Colleen Hoover is an author that has taken the world by storm thanks to social media. TikTok caused a massive surge in popularity for Colleen Hoover, and easily one of the most famous books that she has ever written is Ugly Love. As the name suggests, Ugly Love is a romance novel, and it … Read more
Lois Lowry’s “The Giver” is one of the most influential books of the generation. Published in 1994, this book follows a twelve-year-old by the name of Jonas and takes place in a seemingly utopia-like world. There, everyone is content and conforms to the rules. In a community with no sadness and crime, things might seem … Read more
Writing a coming-of-age story isn’t easy, especially with how many books centered around this theme have been released, making it hard to tell a unique story that stands out. In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan puts a magical and much more lighthearted spin on this type of story which has seen it earn multiple … Read more
With the explosion of the popular Twilight novels and the equally monumental live-action film adaptations of the same name, urban fantasy stories, and paranormal romance novels saw a truly meteoric rise in popularity that continues to this day. There is something in the world of paranormal fiction that helps to inject a sense of excitement … Read more
Verity is one of the most beloved Colleen Hoover books out there, perhaps because it is so different from anything she has done before. This suspenseful thriller had readers all over the world at the edge of their seats, with bookstores struggling to keep up with demand. This novel follows Lowen, a struggling writer perfectly … Read more
Sally Rooney’s book Normal People quickly picked up the interest of everyone. At the British Book Awards, it won the “Book of the Year 2019,” while it has grabbed several other awards and for good reason. Its success and greatness were also two things the BBC couldn’t ignore, which is why it turned the book … Read more
The Silent Patient was one of the most popular books of 2019. Written by British–Cypriot author Alex Michaelides, this thriller was an impressively successful debut. The novel’s style is heavily inspired by the writing of Agatha Christie and is narrated by psychotherapist Theo Faber. The story is all about a patient in a psychiatric facility. … Read more
In 2017, author Celeste Ng published her award winning novel, Little Fires Everywhere. Since then the novel based in Shaker Heights, Ohio, has gone from success to success. Winning the number one spot of The New York Times fiction bestsellers list. In 2020 the novel was adapted into a television series on Hulu. The mini … Read more
There’s something about setting a novel during a period of war that makes the story feel so dreadful and hopeless, yet still incredibly engaging to read so that we can see if the characters introduced can make it through the conflict alive. In Anthony Doerr’s multi-award winning book All the Light We Cannot See, these … Read more
Thanks to the intervention and ever-changing importance of social media, the high fantasy genre has rapidly become the biggest and most popular speculative fiction genre out there. And no author has had quite as much success, nor become as much of a household name, as Sarah J. Maas. Released in 2012, Throne of Glass was … Read more