148 (total)
Books Women need to read in 2015
(So
Far)
Books and Summer go
together like peanut butter and jelly, in my opinion. But don't
fret, as we are on the cusp of ending our Summer sunsation and
turning over a new leaf to Fall.
I have 148
books (a whopper of a list) that
are sure to stir up some heat, some sweetness and... well, everything in-between that
all of us GIRLS - NEED TO READ!
41. Girl Before a
Mirror by Liza Palmer
A successful
account executive juggles her recent divorce, a beautiful (and much younger)
new colleague, and a potential romance that seems like the stuff of fantasies
rather than real life. Liza Palmer's Girl Before a Mirror tells the story of a woman finding
her own happiness while embracing all of the good and bad that life brings.
42. It’s You by
Jane Porter
After a
heartbreaking tragedy, Dr. Alison McAdams goes to Napa, CA, to care for her
sick dad. While she's there, she hears World War II stories from survivors and
becomes determined to discover the truth about one woman's long-lost love — and
in the process begins to heal herself, too. Jane Porter's It's You is the perfect poolside Summer story.
43. Above Us Only Sky by Michele Young-Stone
A family of women
"separated by oceans, generations, and war" is connected by one
unique thing: they all have wings. Michele Young-Stone's magical novel Above Us Only Sky is a story of survival, love, and
finding your place in the world.
44. One Step Too Far by Tina Seskis
Tina Seskis's
thriller One Step Too Far follows a seemingly happy married woman
who hides a dark secret. Publishers Weekly says that Seskis
"expertly depicts the new life of a runaway wife, Emily Coleman, in her
exciting if not groundbreaking first novel. . . . a diverting read."
45. Amherst by William Nicholson
Two love affairs:
one in the past and one in the present. William Nicholson's Amherstfollows parallel passionate tales occurring in the same
city, but at different times.
46. The Marriage
Book by Alisa Grunwald and Stephen Adler
Spouses Lisa
Grunwald and Stephen Adler, encouraged both by their own experiences and by
love stories from others, created The Marriage Book, an anthology of advice, inspiration, and
cautionary tales for married couples.
47. The Tutor by
Andrea Chapin
We all know that
Shakespeare was a genius, but where did he get inspiration? Andrea
Chapin's The Tutor is a historical fiction that imagines what a
year as Shakespeare's muse would have been like for one woman.
48. Heaven and Earth by Nora Roberts
Nora Roberts's
second installment of Three Sisters Islands, Heaven and Earth, follows a sheriff deputy's rising romance
with a researcher who has come to investigate the rumors of witchcraft on the
island.
49. Falling for Jillian by Kristen Proby
Falling For Jillian, the third installment of the Love Under
the Big Sky series, follows the romance between a veteran with PTSD and the
woman trying to help him recover and find love again.
50. The Enlightenment of Nina Findley by Andrea
Gillies
Nina Findlay has
spent her life torn between two Italian brothers. She marries one and stays
close with the other, until everything changes and Nina loses them both, then
sets off to start over in Greece. In Andrea Gillies's The Enlightenment of Nina Findlay, a woman running from her
past discovers a new future in unexpected places.
51. The Rocks by
Peter Nichols
Peter
Nichols's The Rocks is a novel with two love stories that move
backward in time, both set in the beautiful Mediterranean and built around a
seaside resort and its endearing expatriate community.
52. Blueprints by
Barbara Delinsky
Blueprints by Barbara Delinsky is a story about the
complicated dynamics of a family, the novelty of love no matter when in life
you find it, and the importance of a good home makeover.
53. Love and Miss
Communication by Elyssa Friedland
Elyssa Friedland's
"wickedly funny" debut novel, Love and Miss Communication, is about a lawyer who throws
herself into work after a devastating breakup, only to encounter problems with
her career as well. Reeling from both, she tosses her computer into a reservoir
and vows to remain offline until her 35th birthday — and she is shocked to
discover what's she's been missing out while stuck to a screen.
54. The Other Side of Midnight by Simone St.
James
A psychic must
delve into the secrets of an old friend and rival in order to fulfill her final
request before she was murdered in Simone St. James's The Other Side of Midnight. This romantic suspense novel is a
haunting tale of love, passion, friendship, and revenge.
