The Old Nurse’s Story by Elizabeth Gaskell was originally published in 1852. It appears in the short story collection The Old Nurse’s Story and other tales. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. The Old Nurse’s Story by Elizabeth Gaskell The Old Nurse’s Story by […]
A psychologically rich portrait of a teenage girl suspended between the rituals of 1990s girlhood and the otherworldly possibilities that beckon her Squeezing onto a cramped bus seat after the driver forces kids to make room, contorting herself into a bathroom stall so she won’t be seen while skipping class, banking calories like a form […]
There is a particular kind of ache that comes from loving something the world tells you should be incompatible with who you are. Ahmad Saber knows this intimately, and in Ramin Abbas Has MAJOR Questions by Ahmad Saber, he channels it into a debut so tender, funny, and gut-wrenchingly real that you will laugh on […]
Format: ARC Buy on Amazon Goodreads Just know this book is going to haunt me. I will be thinking about it for a while. And also? READ THIS. Because I need to discuss it with someone immediately. The Caretaker follows Macy Mullins, who takes a mysterious three-day caretaking job she finds on Craigslist. It feels […]
Fierce teens and found-family energy power this action-packed small-town murder mystery. We meet Ayden the morning after a night out with his best friend Matthew. It was a big night for everyone in the sleepy small town of Rogland: the mayor’s annual town fair. In keeping with town fair tradition, after the adults go to […]
A wacky, multiverse-hopping romantic comedy about a man traversing alternate worlds to profess his love for his best friend “Every version of Gary understands the same rule: say nothing and keep her, say something and risk the universe.” What do you do when you find yourself in love with the one person you can’t seem […]
There is something undeniably magnetic about a romance built on friction. Two people who can’t stand each other. Two people who can’t stop thinking about each other. Or two people who refuse to admit that the line between professional tension and personal desire was never as thick as they pretended. In Her Own League by […]
A novella is a book of fiction, shorter than most novels, but longer than most short stories. The English word “novella” derives from the Italian novella meaning a short story related to true facts. Test your knowledge with our Wonderful Novella Literature Quiz! This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at […]
Both an ambitious philosophical journey and a meditative portrait of spiritual growth amid trials and hardship Mountain Home picks up where Grace Zacaroli’s previous novel, The Carpenter and the Apprentice, leaves off. Here, an ex-soldier turned spiritual apprentice, Danat, embarks on a journey with the recently orphaned Solomon to find the boy’s paternal family. Two […]
There is something deeply unsettling about a woman who ends every YouTube episode with a cheerful wave and the words, “Good night, Mom!” while the rest of her life is disintegrating one secret at a time. That dissonance, that gap between the camera-ready smile and the rot underneath, is the beating heart of Want to […]