Keeping 13 (2018) is a new adult romance novel by Chloe Walsh. It is the second novel in the Boys of Tommen series that follows the lives of several high school students growing up in the Irish city of Cork. Originally self-published by Walsh, the novel, as well as its prequel, Binding 13 (2018), gained popularity largely through video recommendations on the social media site TikTok. As a result, the novels were republished by Bloom... Read Keeping 13 Summary

Keep It in the Family (2022) is a psychological thriller written by British author John Marrs, whose other popular works include The One (2016) and What Lies Between Us (2020). The novel explores the story of first-time homeowners Finn and Mia Hunter, who are renovating their first home with the help of Finn’s parents, Dave and Debbie. During the renovation process, Mia discovers a cryptic message scratched into the floorboards: “I WILL SAVE THEM FROM... Read Keep It in the Family Summary

Keesha’s House (2003) is a coming-of-age novel in verse by Helen Frost. Frost has published several books for young readers, including other novels in verse. Keesha’s House is a Michael L. Printz Honor Book, and it is praised for introducing young readers to poetry. Frost uses sestinas and sonnets to tell the stories of seven teens—Stephie, Jason, Keesha, Carmen, Dontay, Harris, and Katie—who confront different levels of precarity. The narratives alternate and intersect, and they... Read Keesha's House Summary

Key Player is the fourth installment of the Front Desk series of middle grade novels by Kelly Yang. It was published by Scholastic Press in 2022. The Front Desk series follows 10-year-old Mia, who has just emigrated from China to Southern California with her family to manage and live in a motel. Mia deals with the struggles of being an immigrant while also pursuing her dreams of being a writer. Key Player picks up on... Read Key Player Summary

Published in 2014, Killer Instinct is the second installment in Jennifer Lynn Barnes’s The Naturals series. The young adult series follows narrator and protagonist Cassie, whom the FBI recruits as part of a program for gifted teenagers due to her keen profiling abilities. In Killer Instinct, she and the other members of the Naturals program—her friends Dean, Michael, Lia, and Sloane—investigate strange murders that mimic those committed by Dean’s father, a notable serial killer who... Read Killer Instinct Summary

Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapted for Young Readers: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI is an adaptation of Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI that author David Grann wrote specifically for a younger audience. The original book, published in 2017, was named to dozens of “best book” lists that year, a New York Times best seller and a National Book Award finalist, and... Read Killers of the Flower Moon (Adapted for Young Readers) Summary

Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan, published in 1978, is a young adult thriller novel about a group of teenagers who are manipulated into killing their high school English teacher. The novel explores issues of peer pressure, guilt, and misguided anger. Many attempts to ban this novel have been successful over the years due to its themes about violence, murder, and defiance of authority.In 1997, Killing Mr. Griffin was adapted into a film by NBC... Read Killing Mr. Griffin Summary

Kin (2026) is a historical fiction novel by Tayari Jones. It follows the lives of Annie and Vernice, two Black girls living in the South in the mid-20th century. Annie’s mother leaves her shortly after she is born, while Vernice’s parents die when she is six months old. Annie and Vernice’s lifelong bond endures as they navigate the complexities of adulthood. Vernice goes to Spelman College, where she learns about wealth, social dynamics, and the... Read Kin Summary

The 1979 novel Kindred was written by Octavia E. Butler, a Black author from California who wrote science fiction that challenged white hegemony. The novel tells the story of Edana “Dana” Franklin, a young Black woman in 1976 whose connection to a young white boy named Rufus Weylin allows her to time travel to 1800s Maryland. As she jumps between 1976 and the 1800s, she learns how she and Rufus are connected, and she must survive... Read Kindred Summary

August Wilson’s King Hedley II premiered in 1999 and opened on Broadway in 2001. It is the ninth installment in Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle (also known as the Century Cycle), a series of 10 plays that examine the experiences of Black Americans during the 20th century. It was nominated for multiple awards including a Tony and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Wilson won two Pulitzer Prizes for other Pittsburgh Cycle plays, Fences in 1987... Read King Hedley II Summary