55. Sisters of
Heart and Snow by Margaret Dilloway
Margaret
Dilloway's Sisters of Heart and Snow deftly weaves the story of two
daughters of an American businessman and his passive Japanese wife with that of
an ancient female samurai into one epic tale of love, family, and finding the
inspiration to be warrior women no matter the age or era.
56. The Misadventures of an Awkward Black Girl by
Issa Rae
Self-proclaimed
introvert Issa Rae navigates work, life, and love in a series of
hilarious and often self-deprecating essays that make up her memoir, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl.
57. For the Right Reasons by Sean Lowe
Bachelor fans will
love the insights in For the Right Reasons that Sean Lowe, a former contestant
on the show and a particular fan favorite, has to offer on love, marriage, and
being considered the "nice guy."
58. The Liar by Nora Roberts
When a woman
discovers that the man she loved — one she now knows to be a liar and adulterer
— never really existed at all, she returns to her hometown for comfort. Nora
Roberts's The Liar is a compelling novel full of hidden secrets,
betrayal, and mystery.
59. Disillusioned by J. S. Cooper (Book #2)
In J.S. Cooper's
second installment of the Swept Away series, Disillusioned, two strangers stranded on a desert island begin
to fall in love — but can they trust each other?
60. Paris, He Said by Christine Sneed
A young woman moves
to Paris and is handed everything she thinks she needs to be happy by a her
wealthy lover, but in Paris, He Said, she learns that happiness doesn't always lie
where we think it does.
61. Where the Road
Takes Me by Jay McLean
Chloe has learned
the hard way what happens when you let someone get too close. In Jay
McLean's Where the Road Takes Me, her promise to keep people at a
distance is challenged when she meets someone who may take her down a road she
never thought she'd go back to.
62. Finding Audrey
by Sophie Kinsella
Sophie Kinsella,
author of the Shopaholic series, is back with a YA novel about friendship,
first love, and overcoming personal obstacles. Finding Audrey tells the sweet story of a young girl's
struggle with anxiety and the boy she meets who helps her through it.
63. In His Keeping
by Maya Banks (Book #2)
Arial has kept her
psychic powers a secret her whole life, but an enemy begins to threaten her
life. In Maya Banks's In His Keeping, one man is employed to protect her from danger
— but what began as a job develops into something more.
64. Summer Secrets
by Jane Green
A woman struggles
to fix her past mistakes while trying to also juggle present obstacles in Jane
Green's Summer Secret.
65. Comes as you
Are by Emily Nagoski, Ph. D
Dr. Emily
Nagoski's Come as You Are is an educated exploration into how a
woman's sexuality works, and her research reveals surprising truths about how
to maximize female pleasure.
66. Listen to your Mother by Ann Imig
Moms know
everything, something many of us don't fully accept until we are much older.Listen to Your Mother, edited by Ann Imig, is a collection of
hilarious, sometimes-raunchy, and always thought-provoking stories about
personal experiences with race, gender, and motherhood.
67. Introverts in
Love: The Quiety Way to Happily Ever After by Sophia Dembling
Love can be
challenging no matter who you are, but different personality types can often
deal with unique issues. Introverts in Love: The Quiet Way to Happily Ever After is
a helpful dating guide for navigating romance from an introvert's perspective.
68. First Frost by
Sarah Addison Allen
In Sarah Addison
Allen's First Frost, the Waverly women are searching for
answers and finding them in the most unexpected places. In this enchanting
world filled with magic and set against the backdrop of impending Winter,
anything is possible.
69. Skyscraping by
Cordelia Jensen
Cordelia Jensen's
novel Skyscraping is a unique take on LGBTQ fiction, one that
explores the dynamics of a girl's family and friendships after finding out that
her dad is gay and battling HIV.
70. Dirty Rush by
Taylor Bell
Get the real — and
often dramatic — dish on what sorority life is really like in Taylor Bell'sDirty Rush.
