Beast: A Story of Love and Revenge by Lisa Jensen is a retelling of a the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve.
Born Scared – Kevin Brooks
Born Scared by Kevin Brooks follows Elliot, a boy who from childhood has suffered from severe, paralyzing anxiety.
Maid – Stephanie Land
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive documents Stephanie Land’s struggles as a single mom.
Heretics Anonymous – Katie Henry
Katie Henry’s Heretics Anonymous starts out with the introduction of Michael, who is just starting at a Catholic High School after moving for the fourth time in his life.
I Hate You – Don’t Leave Me – Jerold J. Kreisman, M.D. and Hall Straus
I Hate You – Don’t Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality by Jerold J. Kreisman, M.D and Hall Straus is a great educational tool for anyone who has been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder(BPD) or for someone who has a loved one with BPD.
The Girl Who Smiled Beads – Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil is a non-fiction book that follows Wamariya’s life from the age of six when the Rwandan Genocide began in 1994.
Before We Were Yours – Lisa Wingate
Lisa Wingate’s historical fiction novel Before We Were Yours follows two families, one in the present day and one in 1939.
What the Night Sings – Vesper Stamper
What the Night Sings by Vesper Stamper is a Young Adult novel that follows Gerta Rausch after the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. The novel starts right before the Liberation of Bergen-Belsen, offering the reader only glimpses of Gerta’s life there and her life before then. After the Liberation she finds, like many others, that she has no family left and nowhere to go.
The Eddy – Joe Paatalo
Joe Paatalo’s novel The Eddy follows Toby Casper after he survives a suicidal motorcycle ride in to a Kansas twister.
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls – Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo is a collection of stories about women throughout time and all over the world.
