Crying in H Mart

The Fault in Our Stars John Green

Two teenagers with cancer fall in love at a support group -- a story that refuses to be sentimental and earns every tear.

The Great Alone Kristin Hannah

A family moves to remote Alaska for a fresh start -- but the wilderness that saves them in summer becomes something else entirely in the dark.

All the Bright Places Jennifer Niven

Theodore Finch counts the reasons to stay alive daily. Violet Markey is counting the days until graduation. They meet on the ledge of the school bell tower.

Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout

A retired schoolteacher from coastal Maine moves through the lives of her neighbours -- brusque, difficult, sometimes cruel -- and is the most fully human character in any of them.

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant Anne Tyler

A dying woman looks back on the family she raised alone -- and what she got wrong about every one of them.