71. The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord
Paige's first
boyfriend died in a car accident, and after two years, she's finally ready to
return to high school. In Emery Lord's YA novel The Start of Me and You, her plans for a grand return go awry
when she begins to fall for someone unexpected.
72. Before I go by
Colleen Oakley
In
Colleen Oakley's Before I Go, a woman dying of breast cancer searches for a new
wife for her husband before she passes on.
73. A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley
A codebreaker
discovers a woman's 300-year-old journal and finds parallels between her life
and the author of the diary. In Susanna Kearsley's A Desperate Fortune, the two women's stories collide in
"a clash of love and fate."
74. Motorcycles I’ve
Loved by Lily Brooks-Dalton
Motorcycles I've Loved by Lily Brooks-Dalton is an
empowering memoir about the author's journey to self-discovery and how
motorcycles helped her get there.
77. The Game of
Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough
In the rainy city
of Seattle in the 1920s, a young white boy and African-American girl are kept
apart by society, only to rediscover their connection over a shared love of
music. The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough tells
an intricate story woven by the two powerful external forces of Love and Death.
76. Last Call by
Alice Clayton
Alice Clayton's addictive Cocktail series continues
with Last Call, another sexy story about Caroline and Simon that
has the couple facing a new kind of hurdle in their relationship.
77. Beauty's Kingdom by Anne Rice
Fantasy writer Anne
Rice never disappoints, and the fourth installment in her Sleeping Beauty
series promises to bring even more magic. Beauty's Kingdom is an erotic novel full of princes,
princesses, lords and ladies, and lots of sex.
78. The Perfect Letter by Chris Harrison
The Bachelor's very own Chris
Harrison penned The Perfect Letter, a fictional novel that hopeless romantics
and people who believe in happy endings will love.
79. The Half Brother
by Holly LeCraw
In Holly
LeCraw's The Half Brother, a love triangle evolves between a man, his
half brother, and the woman they both have fallen for.
80. Wildalone by
Krassi Zourkova
Krassi Zourkova's
enchanting debut novel, Wildalone, weaves fantasy and magic into a modern world where
one woman finds herself in the middle of a love triangle between two brothers.
81. The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah
In The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah captures the essence of WWII
Europe while telling the story of a brave young woman who is betrayed by love,
then joins a resistance within France to save the lives of those suffering
under the Nazis.
82. Unspeakable by
Abbie Rushton
Megan experienced
something so terrible, she refuses to speak about it — or at all. In Abbie
Rushton's YA novel, Unspeakable, a girl torn apart by a secret is befriended by
someone who brightens her days and who not only can help her recover, but will
love her as she is.
83. Hugo & Rose
by Bridget Foley
An ordinary
housewife has dreamt of the same man every night her whole life — a man who
isn't her husband — and then she meets him in person. Bridget Foley's Hugo & Rose is an imaginative novel about what
happens when fantasy and reality collide.
84. Single,
Carefree, Mellow stories by Katherine Heiny
Katherine Heiny's
debut book Single, Carefree, Mellow: Stories is a
laugh-out-loud-funny look at the ways that we all are unfaithful to each other
— both on purpose and accidentally.
Not That Kind of
Girl author
and Girls star Lena Dunham says Heiny's work "does
something magical: elevates the mundane so that it has the stakes of a mystery
novel, gives women's interior lives the gravity they so richly deserve — and
makes you laugh along the way."
85. After the War
is Over by Jennifer Robson
After the War Is Over, a historical fiction by Jennifer
Robson, captures a military nurse's experience with life and love in the
aftermath of World War I.
86. Flirting with
Felicity by Gerri Russell
When Felicity
Wright inherits the hotel where she works as a chef, she will do anything to
keep it running — including getting mixed up with the former owner's attractive
nephew. Gerri Russell's Flirting With Felicity is a sweet story about a romance
that's a recipe for disaster.
87. More Happy than
Not by Adam Silvera
In a world where
"memory relief" or memory-erasing science not unlike the kind inEternal
Sunshine of the Spotless Mind exists, a man who wants to forget his
feelings for another man struggles with letting go of his newfound happiness or
facing his obstacles head on. Teen Vogue says that Adam
Silvera's More Happy Than Not is "poignant . . . so engrossing
that once you start it, you won't be able to put it down."
