Small Animals Caught in Traps, by C.B. Bernard
If you feel like spiraling down a dark hole of despair and depression, while watching nearly every major character die—even those that came before the
Morning in this Broken World, by Katrina Kittle
Usually, when I get toward the end of a book I really like, I don’t want it to end. You know that feeling, as the
The World According to Garp by John Irving
What to Read When…you’re doing some hard hospital time. We all know that there are different kinds of “hospital time.” Time spent waiting in the
Unsinkable, by Jenni L. Walsh
What to read when…you haven’t tired of WW2 Historical Fiction (as I have) or if you can’t get enough Titanic stories (as I can’t!). Titanic
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride
You don’t often think that reading a book is like eating your vegetables, but in the case of James McBride’s Heaven and Earth Grocery Store,
Miss Benson’s Beetle, by Rachel Joyce
What to read when… …you need to feel there are still adventures to be had in this world. I promise you that Miss Benson’s Beetle
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women, by Lisa See
I hope I’m not alone in this. Women mostly don’t talk about it. I know I haven’t. But I believe that if you’ve had a
Weyward, by Emilia Hart
I finished this book last night and this morning I saved an ant who had crawled up into my kitchen sink. Violet and her striped-leg
Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr
Any author who gets me to read science fiction has absolutely earned their Pulitzer Prize. I don’t know if it’s Konstance’s mass of curls that
The Exiles, by Christina Baker Kline
There are only a few cardinal rules for a writer: you must not be boring (I’m looking at you, Trust by Hernan Diaz, whom I
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, by Jesse Q. Sutanto
What to read when… …your boyfriend’s moved in and you’re trying really hard to be normal about it. It had been 13 years since a