical fiction fantasy told in several timelines featuring vampires; and historical fiction with a young On the side, she shows her beloved young niece the sky and serves as a second parent alongside her sometimes-trying Schwab's vampire tale spans centuries, beginning in 1532 Santo Domingo de la Calzada as a young woman In 1827 London, naive young Charlotte lives a sheltered, lovely pastoral life, until an indiscretion His apprenticeship is nearly over, and he has neither an assurance of steady work as a young man playing

Claudia Cravens's story of a young brothel worker in late nineteenth-century Dodge City, Kansas, offers up a tough young heroine who makes mistakes but whose perseverance and loyalty lead her to an unorthodox Bridget has a chance at a stable new beginning--yet she's young and can't stifle her yearning for adventure

01 John of John by Douglas Stuart A young man is called back from the overwhelming, limitless city to Douglas Stuart is also the author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo. She's lived next to the local Liverpool tennis club for years but hasn't played since she was a young Daphne's childhood--whom she never saw nor heard from after a car accident that occurred when she was a young

Through various preserved historic accounts and young Alexandra Green's observations, the reader begins The wisest adult in Alex's life offers wisdom, savviness, and kindness, and I loved that she was a powerful Kelly Barnhill is also the author of books for young readers including The Girl Who Drank the Moon, Iron

In Blau's gleefully 1970s-set novel, Mary Jane doesn't merely shift from emotional innocence to young adulthood, she comes into her own, and it's a joy to watch it all unfold. She serves as a foil to the impulsive, emotional, passionate adults she's surrounded by. The character of Mary Jane doesn't merely shift from innocence to young adulthood in various ways; she

I was hooked on the story of a team of young women fighting for admittance to a guild, their bonds, and uncomfortable, especially set against Aspeth's inexperience and wondrous admiration for him (she's the naive young

The newly formed FBI looks into the case, with its young director J. pirate--ruthless, scandalous, and invincible--who has dropped out of sight and settled down to raise her young Amina soon finds herself tangled in a dangerous ocean quest to rescue a young woman, while facing complicated

​Frankel's story of a nontraditional, loving, zany family flips traditional views of unplanned, young Each decision she made as a young person was done toward trying to shape her future as an actor. The character of India turns rigid, conservative views on unplanned pregnancy, young pregnancy, and adoption

love to hear about some of your favorite fiction reads, from last year or from this one so far. 01 Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart Young Mungo offers a striking story of disappointment, abuse, Protestant-Catholic conflict, and a young, gay love forged in the intensely unforgiving climate of working-class Glasgow In his second novel, Young Mungo, Douglas Stuart offers the story of a working-class Glasgow family and abuse, neglect, and danger and the blossoming of a forbidden young love, exploring the vulnerability

Grey Dog begins as an immersive historical fiction story of a young teacher with a shocking past in But a young, half-feral female student and a shockingly unorthodox widow both seem to hold mysterious

She's lived next to the local Liverpool tennis club for years but hasn't played since she was a young

Ruth, a young married woman living elsewhere in the city, is brutally attacked in her own home--and the

conflict in some ways, but their stories and existences overlap, and their challenges intersect when a young Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, injustices also abound, and powerful, terrible men take advantage of the young

friend since childhood, a persistent 7-year-old girl who's determined to befriend her, and Peter, a kind young

Vera and Edith are such a complementary WWII partnership, and I loved spending time with these strong young Abriel introduces an enormous shift that shakes things up enormously for both young women before the Set in Ireland in 1918, The Pull of the Stars follows a nurse, Julia; a doctor, Kathleen; and a young

During the course of the book, Gifty examines the shape of her childhood and young adulthood, including She's had to stifle many of her emotions since she was a young girl--there wasn't space in her family As an adult, Gifty sinks every waking hour into her pragmatic search for scientific answers that might

01 Uncultured: A Memoir by Daniella Mestyanek Young Young offers a brutally honest behind-the-scenes Daniella Mestyanek Young grew up the daughter of high-ranking members of The Children of God cult in Young's pain in both avenues is substantial and horrifying, and she is brutally honest. Yet Uncultured is primarily an affecting account of Young's impressive perseverance, hard-fought growth Her trusted nurse and former milk-mother Sofia does her best to delay plans to wed the slight young girl

tracks back to her childhood in Kerala, India, where her single mother founded a school, through Roy's young adulthood and rejection of her mother's presence in her life, to her romantic partners, her career in

Katie and Tyler were childhood neighbors and friends, on the verge of young love, then devastated, bound

When a couple and young son move into the flat below her, Gretel begins to worry that the man of the Ava Robinson's first novel. 03 I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman Forty women (one a young

Marjan Kamali's The Lion Women of Tehran is historical fiction that begins in 1950s Tehran, where young

Jacob has been scrabbling for existence since he was a young boy. beginning to be known as Fagin--and gradually, driven by a measure of empathy, taking in and training young Bug Hollow  spans decades, tracking grief and then the life paths of Ellis's sisters (particularly young Marguerite is heir to a fortune, but after she is orphaned, she grows into a young lady while her guardian

became pregnant by (and married) her beloved high school sweetheart, and after Jo moved in with the young disappointments or life experiences could have prepared her for the horrific, shocking loss of her young up uncomfortable feelings in Jo--who vividly remembers the loss of her beloved father when she was young

forest as instinctive, savvy, and haunted private investigator Naomi Cottle seeks the truth about a young

Signal Fires begins with three teenagers drinking in 1985, a car accident, a young doctor Ben Wilf, who Time passes, and a young family moves onto Division Street. Their astronomy-obsessed young son Waldo befriends the retired Dr.