The End of Loneliness by Benedict Wells

• This emotional tale covers several decades beginning with the main character as a young boy.
• Wells crafts a compelling narrative.
• I loved following the main characters over time and seeing how their relationships and personalities evolved.

I Might Regret This by Abbi Jacobson

• Jacobson uses a travelogue to explore her past and comedy career.
• This is a quick read that balances deep/dark content with comedy.
• This book gives context to Broad City became a TV series.

Quicksand by Malin Persson Giolito

• This novel tells the story of a high school student charged with murder in a school shooting.
• This is a fantastic psychological thriller.
• Throughout the book I simultaneously felt sorry for and hated the main character.

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo

• This is a quick read that goes through Kondo's method for organization.
• Kondo candidly talks about her childhood and how she developed this method.
• I enjoyed the audiobook version of this title.

Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

• This novel reads like a behinds the scenes documentary.
• This is a thoroughly enjoyable read that combines a fantastic characters, a subtle and complex plot, and a quick pace.
• I am looking forward to the screen adaptation of this novel.

The Will Only Hurt a Little by Busy Philipps

• This is a fun read.  Philipps narrates the audiobook.
• There are some fun Freaks and Geeks stories for FnG fans.
• Philipps shares her struggles as a woman in hollywood and as a new mother.

Oksana, Behave! by Maria Kuznetsova

• This is a fun read about a young immigrant girl moving from Kiev to the US.
• The novel as a strong voice that reveals the main characters gritty humor and resilience.
• I love the cover. 

The River by Peter Heller

• This is a fantastic novel set on a remote river.
• Two college students aim for a long adventure traveling by canoe.
• Heller does an amazing job of building suspense while keeping a contemplative tone.
• While setting and characters are very different, the tone of this novel reminded me much of his earlier novel The Dog Stars.

The Mars Rooms by Rachel Kushner

• This novel details the experiences of a woman serving life in prison.
• Kushner looks into the dark world of sex workers in San Francisco.
• This may appeal to fans of Orange is the New Black, TV series or book.  

The Cranes Dance by Meg Howrey

• This novel is told from the point of view of a professional ballerina who struggles with injuries and with her sister's, also a ballerina, mental breakdown.
• The setting will appeal to those interested in the arts.
• The main character is flawed and inviting.

The Clasp by Sloan Crosley

• Crosley's well crafted voice shines through in this novel.
• This novel focuses on a group of college friends that grows apart, yet still relies on each other.
• This is a quick and fun read.

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

• This is a great character-driven thriller.  I was happy to learn that this is being made into a movie.
• The main character is agoraphobic, making her a fresh type of character.
• This plot focuses on the psychology of the main characters.

When the English Fall by David Williams

• This is atypical Amish fiction.  It is a novel with Amish characters, but it does not follow the formula for the genre of Amish romance fiction as it totally lacks romance.
• The main character of this novel is an Amish man who seeks to make sense of the disorder he sees around him as mainstream US society collapses.
• Overall, this is an enjoyable read that tells a common post-apocalyptic story in a fresh way.

The Hunger by Alma Katsu

• Katsu retells the Donner Party expedition with a paranormal twist.
• Interestingly the paranormal twist is used to side-step the most defining element of the Donner Party, cannibalism.
• Overall, this is an intriguing tale, even if it somewhat minimizes the horror that was the Donner Party.

Every Note Played by Lisa Genova

• This novel is told from two points of view, a divorced husband and wife.
• Music is a theme throughout the novel.  Lovers of music will especially enjoy the novel.
• This novel details the rapid and painful physical decline of ALS.  The disease is the most striking element of the novel.

Motherest by Kristen Iskandrian

• This is a new adult novel about loss and unexpected pregnancy.
• The main character's indecision is the driving character decision in the novel.
• I enjoyed this novel, even with its slow pace.

Life as We Knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer

• This novel tells the story of a teenage girl's experience as the world crumbles.
• The world slowly crumbles in this novel.
• Overall, this is a solid YA dystopian novel.

Look Alive Out There by Sloane Crosley

• This collection of essays follows in the footsteps of Crosley's earlier works.  
• The essays touch on a number of aspects of everyday life.  Crosley pays special attention to the process of writing without being tedious.
• I especially enjoyed Crosley talking about color characters in her family.

The Rule of One by Ashley Saunders and Leslie Saunders

• This novel tells the story of hidden twin sisters in a dystopian United States that has a one child policy.
• The novel is told from both twins point of view in alternating chapters.
• Given all the recent political discussion about border walls, this book is very timely.

The Witch Elm by Tana French

• This is an enjoyable and lengthy novel.
• The narrator is a beautifully unreliable narrator.  His life history have crafted an inherently unreliable narrator.
• The feel of this novel is similar to that of a Donna Tartt novel.

The Dakota Winters by Tom Barbash

• This novel is set in the storied Dakota apartment building.
• John Lennon is a minor character in this novel.  His presence highlights the cast of characters of the Dakota.
• This is an enjoyable novel that intersperses elements of popular culture into the plot.

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

• This book is a strong follow up to other Moriarty popular titles.
• At first I thought I would easily confuse the many primary characters in this novel.  However, each character was distinct enough that each character stood apart from the others.
• I am especially a fan of the ending of the book.

Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer

• This is a psychological Sci-Fi book focused on character development, which is a rare find.
• Much is unseen and hidden from the reader adding to the mystery of the novel.

French Exit by Patrick DeWitt

• This novel follows the adventures of an odd-ball mother and son duo from New York to Paris.
• I really enjoyed the first half of the book.  The plot lost steam in the last half of the book.