Angie Kim’s suspenseful follow-up to Miracle Creek follows a family that lives in a quiet and even bucolic neighborhood near Washington, D.C. They try to stay out of trouble. But trouble comes to them.
Unexpected humor percolates through the matter-of-fact voice of Loved and Missed’s engaging narrator and main character, Ruth, a 50-something schoolteacher raising her granddaughter, Lily.
Fitness trackers, toddler tantrums, suburban disputes and even Facebook’s algorithms are just some of the many modern-day experiences that Nathan Hill deftly and entertainingly tackles in Wellness.
Signal Fires is mainly a meditation on families—the secrets we keep, the hurts we don’t mean to inflict—and how those secrets and hurts play out over time.
This darkly humorous novel follows a middle-aged woman who is so desperate for autonomy that she’s willing to make a deal with the devil.
The myriad fissures, fractures and worries of one family at Christmastime make this drama feel utterly real.
While all of her main characters are deeply—really deeply—flawed, Amanda Svensson has you rooting for them through their highs and lows.
Kamila Shamsie’s eighth novel speculates about whether even the most cherished friendships could have an expiration date.
Belinda Huijuan Tang’s splendid debut novel follows a Chinese American son through a purgatory of twists and turns, red herrings and dead ends, in the search for his missing father.
There‘s joy to be found in the struggle, and Eleanor Brown‘s novel about an unusual adoptive family is a thoughtful exploration of this truth.
A quick read with irresistible charm, Margarita Montimore‘s Acts of Violet is a comfort book in every sense of the word.
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