Where the crawdads sing —Owens, Delia, author.

"Fans of Barbara Kingsolver will love this stunning debut novel from a New York Times bestselling nature writer, about an unforgettable young woman determined to make her way in the wilds of North Carolina, and the two m...

The vanishing half —Bennett, Brit, author.

"The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adu...

All that glitters : a novel —Steel, Danielle, author.

Nicole "Coco" Martin is destined to have it all. As the only child of doting and successful parents, she has been given every opportunity in life. Having inherited her mother's stunning beauty and creativity, along with ...

Where the crawdads sing a novel —Owens, Delia.

"For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. She's barefoot and wild; unfit for polite society. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, t...

Son of a trickster —Robinson, Eden, author.

To kill a mockingbird —Lee, Harper, author.

The explosion of racial hate and violence in a small Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.

Shuggie Bain : a novel —Stuart, Douglas, 1976- author.

The story of Hugh "Shuggie" Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in run-down public housing in Glasgow, Scotland, taking care of his beloved mother Agnes. Agnes is a proud, beautiful woman who turn...

White Ivy : a novel —Yang, Susie, author.

"From prizewinning and first generation Chinese American author Susie Yang comes a delicious debut novel about a young immigrant woman's obsession with her privileged male classmate - and the lengths she'll go to win his...

Firefly Lane —Hannah, Kristin, author.

"In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the "coolest girl in the world" moves in across the street and wants to ...

The lying life of adults —Ferrante, Elena, author.

Giovanna's pretty face is changing, turning ugly, at least so her father thinks. Giovanna, he says, is looking more like her Aunt Vittoria every day. But can it be true? Is she really changing? Will she turn out like her...

The goldfinch —Tartt, Donna, author.

The Queen's gambit —Tevis, Walter S., author.

Orphan Beth Harmon overcomes her fears and shyness by learning to play chess and, over the years, improves her game to become national champion and to play the world grandmasters.

The scent keeper —Bauermeister, Erica, author.

Emmeline lives an enchanted childhood on a remote island with her father, who teaches her about the natural world through her senses. What he won't explain are the mysterious scents stored in the drawers that line the wa...

Dear Edward : a novel —Napolitano, Ann, author.

A twelve-year-old boy struggles with the worst kind of fame--as the sole survivor of a notorious plane crash.

The perks of being a wallflower —Chbosky, Stephen, author.

A coming of age novel about Charlie, a freshman in high school who is a wallflower, shy and introspective, and very intelligent. He deals with the usual teen problems, but also with the suicide of his best friend.

Trickster drift —Robinson, Eden, author.

The catcher in the rye —Salinger, J. D. (Jerome David), 1919-2010, author.

Jonny Appleseed : a novel —Whitehead, Joshua, (Writer)

"'You're gonna need a rock and a whole lotta medicine' is a mantra that Jonny Appleseed, a young Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer, repeats to himself in this vivid and utterly compelling debut novel by poet Joshua Whitehead. Off t...

The mothers : a novel —Bennett, Brit, author.

"A dazzling debut novel from an exciting new voice, The Mothers is a surprising story about young love, a big secret in a small community--and the things that ultimately haunt us most. Set within a contemporary black com...

Dirty birds —Murray, Morgan, author, illustrator.

In late 2007, as the world's economy crumbles and Barack Obama ascends to the White House, the remarkably unremarkable Milton Ontario - not to be confused with Milton, Ontario - leaves his parents' basement in Middle-of-...