My Sister’s Keeper is a 2004 novel by bestselling author Jodi Picoult centered on the controversy of savior siblings. In the novel, Anna Fitzgerald fights for medical emancipation in order to have a choice in whether or not she will donate a kidney to her sister, Kate, who has leukemia. In 2009, the novel was adapted into a feature film released by New Line Cinema. The movie was directed by Nick Cassavetes and starred Cameron... Read My Sister's Keeper Summary

My Sister, the Serial Killer, is a novel by Nigerian-born British writer Oyinkan Braithwaite, originally published in the UK in 2019. Set in Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos, this darkly satirical, structurally experimental crime story about the extremes of family bonds bears an unusually revealing and literal title, and it has been longlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize. The novel was also shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the 2019 Amazon Publishing Readers’ Awards... Read My Sister, the Serial Killer Summary

Mystery in Rocky Mountain National Park is the first book in the National Park Mystery Series written and illustrated by Aaron Johnson. There are 10 books in the series, and the first introduces the trio of major characters, as well as the premise behind their quest to solve clues as part of a generations-long scavenger hunt. Jake, Amber, and Wes learn The Power of Sharing Responsibility as they rely on teamwork to complete tasks, and... Read Mystery in Rocky Mountain National Park Summary

Naked (1997) is a collection of personal essays written by David Sedaris. These essays chart Sedaris’s youth in more-or-less chronological order, starting with childhood and ending in adulthood. These essays largely describe formative events throughout the author’s life—such as near-death experiences and struggles with mental illness—but they also share more trivial anecdotes, like his memories of his grandmother’s eccentric behavior and his father’s propensity to lie. These loosely connected essays come together to complete a... Read Naked Summary

David Baldacci’s Nash Falls (2025) is the first book of a new crime thriller series featuring protagonist Walter Nash. It’s sequel, Hope Rises, is due to publish in 2026. A prolific author known for his political and legal thrillers, Baldacci often draws on his previous career as a lawyer in Washington, DC, to explore themes of institutional corruption and justice. The novel follows Walter Nash, a successful but emotionally distant corporate executive whose estranged father... Read Nash Falls Summary

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s morality play Nathan the Wise (originally published in German as Nathan der Weise, 1779) is set in Jerusalem during the time of the Crusades. The work tells a complex story of identities, involving characters across three major monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Ultimately, the play offers strong support for religious tolerance.This guide references the translation by Stephanie Clennell and Robert Philip (The Open University, 1992).Plot SummaryAct I of the play opens... Read Nathan the Wise Summary

Nectar in a Sieve is a 1954 classical fiction novel written by Kamala Markandaya, who was one of the most prominent 20th-century Indian novelists. It was her first novel and was named an American Library Association Notable Book in 1955. The novel’s plot follows Rukmani, a poor farmer’s wife, as she learns what it means to survive and find happiness in postcolonial and post-partition India. Through Rukmani’s eyes, Markandaya explores the impacts of poverty, the... Read Nectar in a Sieve Summary

Nervous Conditions (1988) is a semi-autobiographical literary fiction novel written by Tsitsi Dangarembga, an international author, playwright, filmmaker, and director. The novel is the first in a three-part trilogy and is followed by The Book of Not (2006) and This Mournable Body (2017). Tambudzai, a young girl living with her family on a homestead in Rhodesia, narrates the novel and serves as the primary protagonist. Four other female protagonists—a deuteragonist, Nyasha, and three supporting protagonists... Read Nervous Conditions Summary

New From Here is a middle grade novel written by Kelly Yang, published in 2022. Yang wrote the novel during the COVID-19 pandemic while she and her three children were in America and her husband was in Hong Kong. In the novel, Knox Wei-Evans, his mother Julie, and his two siblings, come to America to stay safe from the pandemic that is starting to spread in Asia. As they acclimate to life in the United... Read New from Here Summary

Next of Kin by Hannah Bonam-Young was initially self-published in 2022 and later picked up by Dell (an imprint of Penguin Random House) in 2024. The novel is a new adult romance that tells the love story of two people trying to gain custody of their younger siblings. Next of Kin also explores the meaning of family, how events happen at the right time, and the internal and external struggles involving judgments and assumptions. The... Read Next of Kin Summary

