Book Reviews & Recommendations
Freida McFadden once again proves why she’s one of the most talked-about names in modern psychological thrillers. Ward D takes her signature formula short, adrenaline-fueled chapters and shocking twists and compresses it into one claustrophobic, heart-pounding night inside a locked psychiatric ward. […]
Freida McFadden has become a household name in the thriller world, known for her sharp pacing and shocking reveals. In The Locked Door, she takes readers into the chilling mind of a woman haunted by her father’s crimes and her own fear […]
Megan Lally’s That’s Not My Name is a pulse-pounding debut that grips you from its very first page and refuses to let go. Set in a small Oregon town filled with secrets, suspicion, and fear, this young adult thriller explores the terrifying […]
In Rachel Gillig’s One Dark Window, the mist-locked kingdom of Blunder breathes like a living thing, full of secrets, decay, and shadow. With lyrical prose and gothic undertones, Gillig crafts a story where the line between salvation and damnation blurs and where […]
Jennifer Dugan’s Some Girls Do is a heartfelt, beautifully written YA queer romance that explores what it means to live your truth in a world that often makes that difficult. Blending tenderness with tension, it tells the story of two very different […]
Natalie Guerrero’s My Train Leaves at Three is a bold and emotional debut that captures the grit, rhythm, and ache of chasing a dream in New York City. It’s a coming-of-age story that hums with honesty and heat, following a woman caught […]
Margaret Owen’s Little Thieves takes the bones of The Goose Girl and rebuilds them into something clever, propulsive, and emotionally rich. This is a Germanic flavored fantasy with the pulse of a caper and the bite of a character study, anchored by […]
Arkady Martine follows her Hugo winning debut with a sequel that is bigger, stranger, and, in many ways, even more satisfying. A Desolation Called Peace expands the Teixcalaan saga from palace intrigue to the terrifying edge of known space, where a fleet […]
Samuel Burr’s The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers is a charming, bittersweet novel that celebrates eccentricity, love, and the lifelong quest to find where we belong. Combining gentle humor with heartfelt emotion, Burr weaves a story about a young man raised by an extraordinary […]
Mia McKenzie’s These Heathens is a vibrant, emotionally charged, and deeply human story that captures how one weekend can alter the course of a life forever. Set in 1960 Georgia, this novel unfolds through the eyes of seventeen-year-old Doris Steele, a small-town […]