Fiction

Title: The Song of AchillesAuthor: Madeline MillerPublisher: Ecco PressGenre: Historical Fiction, Mythology, RomanceYear of Publication: 2012Date of Publication: August 28, 2012Pages: 416ISBN-13: 9780062060624 Summary The Song of Achilles is a retelling of Homer’s Iliad, focused […]

Title: The Lincoln HighwayAuthor: Amor TowlesPublisher: VikingGenre: Historical Fiction, Coming-of-AgeYear of Publication: 2021Date of Publication: October 5, 2021Pages: 592ISBN-13: 9780735222359 Summary The Lincoln Highway is a heartfelt, adventurous novel that follows the journey of Emmett […]

Title: Anxious PeopleAuthor: Fredrik BackmanPublisher: Atria BooksGenre: Contemporary Fiction, ComedyYear of Publication: September 8, 2020ISBN-13: 978-1501160837 Summary Main Plot & Characters Anxious People follows a failed bank robber who takes a group of strangers hostage […]

Title: The Haunting of Hill HouseAuthor: Shirley JacksonPublisher: Penguin Classics; 1st editionGenre: FictionYear of Publication: 2006Date of Publication: November 28, 2006Pages: 208ISBN-10: 0143039989ISBN-13: 978-0143039983 Summary The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson follows a […]

Title: The Paris LibraryAuthor: Janet Skeslien CharlesPublisher: Atria BooksGenre: Historical FictionYear of Publication: 2021Date of Publication: February 9, 2021Pages: 368ISBN-13: 9781982134198 Summary The Paris Library is a dual-timeline historical novel that follows the lives of […]

Title: Demon CopperheadAuthor: Barbara KingsolverPublisher: HarperGenre: Literary Fiction, Social CommentaryYear of Publication: 2022Date of Publication: October 18, 2022Pages: 560ISBN-13: 9780063251922 Summary Demon Copperhead is a modern retelling of Charles Dickens’s David Copperfield, set in the […]

Title: When We Cease to Understand the WorldAuthor: Benjamin LabatutPublisher: New York Review BooksGenre: Historical Fiction, Science, PhilosophyYear of Publication: 2021 (English translation)Date of Publication: January 12, 2021Pages: 192ISBN-13: 9781681375663 Summary When We Cease to […]

Title: A Children’s BibleAuthor: Lydia MilletPublisher: W.W. Norton & CompanyGenre: Fiction, Environmental FictionYear of Publication: 2020ISBN-13: 978-0393867381 Summary Main Plot & Characters A Children’s Bible centers on a group of children vacationing with their parents […]

Title: YellowfaceAuthor: R.F. KuangPublisher: William MorrowGenre: Satire, Contemporary FictionYear of Publication: 2023Date of Publication: May 16, 2023Pages: 336ISBN-10: 0063250837ISBN-13: 978-0063250833 Summary Main Plot & Characters Yellowface centers on June Hayward, a struggling author, who witnesses […]