Ranked on a scale of 1 (*) to 5 (*****). 5 is best.
- Edge of Eternity, by Ken Follett ****
- The Personal History of Rachel DuPree, by Ann Weisgarber ****
- Everything I Never Told You, by Celeste Ng ****
- Orphan Train, by Christina Baker Klein **
- The Pearl that Broke its Shell, by Nadia Hashimi ****
- The Pigman, by Paul Zindel ***
- A Family Affair, by Mary Campisi *
- All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr ****
- Not Without my Father, by Andra Watkins ***
- The Ten-Year Nap, by Meg Wolitzer ** 1/2
- One Step too Far, by Tina Seskis ****
- Cold, Cold Heart, by Tami Hoag ****
- The Sojourn, by Andrew Krivak. ***
- Across a Green Ocean, by Wendy Lee. ***
- All the Old Knives, by Olen Steinhauer. *****
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon. *****
- Food Rules, by Michael Pollan. *****
- The Hundred-Foot Journey, by Richard C. Morais. ****
- My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me, by Jennifer Teege and Nikola Sellmair. ***
- The Cairo Affair, by Olen Steinhauer. ****
- The Stormchasers, by Jenna Blum. ****
- Every Fifteen Minutes, by Lisa Scottoline. ***
- The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins. ****
- The Good Luck of Right Now, by Matthew Quick. ***1/2
- Vanishing Girls, by Lauren Oliver. ***
- The Ghost Bride, by Yangsze Choo. ***
- Until I Say Good-Bye, by Susan Spencer-Wendel. *****
- Eileen, by Ottessa Moshfegh. **
- Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher. ****
- Luckiest Girl in the World, by Jessica Knoll. ****
- The Dinner, by Herman Koch. ***1/2
- The Middle of Somewhere, by Sonja Yoerg ***1/2
- Don’t Fail Me Now, by Una LaMarche. ****
- The Murderer’s Daughter, by Jonathan Kellerman. ***
- X, by Sue Grafton. ****
- I Am Malala, by Christina Lamb and Malala Yousafzai. ***1/2
- Inside the O’Briens, by Lisa Genova. *****
- Dark Places, by Gillian Flynn. ***
- Bum Rap, by Paul Levine. *
- The One and Only, by Emily Giffin. **
- Rise and Shine, by Anna Quindlen. ****
- The Innocent, by David Baldacci. ***1/2
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