Liz Moore’s writing is thoughtful and the story in Long Bright River is character-driven. Situations aren’t resolved too easily or cleanly.

I found Sally Field's discussion of her "craft" and how she grew and changed as an actor to be the most compelling aspect of the book.

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

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.

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.

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

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...

This was the type of book I could’ve stayed up all night reading. I was totally hooked. This was the type of book I could’ve stayed up...

I love a peek at a secret world, and here Walder offers fascinating glimpses of her life as a CIA and an FBI agent.

Warren digs deeply into the realities of doubting his faith, God, his life’s work, and his vision of an afterlife. This book made me cry...

Vasya is an irresistibly and wonderfully strong and defiant main protagonist, and Arden includes lots of offbeat details. This second...

Harrow explores the wondrous bravery and the sometimes dark and destructive forces surrounding collectors venturing through worlds.

Kin Stewart will have to break all the rules of time travel to preserve the existence of his daughter without destroying the world.

Sutton and Smith must identify and confront dark forces that might be manipulating—and destroying—minds and the very framework of society.