American fiction – Page 3

Super Human by Dan Pouliot

An action-packed YA novel from start to finish which is primarily a mystery thriller with elements of family and coming-of-age thrown in

What would you think if you saw haloes appearing above people’s heads? In Perozo’s book, Drew, his main character, experiences exactly that.

Another story full of humour and humanity about marriage, family dynamics, the wounds of past arguments and moving forward.

A disillusioned medical student encounters an older patient who takes him to task over his attitude, wanting to alter it for the better

A book of boys and baseball which rolls along at a fair old pace, with humour, cracking dialogue and scrapes and incidents galore

A book which reveals itself gradually, uncoiling before us while being told through the eyes of our narrator, Cadence, but can we trust her?

A book of family and the tensions that create the ebb and flow, to and fro, between its members, told from different viewpoints

If you like murder mysteries that are well-plotted, revealed by degrees and involve eccentric and lively characters, Nero Wolfe is for you!

A book which is ostensibly about family but has a deeper discussion at its core involving humans and the way we treat other animals

A book for our times, Mad Honey is a story of people, divisions, assumptions and wrong perceptions, with a murder trial at the centre of it