In Candace Bushnell and Katie Cotugno’s “Rules for Being a Girl,” a high school senior is delighted to be alone with a teacher she has a crush on — until he kisses her.
You’ll root for the characters in Jean Kyoung Frazier’s funny and bittersweet debut novel, “Pizza Girl,” about a pregnant teenager who’s deeply ambivalent about motherhood.
Portis, who died in February, occupied a unique place in American letters. His novels, written in the vernacular of his native Arkansas, beg to be read aloud.
Doug J. Swanson’s “Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers” recounts tales of lynchings, massacres and ruthless white supremacy.
In her new memoir, “All the Way to the Tigers,” Mary Morris, acting on dreams she’s had since she was a child, travels to India to come eye to eye with a big cat.