Stories about trying, and failing, to get ahead in America.
Chapter 2: The Audiophile’s Audio File
Audiobooks to get you through any situation.
Short story collections that will actually make you like short stories.
Graphic memoirs and biographies that will leave their mark.
Books about books, libraries, bookshops, and book nerds.
Chapter 6: My Family Is Weirder Than Yours
Fiction and nonfiction about totally dysfunctional families.
Crazy true stories you just can’t make up.
Books-into-movies that won’t make you gag.
Chapter 9: Southern Discomfort
Spooky reads set in the American South.
Chapter 10: Tales of Woe, Tales of Whoa
Tearjerkers that will make you snot all over the place.
Chapter 11: Too Cool for School
Chapter 12: Tricksters, Fakers, and Cheats, Oh My!
Books about con artists and the people they scam.
Books written in the form of letters, e-mail, diary entries, and more.
Chapter 14: What Not to Read While Drinking Milk
Humorous fiction, memoirs, and essays that will make milk squirt from your nose.
Chapter 15: YA for the Not So YA