THE KELLEY SISTERS RECOMMEND

Truthfully, I'm a little surprised we made it to this point. It was pretty close Monday night, when I was thinking "I could just give up...

If you like: sisters. For our last list, a tribute to the highs and lows of sisterhood: After Dark by Haruki Murakami: Annie recommending...

If you like: George Eliot, A True Novel, The Elegance of the Hedgehog. The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki was written during World...

If you like: Goosebumps, A Wrinkle in Time, descriptions of the books in Moonrise Kingdom, breweries. Remember the nostalgia factor in...

If you like: contemporary magic, Welsh mythology, Kelly Armstrong, LJ Smith, Sarah Rees Brennan, the Wake trilogy. The assembly of...

If you like: Ghost stories, traveling fiction, Jean Kwok, Turtles All the Way Down, Celeste Ng. The Astonishing Color of After is a YA...

If you like: humor, suspense, YA, Janet Evanovich, boarding school stories. Only Maureen Johnson can pull off a mystery that makes you...

If you like: "Wives and Daughters," Anthony Trollope, nice girls who come in first. Poor Fanny does not have much of a chance in a...

If you like: mythology, feminism, witches, Ursula K. Le Guin, The Robber Bride. Circe is a beautiful feminist story of metamorphoses. At...

If you like: Banana Yoshimoto, Welcome to Night Vale, challenging conformity. Convenience Store Woman has a very cute cover. The pink and...

If you like: Jane Austen, costume dramas, strong female characters, rebellion, romance, Bronte sisters. Dear “North and South,” why do I...

If you love: crime podcasts, gritty YA, crying a lot, K.M. Walton, Ellen Hopkins. Sadie is a difficult YA story that is quick to devour....

If you like: feelings, complicated family, power of friendship, figuring stuff out, Rainbow Rowell, Sophie Kinsella, The Hating Game "So,...

If you like: large bodies of water, summer, subjectivity To the Lighthouse is the best book about oceans. Sorry, Jacques Cousteau, Moby...

If you like: supportive friendships, social issues, The Westing Game, Three Times Lucky, E.L. Konigsburg. The Parker Inheritance is a...

If you like: humor, exploration of mental illness, Ned Vizzini, YA, John Green, Buffy. In a world of zombies, aliens, and cat gods, Mike...

If you like: Imperfect heroines, The 10th Kingdom, gritty fairy tales, stories within stories, Neil Gaiman, Naomi Novik. “I’ve had anger...