Delia Owens’ fiction debut Where the Crawdads Sing is a moving and beautifully written portrait of the life of Kya, a young girl growing up alone in the marshes of North Carolina after being abandoned by her family. This novel…
Delia Owens’ fiction debut Where the Crawdads Sing is a moving and beautifully written portrait of the life of Kya, a young girl growing up alone in the marshes of North Carolina after being abandoned by her family. This novel…
I remember devouring the Artemis Fowl books when I was in middle school for the clever and cold title hero who was so unlike the typical middle-grade protagonists. Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl is “a millionaire, a genius, and a criminal…
John Green’s young adult novel The Fault In Our Stars became an instant cult classic upon its release in 2012. Hazel Grace Lancaster is 17 and has Stage 4 thyroid cancer. Her life is a series of bad daytime television…
Sarah J. Maas’ bestselling Throne of Glass series is a thrilling epic fantasy. Celaena Sardothien—a teenage assassin with a grudge against the empire—is one of those unforgettable heroines whose quest for freedom and vengeance captivates readers from page one. If you’re…
Margaret Atwood is a Canadian author and poet. She was born in Ontario in 1939 and didn’t start school until she was 12 years old. From the young age of six, she began writing poetry, and by 16 she realized…
Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life was sold to me as “the most depressing book you’ll ever read.” The New Yorker labels it ‘dark and disturbing,’ and The Guardian called it both ‘traumatic’ and a tale of ‘relentless suffering.’ If you…
Frank Herbert’s 1965 book Dune is one the most influential novels of the 20th century. It shaped the contemporary science-fiction genre and impacted various forms of art and entertainment. The story set in a futuristic interstellar society touches on many…
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a foundational text of the dystopian genre that has been prompting readers to question the world around them for almost 90 years. For those who enjoyed the book, here are ten other major…
There are few modern writers as divisive as Chuck Palahniuk. His minimalist, repetitive style and bleak, amoral universes can be tough to enjoy; he’s admitted to purposefully twisting his prose to make it more difficult for readers to digest. Throw…
Ishiguro is one of the most celebrated British authors of our time; he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2017 and his books are consistently nominated for noteworthy prizes. He focuses largely on the past and, though many…