88. The Beekeeper’s
Daughter by Santa Montefiore
A mother and
daughter navigate love — both in the past and present — in Sà ntà Montefiore's
romantic novel The Beekeeper's Daughter.
89. I regret
Nothing by Jen Lancaster
Jen Lancaster wants
you to know something important: mistakes are one thing; regrets are something
else entirely. In her memoir I Regret Nothing, she shares her hilarious ride after creating
and attempting to complete an ambitious bucket list.
90. The Wrong Side
of Right by Jenn Marie Thorne
Growing up is hard
enough, but a recently orphaned teenager has it even harder in Jenn Marie
Thorne's YA novel, The Wrong Side of Right. She must deal with a new family,
first love, and the fact that the father she barely knows is running for
president — and she doesn't always agree with his politics.
91. Christopher's
Diary: Echoes of Dollanganger by V. C. Andrews
The tragedies of the Dollanganger and Foxworth
family are relived by another generation when Christopher's teenage diary falls
into the hands of a distant relative. V.C. Andrews's newest novel, Christopher's Diary: Echoes of Dollanganger, is a thrilling
follow-up toChristopher's Diary: Secrets of Foxworth.
92. Written in My
Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon
Fans of Diana
Gabaldon's Outlander series will be eager to get their hands on Written in My Own Heart's Blood, the most recent installment
of the riveting historical fantasy series.
93. Made You Up by
Francesca Zappia
Francesca Zappia's
highly anticipated novel Made You Up is not your average young adult fiction. The
thought-provoking story is told by a schizophrenic (and therefore unreliable)
narrator who must fight to discern what is real and what isn't. Are her
friends, the boy she is falling in love with, and her new life real, or is it
all in her imagination?
94. A Fine Romance
by Candice Bergen
In her
autobiography A Fine Romance, Candice Bergen shares the most memorable
events in her life, like her marriage to a famous Frenc
95. Read Bottom Up
by Neel Shah and Skye Chatham
In Neel Shah and
Skye Chatham's charming novel Read Bottom Up, a romance blooms between a recently dumped NYC
sous chef on the rise and a cookbook editor looking for love.
96. The Queen of Bright and Shiny Things by Ann
Aguirre
Two teens plagued
by heartbreak reluctantly find solace in one another in Ann Aguirre's YA
romance The Queen of Bright and Shiny Things.
97. The Idea of Love by Patti Callahan Henry
When a man and
woman base their new relationship on a web of white lies, they must work to
untangle the mess they've made if they want even the chance at real love. In
Patti Callahan Henry's romance novel that takes place in the heart of the
South, The Idea of Love, two people have to rediscover their own
truths for the sake of each other.
98. Manwhore by
Katy Evans
An investigator
seeks to uncover the secrets a famous (and smoking hot) entrepreneur is hiding,
but in Katy Evans's Manwhore, the tables may get turned regarding who ends up
revealing what.
99. The Daylight
Marriage by Heidi Pitlor
With intensity and
"a seamless balance of wit and heartbreak," author Heidi Pitlor
explores and exposes the darker and more difficult sides of a marriage in The Daylight Marriage.
100. The Wrath of
the Dawn by Renee Andieh
A murderous boy
king takes a new bride each night, then kills them, but one woman plans to
fight back. She enchants and beguiles him in order to survive, but in the
process begins to realize that he is not the monster she thought he was. Renée
Ahdieh's The Wrath and the Dawn is what Publishers Weekly calls
"a potent page-turner of intrigue and romance."
101. The First Wife
by Erica Spindler
When a woman is
swept off her feet by a mysterious man who marries her and takes her away from
her working-class life, everything seems perfect. But in Erica Spindler's The First Wife, things aren't as they seem for the new bride,
and her husband's past begins to haunt the present.
102. The Royal We
by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
We've all imagined
what it would be like to date prince charming, but Rebecca Porter finds this to
be her reality when she falls for Prince Nicholas, Great Britain's fictional future
king. In The Royal We, an American girl who is out of her depth in the
ritzy royal society must find a way to reconcile the man she loves with
"the monarch he's fated to become."
