Amanda Coplin
The Orchardist
Genre: Fiction This is the story of Talmadge who is raised by a single mother until she dies when he and his sister, Elsbeth, are very...
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Between the World and Me
Note: As of this review, I will no longer be rating the books with my original star system. Books, like much else in life, are complex...
Ali Benjamin
The Thing About Jellyfish
Genre: Fiction, YA I gave this book **** This is the story of 12-year-old Suzy who, during the summer after 6th grade, loses her best...
Melissa Rivers
The Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief and Manipulation
Genre: Non-Fiction I gave this book *** This is the true-life story of Joan Rivers as told by her only child, daughter, Melissa Rivers....
Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Genre: Fiction I gave this book **** This is the story of Juliette Ashton, who in 1945 publishes her second book, a collection of columns...
Cheryl Strayed
Torch
Genre: Fiction I gave this book **** This is the story of a family: Theresa, Claire, Joshua and Bruce and what happens to them when...
Shonda Rhimes
The Year of Yes
Genre: Non-Fiction I gave this book **** This is the true story of how Rhimes, famed TV writer and producer of TV shows (such as Scandal,...
Jon Krakauer
Into the Wild
Genre: Non-Fiction I gave this book *** This is the true story of Christopher McCandless who, in his early 20’s, decides to traverse the...
Ruta Sepetys
Salt to the Sea
Genre: Fiction, Young Adult I gave this book **** This is the story, based on true events, of Emilia, Florian, Joana and Alfred, all in...
Kim van Alkemade
Orphan Number 8
Genre: Fiction I gave this book * This is the story of Rachel Rabinowitz and is based on true events. At four years old, Rachel and her...