Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction—and it's the kind of novel that either grabs you by the collar or leaves you staring at the ceiling wondering what just happened. I spent three weeks with it.
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving is a thought-provoking novel about faith, fate, and friendship in small-town America. This review covers its strengths, weaknesses, and who should pick it up.
I picked up Loveless expecting another romance-heavy YA novel. What I found instead was something far more rare: a story that gave words to experiences I'd never seen on the page before. Alice Oseman's Loveless is a thoughtful exploration of identity, friendship, and finding your place when you don't fit the expected mold.