Published in 2025, S. A. Cosby’s King of Ashes is an adult Southern noir thriller set in Jefferson Run, Virginia. Roman Carruthers, a successful financial manager in Atlanta, returns home after his father enters a coma following a car accident. He discovers that his younger brother, Dante, is deeply indebted to a violent gang, and his sister, Neveah, is struggling to maintain the family-run crematorium. As Roman navigates the dangerous underworld to protect his family... Read King of Ashes Summary

King of Battle and Blood (2021) is a romantasy novel that marks the beginning of Scarlett St. Clair’s Adrian x Isolde series. The story is told from Isolde’s first-person perspective as she navigates a political marriage with the invading vampiric Blood King Adrian in order to save her kingdom. As their romantic connection grows despite her early distrust, Isolde learns about Adrian’s world and experiences flashes of hidden memory that compel her to redefine her... Read King of Battle and Blood Summary

Ana Huang’s contemporary romance novel, King of Gluttony (2024) is the sixth installment in the Kings of Sin series. Huang is a #1 New York Times bestselling author known for her popular romance series, including the Twisted series, which is in development for television. Upon its release, King of Gluttony became a New York Times bestseller. The novel centers on lifelong rivals Maya Singh, the chief brand officer for her family’s food empire, and Sebastian... Read King of Gluttony Summary

King of Pride (2023) is an adult contemporary romance by Ana Huang and the second installment in the Kings of Sin series. The novel alternates between the first-person perspectives of wealthy CEO Kai Young and impulsive, vivacious bartender Isabella Valencia. Following the popular forbidden romance and billionaire love-interest tropes, King of Pride is a New York Times Bestseller, USA Today Bestseller, Publishers Weekly Bestseller, Amazon Kindle Bestseller of 2023, and Goodreads Choice Award Finalist for... Read King of Pride Summary

King of Sloth (2024), an adult contemporary romance by Ana Huang, is the fourth installment in the Kings of Sin series. The novel alternates between the dual first-person perspectives of Xavier Castillo, a wealthy but reluctant heir with a reputation as a party boy, and Sloane Castillo, his publicist, who is tasked with keeping his public image pristine. When Xavier learns that his father’s will is set to strip him of any rights to the... Read King of Sloth Summary

Book DetailsKing of Wrath (2022) is a contemporary romance by Ana Huang. It is the first book of the ongoing Kings of Sin series (which includes King of Pride and King of Greed) and follows billionaire and CEO Dante Russo and jewelry heiress and luxury event planner Vivian Lau during the engagement period of their arranged marriage. Their marriage is arranged by Vivian’s father, Francis, who blackmails Dante into the marriage using photographic evidence of... Read King of Wrath Summary

Cynthia Kadohata’s first novel, Kira-Kira (2004), is a historical coming-of-age novel for middle-grade readers. The novel tells the story of the Japanese American Takeshima family, who live in the Chesterfield, Georgia, in the 1950s. The protagonist and first-person narrator is the younger daughter, Katie. The narrative spans seven years, involving the family’s move from Iowa to the South, where Katie’s parents become workers in the poultry industry. The narrative follows Katie as she awakens to... Read Kira-Kira Summary

“Kissing in Vietnamese” is a poem written by Ocean Vuong, which appears in his first book, Night Sky with Exit Wounds (2016). Vuong was born in Vietnam, the grandson of an American serviceman and a rural rice farmer. When Vuong was two years old, his family immigrated to the United States following the fall of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War. His work explores the lasting effects of the war on his family... Read Kissing in Vietnamese Summary

Recognized as a Canadian classic, Kiss of the Fur Queen is the first novel by Canadian Cree playwright, composer, and pianist Tomson Highway. Kiss of the Fur Queen, first published in 1998, broke new ground as an Indigenous Canadian writer’s depiction of the abuse Indigenous children experienced in Canada’s controversial Christian residential schools. Notable for its inclusion of Cree words and its use of narrative techniques from Cree storytelling and cosmology, the book follows the fate... Read Kiss of the Fur Queen Summary

Kiss the Girls (1995) is a murder mystery and thriller by American author James Patterson. The novel follows Washington, DC, police detective Alex Cross, who travels to North Carolina to investigate the murders and abductions of women, including his niece. As Cross digs into the case, he confronts themes such as Toxic Masculinity Versus Positive Masculinity, The Resilience of Women, and The Lurid Culture of Trauma in the US. Kiss the Girls is the second... Read Kiss the Girls Summary