103. The Good Shufu
by Tracy Slater
A fiercely
independent American woman finds herself unexpectedly falling in love with a
Japanese businessman who doesn't speak English in Tracy Slater's thoughtful novel The Good Shufu.
104. Girl
Underwater by Claire Kells
After a plane crash
leaves three small children, 19-year-old Avery, and her swim teammate Colin
alive, the two older survivors must find a way to get them all to safety.
Claire Kells'sGirl Underwater is a story of perseverance, survival, and
new love.
105. Almost Famous
Women by Megan Mayhew Bergman
From reclusive
painters, to speed-boat racers, to swing dancers, Megan Mayhew Bergman's Almost Famous Women explores the lives of some pretty
spectacular females.
106. Royal Wedding by Meg Cabot
The New York Times's bestselling
Princess Diaries series is debuting its very first adult installment of
Princess Mia's story with Royal Wedding.
107. A Spool of
Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
Pulitzer
Prize-winning author Anne Tyler's latest novel, A Spool of Blue Thread, builds a rich story about four
generations of a family going through the ups and downs of life together, all
set against the backdrop of a sprawling Baltimore estate.
108. The Predictions by Bianca Zander
The Predictions by Bianca Zander is a "magical novel
of fate, love, mistakes, and finding your place in the world."
109. Magonia by
Maria Dahvana Headley
Maria Dahvana
Headley's YA fantasy Magonia is about a girl trapped between "two worlds,
two races, and two destinies." Suffering from a lung disease her whole
life, Aza discovers another world where she can finally breathe, but only one
person — her best friend Jason — believes her, until she disappears into that
world.
110. All that Burns
by Ryan Graudin
The magic and
mortal worlds collide in a London now ruled by a new king in Ryan Graudin's
romance novel All That Burns, the fantastical sequel in the All that
Glows series.
111. Has Anyone
Seen my Pants? By Sarah Colonna
In her latest book, Has Anyone Seen My Pants?, New York Times bestselling
author and comedian Sarah Colonna honestly and hilariously recounts the
challenges she faces when trying to balance a busy professional career with her
love life.
112. At the Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen
Water For Elephants author
Sara Gruen returns with another period piece, At the Water's Edge, a novel set against the backdrop of World
War II. In the book, a young woman, her husband, and their friend leave the
world they know behind in America in search of the Loch Ness Monster — but they
discover something else entirely in the small Scottish village they wind up in.
113. The Traveling Tea Shop by Belinda Jones
A woman in New
England rediscovers romance and works to rebuild family ties — all over sweet
treats and tea — in Belinda Jones's novel The Traveling Tea Shop.
114. Mimi Malloy,
At Last! By Julia MacDonnell
An elderly woman
finds her mother's long-lost pendant, and in Julia MacDonnell's Mimi Malloy, at Last!, this discovery brings back painful and
shocking revelations for a family, forcing them to face the past head-on and
find the positives.
115. Girl in the
Moonlight by Charles Debow
Passion,
heart-wrenching affairs, and high-society lifestyles all collide in Charles Dubow'sGirl in the Moonlight, a novel about a man in love with an
enchanting woman since childhood and their whirlwind romance.
116. Walking on
Trampolines by Frances Whiting
In this tender YA
tale of an unlikely friendship between two girls coming of age together,Walking on Trampolines captures the essence of youth and
the heartaches of growing pains.
Booklist says that
readers will adore author Frances Whiting's "heart wrenchingly honest and
utterly earnest tale of female friendship, unbreakable bonds, and learning to
let go."
117. Trust No One
by Jayne Ann Krentz
Suspense, a steamy
love story, and a chilling plot — Jayne Ann Krentz's thriller Trust No One has got everything action-loving readers
will enjoy.
118. If the Viscount Falls by Sabrina Jeffries
If the Viscount
Falls, the sexy fourth book in the Duke's Men Regency romance series
by Sabrina Jeffries, tells a story of adventure and passion in another place in
time.
