3: Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens

“Steeped in the rhythms and shadows of the coastal marshes of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, this fierce and hauntingly beautiful novel centers on…Kya’s heartbreaking story of learning to trust human connections, intertwine[d] with a gripping murder mystery, revealing savage truths. An astonishing debut.”—People

8: Blue Moon - Lee Child

“Jack Reacher is today’s James Bond, a thriller hero we can’t get enough of.”—Ken Follett

12: Olive, Again - Elizabeth Strout

“Strout managed to make me love this strange woman I’d never met, who I knew nothing about. What a terrific writer she is.”—Zadie Smith, The Guardian

14: The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern

“Anyone who’s read Erin Morgenstern’s wildly successful fiction debut, The Night Circus, knows how meticulously she crafts her imaginary worlds… the reader [is] immersed in a multitude of stories, the threads of which gradually weave together to a haunting conclusion.”—NPR

5: Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens

“Steeped in the rhythms and shadows of the coastal marshes of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, this fierce and hauntingly beautiful novel centers on…Kya’s heartbreaking story of learning to trust human connections, intertwine[d] with a gripping murder mystery, revealing savage truths. An astonishing debut.”—People

7: Blue Moon - Lee Child

“Jack Reacher is today’s James Bond, a thriller hero we can’t get enough of.”—Ken Follett

3: Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng

“I read Little Fires Everywhere in a single, breathless sitting.”—Jodi Picoult

15: On Desperate Ground - Hampton Sides

“Superb…A masterpiece of thorough research, deft pacing and arresting detail…This war story — the fight to break out of a frozen hell near the Chosin Reservoir — has been told many times before. But Sides tells it exceedingly well, with fresh research, gritty scenes and cinematic sweep.”—The Washington Post

6: Wonder - R. J. Palacio

“Rich and memorable…It’s Auggie and the rest of the children who are the real heart of ‘Wonder,’ and Palacio captures the voices of girls and boys, fifth graders and teenagers, with equal skill.”—The New York Times

4: The Fountains of Silence - Ruta Sepetys

“Full of twists and revelations…an excellent story, and timely, too.”—The Wall Street Journal

5: Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens

“Steeped in the rhythms and shadows of the coastal marshes of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, this fierce and hauntingly beautiful novel centers on…Kya’s heartbreaking story of learning to trust human connections, intertwine[d] with a gripping murder mystery, revealing savage truths. An astonishing debut.”—People

7: Blue Moon - Lee Child

“Jack Reacher is today’s James Bond, a thriller hero we can’t get enough of.”—Ken Follett

11: The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern

“Anyone who’s read Erin Morgenstern’s wildly successful fiction debut, The Night Circus, knows how meticulously she crafts her imaginary worlds… the reader [is] immersed in a multitude of stories, the threads of which gradually weave together to a haunting conclusion.”—NPR

9: White Bird: A Wonder Story - R. J. Palacio

“At once expressive and chaste, an elusive but ideal combination.”—The New York Times

1: Let It Snow (Movie Tie-In) - John Green

“The authors share an ironic, idiosyncratic sense of humor that helps bind their stories, each with a slightly different tone and take on love, into one interconnected volume brimming with romance and holiday spirit.”—The Horn Book

2: Looking for Alaska - John Green

“Looking For Alaska is a showcase to the raw talent John Green has, the kind of talent that can make you close the crisp last page of a novel and come out as a different person…. A gem of modern literature.”—The Guardian 

5: Turtles All the Way Down - John Green

“So surprising and moving and true that I became completely unstrung.”—The New York Times

8: Dear Martin - Nic Stone