Recommendations based on Bonfireby Krysten Ritter

* statistically, based on millions of data-points provided by fellow humans

  1. Fierce Kingdom

    by Gin Phillips
    A mother and son are trapped in a zoo during a shooting and must fight for survival.

    The zoo is nearly empty as Joan and her four-year-old son soak up the last few moments of playtime. They are happy, and the day has been close to perfect. But what Joan sees as she hustles her son ... (Goodreads)

  2. Seven Days of Us

    by Francesca Hornak
    A family is forced to spend Christmas together in quarantine, secrets and tensions rise as they confront their past and present relationships.

    It’s Christmas, and for the first time in years the entire Birch family will be under one roof. Even Emma and Andrew’s elder daughter—who is usually off saving the world—will be joining them at ... (Goodreads)

  3. The Secret History

    by Donna Tartt
    A small group of misfit college students uncover a sinister secret and their lives become entangled with dangerous consequences.

    Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the ... (Goodreads)

  4. The Hazel Wood

    by Melissa Albert
    Alice's grandmother, a reclusive author of dark fairy tales, dies, and Alice discovers that the stories may be more than just fiction.

    Welcome to Melissa Albert's, The Hazel Wood, — the fiercely stunning, New York Times, bestseller everyone is raving about!, Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on ... (Barnes & Noble)

  5. The Last Town

    by Blake Crouch
    A small town is cut off from the world by a mysterious barricade and its inhabitants must fight to survive.

    Welcome to Wayward Pines, the last town. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrived in Wayward Pines, Idaho, three weeks ago. In this town, people are told who to marry, where to live, where to work. ... (Goodreads)

  6. The Stand: Captain Trips

    by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
    Mankind's battle against a pandemic virus that threatens to wipe out the entire population.

    Exclusive hardcover edition, collects The Stand: Captain Trips series of comics (#1-5) into one Hardcover volume. It all begins here: the epic apocalyptic battle between good and evil. On a secret ... (Goodreads)

  7. Hannah Coulter

    by Wendell Berry
    A rural family's struggles to survive both the trials of life and the destruction of their beloved land.

    Hannah Coulter is Wendell Berry’s seventh novel and his first to employ the voice of a woman character in its telling. Hannah, the now–elderly narrator, recounts the love she has for the land and for ... (Barnes & Noble)

  8. The Poet X

    by Elizabeth Acevedo
    A young girl in Harlem discovers her love for slam poetry as a way to express herself and navigate the challenges of her conservative Dominican family.

    Xiomara Batista is a fifteen-year-old Dominican teenager living in Harlem, who loves to write poetry. Though she longs to share it with the world, her religious mother is only concerned with her ... (Wikipedia)

  9. The Underground Railroad

    by Colson Whitehead
    An escaped slave's daring escape to freedom, fighting against the brutality of slavery.

    The story is told in the third person, focusing mainly on Cora. Scattered single chapters also focus on Cora's mother Mabel, the slavecatcher Ridgeway, a reluctant slave sympathizer named Ethel, and ... (Wikipedia)

  10. The Wife Between Us

    by Greer Hendricks
    A psychological thriller about a woman's obsession with her ex-husband's new fiancée. But nothing is as it seems.

    When you read this book, you will make many assumptions. You will assume you are reading about a jealous ex-wife. You will assume she is obsessed with her replacement – a beautiful, younger woman who ... (Goodreads)

  11. The Likeness

    by Tana French
    A murder investigation reveals secrets of a young woman's past, threatening her present.

    The story follows the efforts of detective Cassie Maddox to determine the circumstances surrounding the death of Lexie Madison, a young woman who is her doppelgänger . , The dead woman not only ... (Wikipedia)

  12. The Sun Is Also a Star

    by Nicola Yoon
    An unlikely romance between two teenagers of different backgrounds, testing the limits of fate.

    Natasha lives in New York City with her parents Samuel and Patricia, and her brother Peter, all of whom are illegally in the country. Natasha and her family are set to be deported back to Jamaica. ... (Wikipedia)

  13. Bird Box

    by Josh Malerman
    A mother and her two children navigate a post-apocalyptic world where seeing mysterious creatures can drive people to madness and death.

    Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780062259653 Something is out there, something terrifying that must not be seen. One glimpse of it, and a person is driven to deadly violence. No one knows what it is ... (Goodreads)

  14. Sing, Unburied, Sing

    by Jesmyn Ward
    A family's journey through the Mississippi Delta, confronting a traumatic past.

    It is Jojo's thirteenth birthday. To step into his new role as a man, Jojo tries to bravely help his grandfather, Pop, kill a goat. Jojo ends up throwing up at the sight although Pop is sympathetic. ... (Wikipedia)

  15. All the Bright Places

    by Jennifer Niven
    Two teens struggling to find hope in the face of depression and grief, discovering the power of love.

    Theodore Finch and Violet Markey are two teenagers who badly want to escape from their small Indiana town. Violet is a popular girl who is secretly dealing with survivor's remorse, and Finch is a boy ... (Wikipedia)

  16. Reality Boy

    by A.S. King
    A young man struggles with the aftermath of being a reality TV star as a child. He confronts his past and learns to move forward.