119. Things We Know by Heart by Jessi Kirby
Things We Know by Heart by Jessi Kirby is not quite your
average YA romance novel. In the story, a young girl meets the recipient of a
heart donation that came from her ex-boyfriend who died in an accident and,
despite her reservations, begins to fall for him.
120. The Cherry
Harvast by Lucy Sanna
The Cherry Harvest by Lucy Sanna is a historical fiction
that weaves in the setting of the American Midwest during WWII with numerous
plots exploring themes like coming of age, family, romance, and war.
121. The Guest Cottage by Nancy Thayer
Nancy Thayer's The Guest Cottage follows a woman's story after her
husband leaves her and she rents a cottage by the beach — but finds that
another man has also rented the same cottage.
Booklist says that
"Thayer obviously knows her Nantucket, and the strong sense of place makes
this the perfect escapist book for the summer."
122. Beach Town by Mary Kay Andrews
If you're in need
of the perfect vacation read, look no further than Mary Kay Andrews'sBeach Town. The story follows a frustrated movie scout who
discovers the perfect location for her next film, but the formidable (and
extremely attractive) town mayor has other plans.
123. Three Amazing Things About You by Jill
Mansell
In Jill
Mansell's Three Amazing Things About You, a woman who is dying must
learn to seize the day and the man she loves . . . before it's too late.
124. I Suck At Relationships So You Don’t Have To
by Bethenny Frankel
Bethenny Frankel
has built herself a successful career as an author, businesswoman, and TV star
but hasn't always had the best of luck in love. In her new book, I Suck at Relationships So You Don't Have To, she lays out 10
rules for not screwing up your relationship so that you can avoid some of the
same mistakes she says she's made.
125. French Coast
by Anita Hughes
The ups and downs
of love, trust, ambition, and loyalty are explored when three women cross paths
in the south of France in Anita Hughes's French Coast.
126. The Fill-In
Boyfriend by Kasie West
Gia has a problem:
her boyfriend dumped her the night of her prom. Her solution? Ask the cute
stranger in the parking lot to pretend to be her boyfriend for the night. Kasie
West'sThe Fill-In Boyfriend is a romantic YA novel about a
young girl's quest to find love and the things she learns about herself in the
process.
127. The Art of Not
Having It All: True Stories of Men, Sex, and Other Disasters by Melissa Kite
Melissa Kite's hilarious
memoir, The Art of Not Having It All: True Stories of Men, Sex, and Other
Disasters, is a look into her own life as a single woman in her
prime who doesn't have it all figured out — and the realization that having it
all isn't always what it's cracked up to be.
128. Whisper Hollow
by Chris Cander
Chris Cander's
multigenerational story of love, betrayal, and dark secrets, Whisper Hollow, spans 50 years and follows the intertwined
lives of three women living in a Southern mining town.
129. Red Queen by
Victoria Aveyard
In a world divided
by blood — Red for the lowly and Silver for the elite — Mare Barrow, a Red,
must adapt quickly when she is thrown into the royal palace and forced to
pretend she is something she isn't. In Victoria Aveyard's Red Queen, power, position, and passion are all part of this
world's deadly dance.
130. Hold me in
Contempt by Wendy Williams
TV host and
bestselling author Wendy Williams debuts her sexier side in Hold Me in Contempt, a down-and-dirty romance novel about a
couple's passionate affair turning into something much more.
131. Never Sleep
Alone by Dr. Alex Schiller
In Never Sleep Alone, comedian and author Dr. Alex Schiller (not
a real doctor) presents an interactive sex and dating guide that will entertain
and inform readers.
132. All The Bright
Places by Jennifer Niven
Fans of The
Fault in Our Stars and Eleanor & Park will love
Jennifer Niven's YA novel All the Bright Places, a story about a girl learning how to
live from a boy who wants to die.
133. Last One Home
by Debbie Macomber
In Debbie
Macomber's Last One Home, a woman tries to make amends with her family
after running away from home and marrying the wrong man.
134. Love is Red by
Sophie Jaff
When one woman
finds herself in the middle of an intense love triangle, she is haunted by her
own decisions and her increasing feelings that something is not quite right.
