The Cay by Theodore Taylor

474

Friendship and courage between a young white boy and an elderly black man remind us that friendship is not only available to us if we are open to it, but that we need each other to survive.

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

538

We are made up of different parts, some good, some bad, and a healthy mind can tolerate this ambivalence and juggle both..Mental illness is precisely about a lack of this kind of integration.

When The Sky Falls by Joseph Bendoski

447

With all the real-life political drama that we are dealing with these days, this book is extremely relevant. But it also provides the fun & intellectual escape you expect from a psychological thriller

Mariana By Susanna Kearsley

658

The past is very seductive…really it’s the present that’s in a mist, uncertain. The past is quite clear, and warm, and comforting. That’s why people often get stuck there.

The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

668

Stories wanted to be read, David’s mother would whisper. They needed it. It was the reason they forced themselves from their world into ours. They wanted us to give them life.