Books to read while stuck at home

After her twin sister’s wedding ends in disaster, Olive, the usually unlucky twin, is handed the tickets to her sister’s honeymoon. Excited by the possibility of turning her unlucky streak around, Olive accepts despite the fact that her arch-nemesis--who is also the best man--is going in place of the groom. The two are forced to pretend they are newly married to avoid breaking their contract w...

Set during the horrors of World War II, All the Light We Cannot See follows the story of a young blind french girl, and a german boy. Both their lives change drastically as Hitler gains power. For Werner Pfennig this means becoming a german soldier and for Marie-Laure it means hiding valuable artifacts and fleeing the wrath of the Nazis. Although both kids grow up completely different their lives int...

Looking for a book to keep you up at night trying to connect the small pieces of information you have collected? Then this is a book for you. The Guest List is a short psychological thriller about a wedding on a mysterious island off the coast of Ireland. The groom is a survival tv star and the bride is a magazine publisher. Their friends and family pass their week on the eerie island uncovering secre...

In a kingdom where magic used to thrive at the fingers of white haired maji, a ruthless king began a reign of persecution towards the wielders after magic mysteriously disappeared.  Zélie Adebola remembers her magic lessons from her youth but is forced to move on. A secret document that could hold the key to bringing back magic finds its way into her hands and she is forced to run away from the crown...

Included more in the YA section of fiction, The Inheritance Games is a super enjoyable novel about a girl, Avery. Surviving off of nearly nothing, through some mysterious stroke of luck, she finds herself listening to the will of one of the richest men in Texas. Not only that but his entire estate and fortune are hers. Having never met the man, Avery is left wondering what drove this stranger to se...

For Scarlett Dragna, escape from her abusive father and the famous annual performance, caraval, is all she thinks about. Caraval is a five day competition in which guests can either participate in a magical scavenger hunt by following a series of clues or simply enjoy the magic and festivities of Caraval. For most of her life, Scarlett wrote letters to the game master, Legend, begging for tickets and...

Homegoing is a beautiful novel that takes its readers through three hundred years of a family from Ghana. It begins in 18th century Ghana with two sisters who go on to lead incredibly different lives. The book then follows their children from generation to generation, through warfare and slavery and everything in between. Each chapter takes a snippet of one descendents lives and weaves them together ...

Like the title claims, this book is a perfect beach read. Two authors from polar opposite genres become neighbors for a summer. While dealing with the aftermath of her fathers death and learning about his secret affair, January Andrews challenges her cold hearted neighbor to write a novel in her genre of expertise, romance. He accepted on the terms that she wrote a book in his genre of literary fictio...