Kennedy writes poignantly about the Irish Troubles through the point of view of Cushla, a young adult stretching her wings despite her...

The author of Disappearing Earth offers a story of bleak prospects, poverty and illness, a sister bond with fault lines ready to crack...

Sarah Grunder Ruiz serves up an irresistible rom-com with great banter and with interesting and difficult, complex issues of loss, grief,...

The tone of Martyr! was tough for me to get a handle on for much of the book. The story is dark, nerve-racking, irreverent, tragic, and...

Young mom Annie's abrupt death leaves her four children, husband, and best friend reeling. Each of them must find a way back to...

Keegan turns her keen eye to the small moments that transform a life in this riveting short story collection. The settings range from the...

Angie Kim's sophomore novel is a mystery, but Happiness Falls is primarily an exploration of a complicated, loving, messy family and each...

In her memoir, Gupta explores the stressful, tragic disconnect between the "perfect minority" image her father demanded of the family and...

In Evil Eye, Etaf Rum (author of A Woman Is No Man) considers a small-town North Carolina artist, mother, and wife struggling with the...

Lepucki's strange, interesting time-travel novel centers around betrayal, broken hearts, second chances, and the power of hate--and of...

Poet Maggie Smith's memoir traces the end of her marriage, weaving in the history and the future while she acknowledges that any story is...

True Biz is a coming-of-age story, a beginner's primer on Deaf culture, and a captivating novel about romance, disappointment, fury, and...

Zusy's Frederick sisters navigate a complicated, stressful situation and drastic changes with plenty of mistakes, forgiveness, and...

Cronin's debut novel explores mortality, vulnerability, surprising moments of joy and reflection, an irresistible young protagonist, and...

The Oceanography of the Moon reads like a romance, with superlative moments, emotional encounters with art and music, and clean...

Hanan's 1980s Irish coming-of-age story is full of angst, secrets, life-and-death danger, youthful determination--and the feeling that...

Betty is based on the author's family stories of difficulties, abuse, tragedies, and a hardscrabble life in the Appalachian foothills of...

In The Distance from Four Points, Littell explores deep human connections, grief, womanhood, what strength means, the power of origins,...

Kline's poignant, lovely book explores a family's emotional missteps and enduring love after a painful loss, and their hard-fought...

This collection of previously published Sedaris works is a gold mine of discomforting, edgy, offbeat observations--with more heart than I...