Book Genre: Fiction

Ellis is finishing her sophomore year, and everything is uncertain. Her dad has been in a coma since a construction accident 2 years ago. Her mom is present physically, but not emotionally. Her friends seem to be drifting away and not getting her. Her mom thinks it might be time to release her...

Loup Garron is the product of an affair between a genetically modified soldier and a local in the town of Santa Olivia, an unofficial town in the DMZ between Texas and Mexico. Orphaned at an early age, she spends time with her brother, who is training for a boxing match with one of the soldiers...

I really like Russian fiction, their sensibilities are really interesting. This is a Russian take on Urban Fantasy and it rocked my socks! The Others are divided by those who serve the light (Night Watch) and those who serve the dark (day watch), each are striving to create, maintain, or destroy...

Dark, twisted, and lots of fun, this fairy tale for grown ups is beautifully written, with rich characters and a truly scary villain. David, still reeling from his mother's death, isolates himself in his attic bedroom surrounded by his books, which begin to whisper to him. Fans of...

Inspired by a real unsolved murder case, this riveting novel by the author of Ordinary People​ reads with all the creepiness of true crime.

Ismet Prcic is a Bosnian refugee who has escaped the ethnic persecution of his war-torn country and his dysfunctional family. He’s a theater actor, a dramatist with a personality adept at taking on roles. With the rhythm and insight of a Dostoevsky with acute anxiety disorder, he recounts his...

A wonderful collection of cartoons from the web comic of the same name. Open this book to the first strip and you will find a perfect sample of Beaton's work: it is literary, irreverent, and--above all--funny. Topics range from Jane Eyre to Robinson Crusoe and from Sherlock...

After coming home to find that his wife has died falling from a tree, linguistics professor Paul Iverson becomes obsessed with teaching their dog to speak so he can find out the truth–was it an accident? An interesting story of grief and how far a man will go to deal with it.

I really didn't know what to make of all of this strange book about a successful boy detective who grows up sad and lonely but I liked it.  The author intersperses his narrative with sidenotes, random letters and games. 

Princess Muriel’s happy and carefree childhood changes dramatically when her widowed father, the king, unexpectedly marries a beautiful but evil woman who Muriel instinctively distrusts. Shortly after the new Queen arrives in their home, Muriel’s six beloved brothers disappear.  The king,...

Sixteen-year-old Bobby used to spend his days shooting hoops and eating pizza, but now his life revolves around his newborn daughter, Feather. Bobby loves his daughter more than anything else, but this story does not romanticize the sleepless nights and stress of teenage parenthood. Told in...

All his life, Perry has done exactly what his parents tell him to. When his parents tell him that he has to take Gobi, the exchange student living with his family (and so totally not as hot or into him as he'd hoped) to the prom, Perry does- even though his band has a gig in Manhattan that...