Cross Her Heart is the initial offering in what has come to be identified as the Bree Taggert series of novels by author Melinda Leigh. By the time the novel was originally published in March 2020, Leigh had already produced a number of volumes in...

John Donne was an English poet, scholar, who later in life became a part of the Church of England. “Death’s Duell” represents his final sermon at the St Paul’s Cathedral, soon after which he died.

The contents of the sermon are related to life and...

The Bonesetter’s Daughter is a historical fiction by American author Amy Tan. Published in 2001 by Random House, Inc., the novel is her fourth novel and contains similar themes as the previous works. Akin to The Joy Luck Club and The Kitchen God’s...

The Cay is a young-adult novel by American author Theodore Langhans Taylor. It was dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. who was assassinated a year before the release. Published in 1969 by Avon Publications, it was followed by Timothy of the Cay,...

Super Pumped is a book by a journalist Mike Isaac, and it is a biographical recollection of events that led to the founding of the American public service company Uber. The main theme of the book is the theme of "rise and grind" culture.

The book...

“American Animals": A Cautionary Tale of Ambition, Identity, and the Cost of Rebellion By Sachin Maurya

Synopsis Directed by Bart Layton, American Animals (2018) blurs the line between documentary and heist thriller to recount the audacious 2004...

Killing Floor by Lee Child is a first-person point of view debut novel detailing the story of Jack Reacher. Jack is an ex-military man whose job gets terminated due to anomalous peace in Georgia. The military intelligence along with his background...

The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri is a story based on the challenges experienced by refugees while escaping civil war in their countries. The book was inspired by the author’s interaction with refugees while working as a volunteer in...

Daniel Jose Older’s Shadowshaper is a fantasy novel based on the story of Sierra Santiago. Several characters in the book possess supernatural abilities capable of infusing spirits into artwork. Sierra is a young girl in her teens who loves...

At first glance, some readers might assume that the title of this book is a typo and that it is actually some sort of modern updating or possibly a feminist reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy about that guy who goes around...

Rules of Civility is the first novel published by author Amor Towles. The novel was accepted for publication but without excessive expectations for its success. After all, he had enjoyed a successful career in the banking industry since 1991 upon...

Red, White and Royal Blue is a romantic novel by American author Casey McQuiston. The cover art was designed by American illustrator Colleen Reinhart. Published in 2019 by St. Martin's Griffin and Macmillan, the novel explores the romantic...

Laurence Yep published his children’s historical novel Dragonwings in 1975. In light of subsequent sequels published over the next few decades, it would come to be known as the volume which commenced the author’s wildly popular Golden Mountain...

Brian Katcher is an acclaimed young adult author celebrated for tackling complex and sensitive topics with depth and empathy. His works often explore themes of identity, personal growth, and the social challenges faced by teenagers. Katcher...

More Happy Than Not is Adam Silvera’s young adult novel highlighting the challenges experienced by the queer group. The book reflects Silvera’s own experiences as a gay boy. The protagonist is a young boy called Aaron Soto living in a small...

Published in 2007, Nineteen Minutes was written by American author Jodi Picoult, and is her fourteenth novel. Upon its release, Nineteen Minutes instantly reached the New York Times Bestseller list, as Picoult's following of loyal readers...

Published in 2014 in the United States, I Am Jazz focuses on American Jazz Jennings, a transgender woman who gained national attention for being part of the LGBTQ+ community. Co-written by Jennings and Jessica Herthel, the book is geared towards...

Initially published in 2015, George is a children's novel featuring a main character who is a transgender girl. In 2021, the author of the novel, Alex Gino, announced that it would be published under the new title Melissa beginning in April of...

Originally published in 2010 by American author Emily Jenkins, who uses the pen name E. Lockhart, Real Live Boyfriends is a young adult fiction novel in which the main character Ruby Oliver deals with the problems life throws at her when it comes...

The Vincent Boys is a young-adult romantic novel by American author Abbi Glines. Published in 2011 by Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, the novel is the first book in The Vincent Boys series.

Sawyer Vincent is a handsome young man who is...

Two Boys Kissing is a gay romance novel by David Levithan involving the lives of eight young boys in the late 20th century at the peak of HIV/AIDS. The novel explores the difficulties of living as a homosexual during the 1980s when the world was...

West with Giraffes by Lynda Routledge is a novel based on one those strange and idiosyncratic true stories that came out of the desperation for uplifting stories during the Great Depression which wreaked havoc around the world in the 1930’s. The...

Imagine wanting to write an auto-biography but being reluctant to let strangers into your world. It was from this precise spot, between a rock and a hard place, that Maia Kobabe decided to write Gender Queer, an auto-biographical graphic novel,...