Next to Normal (2009) is a rock musical with book and lyrics by American playwright Brian Yorkey. The book follows Diana Goodman, a suburban mother who has bipolar disorder, and her family as they reckon with the impact that Diana’s mental illness has on their lives. When it becomes clear that Diana’s medical treatment has failed to eliminate her hallucinations, the family chooses to explore alternative treatment methods, including electroconvulsive therapy. The musical explores The... Read Next to Normal Summary

Sometimes referred to as the “German Iliad,” Nibelungenlied is a 13th-century German epic poem that combines historical events with German heroic legend. The epic’s poet is unknown—though some clues within the text suggest that he was from Passau, Germany. The epic, which literally translates to “The Song of the Nibelungs” in English, portrays the Burgundians’ historic defeat by the Huns in the 5th century—the tragic result of the mythical queen Kriemhild’s desire to avenge her... Read Nibelungenlied Summary

Published in 2023, Angie Thomas’s Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy: A Tale of Magic, Friendship and Family Bonds is a middle-grade fantasy novel and the first book in The Nic Blake and the Remarkables series. Set against a backdrop inspired by African American folklore and history, the story follows Nic as she discovers her heritage as a Remarkable—a person with supernatural abilities—in an otherwise Unremarkable world. On her 12th birthday, Nic eagerly... Read Nic Blake and the Remarkables Summary

Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office: Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers by Lois P. Frankel is a bestselling self-help and career development book that provides women with strategies to overcome workplace behaviors that hinder professional advancement. First published in 2004 and later revised and updated in 2014, the book draws from Frankel’s extensive experience as an executive coach and psychologist specializing in leadership development and workplace dynamics. Targeting women in corporate... Read Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office Summary

Nicholas Nickleby is Victorian writer Charles Dickens’s third novel. Published through serialization in 1838, it first appeared in its novel form in 1839. The novel has been adapted for the stage and for the screen several times, the first theatrical version appearing in 1838, before the novel was even finished. Dickens wrote Nicholas Nickleby with the intention of exposing the abuses of for-profit boarding schools in England. In focusing on the titular hero, Nicholas, Dickens’s... Read Nicholas Nickleby Summary

Night at the Fiestas is a 2015 story collection by New Mexican author Kirstin Valdez Quade. The collection won the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award, and after its publication, Valdez Quade was recognized as a “Top 5 Writer Under 35” by the National Book Foundation. In 2021, Valdez Quade revised one of the stories, “The Five Wounds” into an award-winning novel of the same title, establishing herself as an important new voice in... Read Night at the Fiestas Summary

Nightbitch is a debut novel by American writer Rachel Yoder (2021). In it, a frustrated stay-at home mother of a two-year-old becomes concerned that she is turning into a dog. Finding a mysterious book about mythical women, Nightbitch then encounters three dogs on her lawn who take off her clothes and leave dead animals outside her house. This leads Nightbitch to start identifying as a dog and becoming happier as a mother. Meeting two old... Read Nightbitch Summary

IntroductionLeila Mottley’s Nightcrawling (2022), a novel based on a sex-trafficking scandal involving the Oakland, California, police department in the 2010s, imagines the untold story of the female survivors thorough the eyes of 17-year-old Kiara Johnson. Struggling to support herself, her brother, and her nine-year-old neighbor, Kiara turns to sex work, then becomes the key witness in a grand-jury trial when a whistleblower reveals the police’s sex ring. The novel addresses themes of racial and economic... Read Nightcrawling Summary

Originally published in 1983, Night Flying Woman: An Ojibway Narrative is a nonfiction work that lauds Indigenous history (specifically, that of Ojibway oral tradition). The author, Ignatia Broker, tells the life story of her great-great-grandmother, the titular Night Flying Woman (or Oona), who lived from the mid-19th century until the 1930s. An activist for Native American rights and a member of the Ojibway people, Broker received a Wonder Woman Foundation Award for her work toward... Read Night Flying Woman Summary

Carl Deuker is the award-winning author of the novel for young readers Night Hoops (2000). Deuker has authored several notable sports novels for teens and children, including Heart of a Champion (1994) and On the Devil’s Court (1991). Night Hoops centers on basketball, bringing together the coming-of-age and mystery genres. The plot revolves around two teen boys—Nick Abbott and Trent Dawson—who play on their high school’s varsity basketball team. As Nick tries to help Trent... Read Night Hoops Summary