    In this fearless portrayal of a boy on the edge, highly acclaimed Printz Honor author A.S. King explores the desperate reality of a former child "star" struggling to break free of his anger. Gerald ... (Barnes & Noble)

  17. All Is Not Forgotten

    by Wendy Walker
    After a brutal assault, a teenage girl undergoes a controversial treatment to erase her memory of the event, but the truth cannot be forgotten.

    "An assured, powerful novel that blends suspense and rich family drama...it is, in a word, unforgettable." —William Landay, author of DEFENDING JACOB Wendy Walker's All Is Not Forgotten begins in the ... (Barnes & Noble)

  18. Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me?

    by Louise Rennison
    Georgia Nicolson navigates the ups and downs of teenage life, including boy troubles, family drama, and embarrassing mishaps.

    For Georgia, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Just when she thought she was the official one-and-only girlfriend of Masimo, he's walked off into the night with the full hump, ... (Barnes & Noble)

  19. Are You Sleeping

    by Kathleen Barber
    A true crime podcast reopens a murder case, unraveling secrets and causing chaos for the victim's family.

    Estranged twins Josie and Lanie Buhrman lost both their parents when they were fifteen years old. , Their father was murdered, and their mother ran away to join a cult. Thirteen years later the ... (Wikipedia)

  20. The Night Season

    by Chelsea Cain
    A serial killer is on the loose in Portland, and detective Archie Sheridan must catch him before he strikes again.

    He captured the Beauty Killer, one of the most deranged serial killers in the country. Now, Portland police detective Archie Sheridan faces a different kind of killer - a brutal rain season that has ... (Goodreads)

  21. Stop in the Name of Pants!

    by Louise Rennison
    Georgia Nicolson's hilarious adventures continue as she navigates teenage life, love, and friendship.

    Time to gird the loins and pucker up. Blimey O'Reilly's trousers! Three maybe-boyfriends is a lot for any girl to handle–red-bottomed or not. What with Robbie the Sex God back from Kiwi-a-gogo land ... (Goodreads)

  22. A House at the Bottom of a Lake

    by Josh Malerman
    Two teenagers discover a mysterious house at the bottom of a lake and explore its secrets, leading to a haunting and surreal experience.

    From the, New York Times, bestselling author of, Bird Box, and, Malorie, comes a haunting tale of love and mystery, as the date of a lifetime becomes a maddening exploration of the depths of the ... (Barnes & Noble)

  23. Don't You Cry

    by Mary Kubica
    A thrilling mystery about a missing woman and a roommate who may not be who she seems.

    In downtown Chicago, Esther Vaughan disappears from her apartment without a trace. A haunting letter addressed to My Dearest is found among her possessions, leaving her roommate Quinn Collins to ... (Goodreads)

  24. The Geography of You and Me

    by Jennifer E. Smith
    A chance encounter during a blackout leads to a romance that spans continents. Can love survive distance and time?

    Lucy and Owen meet somewhere between the tenth and eleventh floors of a New York City apartment building, on an elevator rendered useless by a citywide blackout. After they’re rescued, they spend a ... (Goodreads)

  25. The Witch Hunter

    by Virginia Boecker
    Elizabeth Grey is a witch hunter, but when she is accused of being a witch herself, she must clear her name and uncover a dangerous conspiracy.

    The magic and suspense of, Graceling, meet the political intrigue and unrest of, Game of Thrones, in this riveting fantasy debut. Your greatest enemy isn't what you fight, but what you fear. ... (Barnes & Noble)

  26. American Housewife

    by Helen Ellis
    A collection of witty and satirical short stories that explore the absurdities of modern-day domesticity and societal expectations of women.

    A sharp, funny, delightfully unhinged collection of stories set in the dark world of domesticity,, American Housewife, features murderous ladies who lunch, celebrity treasure hunters, and the best ... (Goodreads)

  27. Bittersweet

    by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore
    A young woman's summer at a wealthy family's estate uncovers dark secrets and forbidden love.

    Suspenseful and cinematic, Bittersweet exposes the gothic underbelly of an idyllic world of privilege and an outsider’s hunger to belong. On scholarship at a prestigious East Coast college, ordinary ... (Goodreads)

  28. Panic

    by Lauren Oliver
    In a small town, a game of Panic is played every summer, where the stakes are high and the risks are deadly.

    From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver comes a captivating, thrilling novel of fear, friendship, courage, and hope that will leave readers gasping for air. Panic began as so many things ... (Barnes & Noble)

  29. When the Lights Go Out

    by Mary Kubica
    Jessie's insomnia leads her to discover secrets about her past and present, blurring the lines between reality and imagination.

    A woman is forced to question her own identity in this riveting and emotionally charged thriller by the blockbuster bestselling author of, The Good Girl, Mary Kubica, Jessie Sloane is on the path to ... (Barnes & Noble)

  30. Pachinko

    by Lee Min-jin
    A saga spanning four generations of a Korean family living in Japan, struggling to survive and thrive amidst prejudice and poverty.

    The novel takes place over the course of three books: Book I Gohyang/Hometown, Book II Motherland, and Book III Pachinko. In 1883, in the little island fishing village of Yeongdo , which is a ferry ... (Wikipedia)