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The Splendid and the Vile is a non-fiction portrait of Winston Churchill during the first months of his term as British Prime Minister. Churchill stepped into this role during the most troubling of times in European history; his first day in...

“River of the Gods” is a nonfiction book by Candice Millard that focuses on the European frenzy surrounding the Orientalism of the 19th century and the culture of Egypt in particular. The prologue of the book itself is titled Obsession, and it...

Keri Blakinger's memoir Corrections in Ink chronicles the author's journey from her life of acclaim in the ice rink to her less desirable and sad life of addiction, crime, and a prison sentence. While in prison, Blakinger grappled with the...

One day, a man called Owen Michaels disappears. Before he disappears, however, he manages to sneak his wife a note that reads "protect her." While she is perplexed, Owen's wife becomes clear that Owen's note refers to his daughter, Bailey. The...

Anatomy of a Scandal tells the story of a man called James, a man and public figure who seemingly has everything going for him. He has a doting wife, is charismatic, financially comfortable, intelligent, and handsome. James, however, is accused of...

Michael Connelly's novel The Reversal (released in 2010), marks the third appearance of one of his most popular characters: defense attorney Mickey Haller. Fundamentally, the novel follows Haller, who is recruited to prosecute the retrial of a...

Author Michael Connelly is responsible for some of the most popular contemporary characters. He created the character of detective Harry Bosch and defense attorney Mickey Haller (among a number of other characters), both of whom are the main...

The Lincoln Lawyer, author Michael Connelly's 16th novel, introduces readers to a criminal defense lawyer called Mickey Haller. Mickey practices law out of his Lincoln town car driven by one of his clients who is working off his legal fees (many...

Written by American novelist Joshua Cohen, The Netanyahus (released in 2021) tells the story of the eponymous Netanyahu family. Set in a college in upstate New York in the late 1950s, the novel specifically tells the fictionalized story of...

Marriage Story is a drama film written and directed by filmmaker Noah Baumbach. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2019 and was later released in theatres and on digital streaming platforms. Despite the title, it explores the events...

Written by MacArthur grant winning economist and leading feminist Nancy Folbre, The Invisible Heart (2002) is presented as a new take on the connection between family values and economics. In the book, Folbre explores a central question: how does...

Eye in the Sky is a war drama film directed by South African filmmaker Gavin Hood. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September 2015 with a wide release the following year. Though parts of the film are set in Nairobi,...

Set in the eponymous Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom is a short story cycle novel (a collection of short stories which are designed to be read together) that is the fourth novel in...

Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger is a short story cycle novel (a novel comprised of thirty separate stories which are designed to be read together rather than apart) which is the third book in the eponymous Wayside School series. It tells the...

Written by esteemed children's author Louis Sachar, Wayside School is Falling Down is the second book in the critically acclaimed, bestselling series Wayside School series. Like its predecessor, Wayside School is Falling Down is a short story...

After college, author Louis Sachar said that he was only interested in ever writing one book for children. That book became Sideways Stories from Wayside School. After the tremendous critical, popular, and financial success of Sideways Stories...

“First Kill” is a short story by Victoria “V.E.” Schwab which initially appeared in the vampire anthology titled Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with a Fresh Bite, edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker. Schwab’s story brings the collection...

Written by Cuban-American author Maria Irene Fornes, Mud was first produced on the stage in 1983. Described by its author as "a play in 17 scenes," Mud tells the story of a girl named Mae who lives in a house with a man named Lloyd. Mae is in her...

Darling: New and Selected Poems is a collection of poems written by esteemed author Jackie Kay. There are a mix of brand-new poems (like "The Adoption Papers") and old poems that were never collected which are brought together in Darling. Each of...

This One Summer, the graphic novel written by Canadian author Mariko Tamaki, tells the story of the summer that two friends called Rose and Windy spent together in a small beach town called Awago. Rose, who is the narrator of the story, is dealing...

“Killing Mr. Griffin” is a novel written by Lois Duncan, and it falls into the genre of thriller mystery. The author, Lois Duncan, is recognized in the literary world as the leading author of the young adult fiction.

This particular novel follows...

Robert Beatty is a prolific American novelist. Although Willa of the Wood is his fourth book - and the first in the eponymous Willa - it is without a doubt his most well-known work. A fantasy novel, Willa of the Wood tells the story of the young...

The Last Wild, the first book in author Piers Torday's trilogy entitled The Last Wild, tells the story of Kester Jaynes, a young boy who lives in a world where nearly every animal is extinct because of the so-called Red Eye virus. Kester has been...

Vanishing Girls is the first book in author Lisa Regan's "Detective Josie Quinn" series. This iteration follows Detective Quinn as she searches for Isabelle Coleman, a beautiful young blonde girl who suddenly goes missing one day. As she searches...