Set against the backdrop of a New York City on high alert for a serial killer
murdering young, single women, Sophie Jaff's gothic romance novel Love Is Red will have you on the edge of your seat.
135. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
In Sabaa
Tahir's An Ember in the Ashes, a girl and boy both beholden to a
corrupt government regime — she as a slave and he as a solider — seek freedom
from the tyranny and realize just how connected they really are.
136. A Fireproof Home for the Bride by Amy Scheibe
In Amy
Scheibe's A Fireproof Home For the Bride, a woman escapes the confines
of her abusive arranged marriage and her family's questionable morals and, in
doing so, gets a job at a local newspaper and falls into a forbidden love
affair.
137. Better Than
Perfect by Melissa Kantor
Juliet's perfect
life is shattered when her dad moves out and her mom falls apart, and she
begins to question all she's ever known. Then, enter Declan — an attractive
(and very off-limits) boy. In Melissa Kantor's Better Than Perfect, a young girl must choose between the life
she had and one she never ever thought possible.
138. A Field Guide to Awkward
Silences by Alexandra Petri
Washington Post columnist
Alexandra Petri's A Field Guide to Awkward Silences is a literary anthem
for everyone out there who has ever said or done something hilariously
embarrassing, cringeworthy, or just plain awkward. The author's authentic humor
will teach us all to embrace the awkward in ourselves, because it definitely
makes things more interesting.
139. The Night We Said Yes by Lauren Gibaldi
Fans of Sarah
Dessen will love Lauren Gibaldi's YA novel The Night We
Said Yes, about a boy and girl who give their love a second shot on
a night when they say "yes" to every crazy or fun thing they can
think of doing.
140. The Status of
All Things by Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke
If whatever you
wrote as your Facebook status became your reality, what kind of changes to your
life would you make? Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke's novel The Status of All Thingsfollows a woman as she attempts to
thwart fate and win back her ex-fiancé, only to come to the realization that
maybe they weren't meant to be after all.
141. The New Single
by Tamsen Fadal
Tamsen
Fadal's The New Single: Finding, Fixing, and Falling Back in Love With Yourself
After a Breakup or Divorce is the empowering postbreakup
survival guide readers need.
142. Mike and Dave
Need Wedding Dates and A Thousand Cocktails by Mike and Dave Stangle
What do you do when
your cousin says bringing a date to their wedding is mandatory?
Well, you turn to Craigslist and go on a countrywide adventure to find a date,
of course. At least, that's what Mike and Dave Stangle chronicle in their
hilarious book, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates: And a Thousand Cocktails.
143. The Mermaid’s
Sister by Carrie Anne Noble
If your sister is a
mermaid, what does that make you? Carrie Anne Noble's magical YA novelThe Mermaid's Sister chronicles the adventures of three
young girls in their attempt to get a weakening mermaid to water.
144. Charlie, Presumed Dead by Anne Heltzel
\When two girls
show up at a man's funeral claiming they are his girlfriend, they both realize
they have been deceived. Not believing he is truly dead, the women set out on a
thrilling trip in search of what really happened. Anne Heltzel's Charlie, Presumed Dead is a suspenseful mystery that
twists and turns all the way to the very last page.
145. Beyond Limits
by Laura Griffin
An FBI agent's
world is turned upside down when a sexy Navy SEAL from her past returns to
shake up the case she's working on in Beyond Limits,
Laura Griffin's eighth installment of the Tracers series.
146. Safe At Last
by Maya Banks (Book #3)
If the person you
loved disappeared without a trace, how far would you go to get them back? In
Maya Banks's Safe at Last, a boy believes he has lost the girl he loves,
only to find her broken and stripped of her psychic gifts. Realizing she is a
target, he vows to earn her trust again and save her from her enemies once and
for all.
147. 99 Days by Katie Cotugno
Fans of Sarah
Dessen will love Katie Cotugno's 99 Days, a Summer love story about a girl caught in a triangle
between two brothers.
148. Lillian On Life
by Alison Jean Lester
Alison Jean
Lester's Lillian on Life takes readers through decades of one
woman's life as she looks back on the choices she has made and looks forward to
what the future holds.
