Why Join?

  • Add New Books

  • Write a Review

  • Backpack Reading Lists

  • Newsletter Updates

Join Now

Filter:

Betty

Betty
  • Author(s): Tiffany McDaniel
  • Location(s): Ohio
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Fantasy
  • Era(s): Second half 20th Century

Born in a bathtub in 1954 to a Cherokee father and white mother, Betty is the sixth of eight siblings. The world they inhabit is one of poverty and violence – both from outside the family and also, devastatingly,...

Little Fires Everywhere

Little Fires Everywhere
  • Author(s): Celeste Ng
  • Location(s): Cleveland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is meticulously planned – from the layout of the winding roads, to the colours of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And...

Sweet Little Lies

Sweet Little Lies
  • Author(s): Karin Nordin
  • Location(s): Ohio
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Sisters Lexie and Amber used to share everything, including their dream of getting out of their small town. Born only ten months apart, they once thought they couldn’t be closer. They were wrong. Fifteen years ago, Amber was brutally...

The Promise

The Promise
  • Author(s): Ann Weisgarber
  • Location(s): Galveston, Ohio
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 1900s

1900. Young pianist Catherine Wainwright flees the fashionable town of Dayton, Ohio in the wake of a terrible scandal. Heartbroken and facing destitution, she finds herself striking up correspondence with a childhood admirer, the recently widowed Oscar Williams. In...

The Last Runaway

The Last Runaway
  • Author(s): Tracy Chevalier
  • Location(s): Oberlin, Ohio
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1850s

When modest Quaker Honor Bright sails from Bristol with her sister, she is fleeing heartache for a new life in America, far from home. But tragedy leaves her alone and vulnerable, torn between two worlds and dependent on the...

A Simple Plan

A Simple Plan
  • Author(s): Scott Smith
  • Location(s): Ohio
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Late 1900s

Late afternoon, on December 31st, Hank, his brother, and a friend accidentally discover a wrecked plane. Inside they find the dead pilot, together with a sack containing four million dollars. The dilemma – they “should” notify the authorities…..but instead...

And Laughter Fell from the Sky

And Laughter Fell from the Sky
  • Author(s): Jyotsna Sreenivasan
  • Location(s): Bangalore (Bengaluru), Ohio, Portland (Oregon)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Still living at home despite a good career and financial independence, beautiful and sophisticated Rasika has always been the dutiful daughter. With her twenty-sixth birthday fast approaching, she agrees to an arranged marriage, all while trying to hide from...

Everything I Never Told You

Everything I Never Told You
  • Author(s): Celeste Ng
  • Location(s): Ohio
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1970s

Lydia is the favourite child of Marilyn and James Lee; a girl who inherited her mother’s bright blue eyes and her father’s jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue...

Not That I Could Tell

Not That I Could Tell
  • Author(s): Jessica Strawser
  • Location(s): Yellow Springs
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Drinks in hand, a group of neighbourhood women gather around a fire pit to enjoy a rare child-less Saturday night. Giddy with freedom, they drink too much, share secrets they wish, perhaps, they hadn’t, and enjoy getting to know...

Powers of Arrest

Powers of Arrest
  • Author(s): Jon Talton
  • Location(s): Cincinnati
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

Former detective Will Borders uses a cane to walk following an operation, is re-united with his pain nurse from hopsital as he investigates copycat murders.

Refine Location

Locations in Ohio

Would you like to add a book or a review or create a reading list? Join Today – It's FREE

Register Now