![]() ![]() The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken (Dunow, Carlson & Lerner) The New Yorker staff writer has achieved near rock-star status with his ’90s coming-of-age memoir: His Brooklyn launch party this fall drew 400-plus fans, an honor befitting his gorgeous, gut-wrenching story of a young friendship that ended tragically. What seems like a straightforward friendship tale keeps you guessing. Spanning Karachi to London, this frothy, sweet novel opens as two teenage girls witness the historic election of Benazir Bhutto and follows their relationship through to adulthood. This YA thriller follows a private high school’s golden couple, Laney and Nico - they’re gorgeous, popular and seemingly in love - from the perspective of an interloping fellow student whose admiration quickly spirals into dangerous obsession.īest of Friends by Kamila Shamsie (A M Heath) NAACP Image Awards: Jennifer Hudson, Trevor Noah, Viola Davis Among Night Two's Non-Televised WinnersĬreep: A Love Story by Lygia Day Peñaflor (Grandview) ![]()
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