In Kristy Boyce's young-adult charmer, high schoolers Riley and Nathan, coworkers who have nothing in common, end up in a fake-dating...

Taylor Jenkins Reid offers the story of a band, its making, and its unmaking, through interviews with various characters that illuminate...

Cher's lack of agency in her relationship with Sonny Bono came through in passive, reactive behavior, but as she grew older, she found...

Erin Crosby Eckstine's richly detailed historical fiction explores the life of Junie, an enslaved young woman in rural Alabama haunted by...

There Are Rivers in the Sky weaves together three stories set in three timelines, featuring disparate characters, to explore...

My very favorite Bossy January reads! This month my favorite reads consisted of multiple fantasy reads, aka escapes from reality--one...

Nonie is the young protagonist of this stark climate-change dystopian future, in which her small community fights to survive and to...

Kellen begins as a principled, headstrong young man lacking in the magic crucial for power, familial stability and social standing in his...

The debut novel from one of my favorite authors tracks a horse thief and an orphan who bond and find love amid the turmoil and...

My Oxford Year takes a light, romantic tone and within it, explores weighty issues like serious illness, loss, grief, vulnerability, and...

In this first installment of The Bleeding Empire, Kim sets three characters on paths to discover their worth, their purpose, and their...

Dunlap's debut novel explores early Edinburgh surgical schools, questionable methods of obtaining study subjects, a main protagonist's...

Much of The Safekeep feels claustrophobic, quiet, and hopeless, but unexpected shifts late in the story turn accepted histories on their...

Frances White's debut is a locked-room mystery on a magical ship full of uncertain alliances, deadly vendettas, and a sassy and...

I may not have followed all of the echoes in time, creatures convincingly impersonating other creatures, or protagonists' complex,...

Bardugo's rich world-building sets the scene in Spain during the Inquisition, as a scullery maid with magical abilities is thrust into...

Robinson's gentle novel Gilead spans generations of fathers and sons and explores a reverend's complicated relationship with his troubled...

I love Liang's books, and this departure from her romantic comedies is inspired by the Chinese legend of Xishi. It's full of danger,...

I loved the dark academia setting, Sciona's bid to become the first female in the High Magistry, and her rethinking of long-held...

ICYMI: This series by Naomi Novik introduces vain, strong-willed, talking dragons, their complex, wonderfully faulted handlers, and...