People around the world receive a mysterious box that reveals the length of their life through a string. This book was well-paced and enjoyable. While it had some plot holes, it raises a question that made me reflect - “would you wish to know how long you will live?”

This book is full of drama! Reid explores class through a seemingly simple plot. A nanny (PoC) is accused of kidnapping the kid she is baby-sitting. While the parents come to her rescue, the incident barely scratches the surface. The book is as much about race and class as it is about co-dependency and psychological traps. Loved it!

John Green always delivers. This book is about Tuberculosis but it reads like a memoir of Green’s friendship with a kid who is suffering from Tuberculosis. I learned quite a bit about the disease as well as Sierra Leone, a country that is on the receiving end of systemic racism and inhuman practices by big pharma companies.

North Woods is literary horror in my mind but it is much more than that. The central character is a house, and the narrative gives us a glimpse into everything the house has seen over the years - the people who lived there, the animals that wandered in it and more. It was a difficult book to comprehend at times, but I thoroughly enjoyed the writing. I recommended this book a lot to others!

This book explores disability and intimacy through multiple essays. The essays are exceptional in shattering our notions of what we think of disability and intimacy. It broke my heart and gave me hope at the same time.

Have you read a book that changes your perspective about something right away? This book does that for museums. I am no stranger to colonial history but this book enlightened me while changing how I think about museums.

This book was enjoyable to read for the writing alone. The prose was beautiful. Akbar is a poet and it shows. Martyr! is the story of a young man exploring deep philosophical questions. The book anchors around a real incident from 1988. Martyr! explores topics like death, love and the meaning of life in a way that makes you stop and think while also wanting to keep reading. I literally cried.

I had heard only great things about this book. As I read through it, I understood why. If you are looking for narrative non-fiction, this is not only informative but just as entertaining as any fiction book. The Wager is the story of a ship expedition that went as wrong as it could. Told through journal entries and unreliable court narratives, The Wager follows a group of seamen who cannot be trusted. This book kept me hooked!

Short but impactful. Set in rural Ireland in the eighties, this book explores moral complexity incredibly well. The ending blew my mind and crushed my heart. I am a big fan of Claire Keegan now.

This book is scary but not in a jumpy, squeamish way. The horror in this book is the mind itself - specifically the mind of the main character Eleanor. This is the original haunted house book, exploring the parallels between the mind and the idea of a home. Eleanor gets crazier as the story goes on, making us wonder if the house seems haunted because of Eleanor or if Eleanor is getting worse because the house is haunted.