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The first Wings of Fire graphic novel does a great job introducing the world of Pyrrhia and the dragonets who are supposed to end the war. The art is colorful and really helps bring the dragon tribes to life, especially how different they all look. Clay is an easy character to connect with because he’s caring but also unsure of himself, which makes him feel realistic.

Perry Firekeeper-Birch is looking forward to a lazy summer of fishing and spending her days outdoors, while her twin sister Pauline and good friend Lucas take part in her tribe's summer intern program. But when Perry wrecks her car, her Aunt Daunis (from Firekeeper's Daughter) requires Perry to take an internship position to pay her back for the repairs.

Inesa lives in a post-apocalyptic world in which a major corporation, Caerus, is in control of society. When Inesa's mother accumulates too much debt, Inesa is chosen for the Lamb's Gauntlet, a live-steamed event that will showcase Inesa running for her life from one of Caerus' brutally trained assassins, Melinoe. But Melinoe isn't just a cold-blooded killer, and as the two embark on this cat-and-mouse hunt to the death, they might even be falling in love.

The Midnight Library is a novel about 30-year-old Nora Seed whose life did not end up how she imagined it would be twenty years ago. Nora's life is full of regret, plagued by what-ifs and missed opportunities. Unexpectedly, Nora comes across a rare and mystical opportunity that allows her to live through all those what-ifs and find her perfect fit. 

The Great Gatsby, written by Francis Scott Fitzgerald, is an American classic that follows the story of Nick Carraway, and his revolutionary encounter with Jay Gatsby. In the novel, Nick moves into a new neighborhood, where he encounters his peculiar neighbor named Gatsby. Following his introduction, Nick is pulled into Gatsby's world, and he seeks to unveil Gatsby's mysterious past and motives.

Effy and Arlo are just two of the students at their boarding school who are chosen to enter a prestigious writing program during their January term at an isolated estate. The program is led by Meredith Graffam, a legendary writer, actress, and director with an eccentric teaching style who everyone admires. At the end of the program, one writer will have their dreams come true-- but not everything at the estate is as it seems, and the competition is fierce. It might even be deadly.

Another (2025) by Paul Tremblay is his very first middle-grade horror after several fabulous adult novels with equally dark themes.

When I first read the 'schtick' for Titan of the Stars, I was completely hooked: Alien meets Titanic. That could either be completely terrible, or excitingly great.

A year after Nan's best friends Luce, Edie, and Jane disappeared, the town of Saltcedar is still mourning. So is Nan-- or so it seems to everyone else. Saltcedar holds a memorial for the girls at the river to commemorate the anniversary of their disappearance, and during it, a body of one of the girls is found.

A body that is alive, not dead.

Nan should be relieved that one of her besties is still alive. But she's not, because Luce should be dead, and Nan knows this because she is the one who killed them all.

After getting rejected from Harvard and every other Ivy League she applied to, Jenna is tired of being herself. Her cousin, Jessica Chen, seemingly has it all-- including the grades to get accepted into Harvard. After a family dinner leaves her feeling humiliated and not enough for her family, Jenna makes a wish on a shooting star: she wishes that she could be her cousin, Jessica. She doesn't expect to actually wake up as Jessica Chen, with everyone forgetting who Jenna Chen even is-- with the exception of her childhood friend/the boy who broke her heart, Aaron Cai.

In this compelling historical adventure, siblings Lizzie (14) and Jakob (19) contribute to the war effort in 1940s England while also investigating what happened to their mother. Told in alternating points of view, reserved Jakob and precocious Lizzie share how they arrived at Bletchley Park, the epicenter of Allied codebreaking efforts to unlock the German Enigma machine (hint: one was recruited at school and the other evaded efforts to send her to America).

Thomas Walsh is used to picking up the occasional odd job. When he accepts a job interpreting for an heiress who is mute by choice and uses sign language to communicate, he thinks it'll be an easy one: he has the experience growing up with a Deaf mother, after all. Sure, Vivienne's father keeps her on a short leash, won't let her out past sunset, and also kind of wants Thomas to follow her wherever she goes, but Thomas doesn't care about the weird family dynamics. He's just there for the money.