The glamorous setting of Capri is the star of Saltwater . I struggled to care about the characters' sense of life-and-death stakes...

Mayer's memoir focuses on straddling two cultures without feeling fully integrated into either; the various frustrations, injustices, and...

I loved the premise of Creation Lake , and I was captivated by the mocking, ruthless, fickle freelance spy "Sadie." But the story and...

I was hooked on the story of a team of young women fighting for admittance to a guild, their bonds, and their adventures. But the...

The fantasy-science-fiction novel Moonbound spans time and splits into several stories, for me never quite gelling into a coherent tale I...

Wilson overcame tough childhood circumstances before setting her sights on becoming a performer, and her memoir celebrates her...

Barbara Brown Taylor is one of my favorite authors, but this slim, early book of hers didn't offer the candid, thought-provoking, wise...

Only If You're Lucky centers around a group of South Carolina college students who don't truly know each other--and the unpleasant...

I loved Enid's complicated, loving mother-daughter relationship as well as her best-friendship. But I was distracted by what felt like...

I didn't feel drawn into this novel of the horrifying serial killing of children of color in a small Virginia community and the...

Although the first section felt manic and uneven as Green hurtled through time, the second point of view offered lovely perspective on...

I was taken with the first half of this book--a rural cult, a teen mother, a strong female protagonist in an impossible situation,...

The premise and setting of The Secret Book of Flora Lea are captivating. I was distracted by what felt like overly dramatic dialogue and...

Mary Otis's debut novel explores the complicated mother-daughter relationship between alcoholic, erratic Charlotte and rigid,...

I love a book about books, but I was confused as to why the characters would seek out and spend prolonged time with the verbally abusive,...

Six longtime friends gather for one last Maine vacation--but each of them has been keeping secrets that impact their relationships. The...

Perry recounts the daily reality of his years in a chokehold of addiction to drugs and alcohol, his struggles to quit using, and the many...

I love a novel set in India, and the details of the sparkling promise and darker underpinnings of the city of Hrishipur were a standout...

William Kent Krueger's writing is beautiful, and J.D. Jackson reads the audiobook wonderfully, but I felt impatient with the focus on...

Harding bases his slim historical fiction novel This Other Eden on a real-life, racially integrated island off the coast of Maine,...