Powerless by Lauren Roberts Request It! I first read Powerless by Lauren Roberts when my best friend, who had been raving about it for weeks, recommended it to me. I wasn’t expecting much — it was not my favorite genre, anyway, but Roberts’ impeccable...
The It Girl by Ruth Ware Request It! If you’re here in search for spooky thriller this autumn, look no further. Ruth Ware’s The It Girl is the perfect blend of Harry Potter and Gossip Girl creating an eerie, cinematic, murder mystery that will...
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel Request It! In summary: The Art Thief by Michael Finkel is an excellent, fast-paced historical thriller, and nothing more. Written from exclusive interviews, police reports, and court documents, as well as over a decade of research, The Art Thief tells the story...
The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard Request It! I first discovered Shirley Hazzard when I found a pocket-sized edition of The Great Fire in a thrift store. For many months, I carried The Great Fire around, reading it at random or flipping through it, until finally I sat...
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept by Paul Coelho Request It! I was first pulled to By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept by the title. To begin a book in a place of such pain, to title a book by...
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner Request It! Funny enough, I did actually first hear of this book while I was at H Mart a few years ago. I had always meant to pick it up, and this summer I finally did. I...
Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé Request It! I recently dived into the mind-bending, plot-twisting, extraordinary world of this novel, Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, and all that I have to say is wow. It had been a while since I...
Passing by Nella Larsen Request It! I recently read Passing by Nella Larsen, and honestly, I wasn’t a big fan of it. The story was about two childhood friends, Irene and Clare, who reconnect years later. Clare is passing as white, even though she’s...
The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan Request It! As an Asian reader, I love reading books about the Asian American experience because I can relate to them a lot. The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan is an example of one, and is by far...
That Devil, Ambition by Linsey Miller Request It! In the novel, That Devil, Ambition, the story follows Fabian Galloway, a poor but smart student, who has to participate in a deadly competition in his class. To graduate, students have to kill a devil hidden...
