Since her literary debut in 2011 (she published her first novel at her own expense), Colleen Hoover has become one of the most prolific and commercially successful romance novelists of the new millennium. A perennial presence on both The New York Times and Amazon best seller lists, Hoover, or CoHo as her fans know her, redefined the romance genre by introducing complex characters who face profound emotional dilemmas. Some of her most well-known novels include... Read Reminders of Him Summary

Renegades is a 2017 superhero-themed novel by Marissa Meyer, the first in the Renegades trilogy. Renegades tells the story of Nova Artino, a teenage girl with the power to put people to sleep. She masquerades as a superhero—a Renegade—while trying to help the villains, or Anarchists, return to power. She is motivated to avenge her family, whose deaths she blames on the Renegades’ failure to save them. Throughout the novel, she befriends Adrian Everhart, the... Read Renegades Summary

Ranger in Time: Rescue on the Oregon Trail is a 2015 children’s chapter book by American author and schoolteacher Kate Messner. In the book, Ranger, a golden retriever who is trained in search and rescue, inadvertently time travels from his modern-day American backyard to the bustling town of Independence, Missouri, at the height of the pioneer era. Ranger connects with the Abbott family, who are leaving their family farm to travel the Oregon Trail, hoping... Read Rescue on the Oregon Trail Summary

Sherman Alexie published the lyric poem “Reservation Love Song” in an early 1992 collection of poetry and short stories called The Business of Fancydancing. The ironic, satiric poem is ultimately a sincere ode to the hardships of Indigenous people and their ability to form meaningful bonds amid disenfranchisement. As with most of Alexie’s work, “Reservation Love Song” doesn’t sugarcoat the lives of Indigenous people. Like Alexie’s well-known short story collection The Lone Ranger and Tonto... Read Reservation Love Song Summary

Restless Stars (2024) is the ninth and final book in the Zodiac Academy series by British authors and sisters Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti. A work of dark fantasy and paranormal romance, the novel concludes the epic struggle of twin Fae princesses Tory and Darcy Vega to claim their family’s throne in Solaria. As the final battle against the tyrannical Lionel Acrux looms, the sisters must contend with a powerful cosmic impostor, the dark consequences... Read Restless Stars Summary

Julia Alvarez’s Return to Sender is a 2009 realistic middle-grade novel set in Vermont between summer 2005 and summer 2006. Tyler Paquette and Mari Cruz, both 11 at the novel’s outset, narrate the story in alternating perspectives. Tyler is a white American boy who enjoys living on the family farm. After an accident curtails Tyler’s father’s ability for physical work, Tyler’s parents hire three Mexican men as farm workers. Mari, born in Mexico, is the... Read Return to Sender Summary

Reviving Ophelia was written in 1994 by Mary Pipher, a psychologist who works with women and teen girls, studying the ways cultural norms impact their mental health. The book comprises a collection of Pipher’s essays, which are based on the interviews and focus groups with adolescent girls she conducted with her daughter, Sara Pipher. She wrote the collection to bring awareness to the cultural trauma and dysfunction experienced by adolescent girls and to assist girls... Read Reviving Ophelia Summary

Rewind It Back (2025) is a contemporary sports romance by Liz Tomforde and the fifth and final installment of her bestselling Windy City series (the first of which is Mile High). The novel is a prominent example of the “BookTok” sports-romance phenomenon, which propelled interconnected standalone series about athletes to immense popularity. Tomforde draws on her past career as a private flight attendant for a National Hockey League team to lend authenticity to the world... Read Rewind It Back Summary

Rez Ball (2023), a work of young adult sports fiction, is the debut novel of American Indigenous author Byron Graves. The book won several major honors, including the William C. Morris Award and the American Indian Youth Literature Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. The story follows Tre Brun, a sophomore basketball player on the Red Lake Indian Reservation who lives in the shadow of his late... Read Rez Ball Summary

Rez Dogs, first published in 2021 by Dial Books for Young Readers, was written by American author Joseph Bruchac. Rez Dogs is a novel for middle-grade readers written in verse. It tells the story of Malian, an eighth grade girl who shelters with her grandparents during COVID-19 and learns about her Wabanaki background.Bruchac has been awarded many honors, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers’ Circle of the Americas. In 2023, Bruchac was chosen... Read Rez Dogs Summary

Rhyme Schemer (2014) is a young adult novel in verse by K. A. Holt. It tells the story of 12-year-old Kevin Jamison’s struggle to belong. When Kevin starts seventh grade, he directs his anger over being ignored by his parents and bullied by his brother, Petey, toward his peers. His own bullying behaviors only lead to detentions and suspension. To cope with his frustrations, Kevin writes poems in his precious notebook; however, one day, his... Read Rhyme Schemer Summary

Ribbons is a 1996 young adult fiction novel by Laurence Yep, originally published by Puffin Books. Yep grew up in San Francisco’s Chinatown, and his dozens of children’s books spotlight the Chinese American experience. Yep is most famous for his Golden Mountain Chronicles, a 10-book young adult series that follows the Young family from 19th-century China to modern America. The series includes popular titles such as Dragonwings, Child of the Owl, and Dragon’s Gate. Ribbons... Read Ribbons Summary

Richard III is a history play by William Shakespeare written between 1592 and 1594. It is one of Shakespeare’s earliest plays and his second longest. The play depicts the rise of King Richard III of England, also known as Richard, Duke of Gloucester. Shakespeare portrays Richard as a Machiavellian tyrant who uses lies and violence to unjustly seize the throne during a politically turbulent period of England’s history known as the Wars of the Roses... Read Richard III Summary

Riding the Bus With My Sister: A True Life Journey is the New York Times bestselling author Rachel Simon’s 2002 memoir chronicling her experiences with her intellectually disabled sister, Beth. Over the course of a year, Simon rides the bus with Beth and writes about the journey. She learns to confront her own ignorance about her sister’s condition and forms a close bond with her. The book chronicles Rachel’s emotional and spiritual growth, as Rachel’s... Read Riding The Bus With My Sister Summary

“Rikki-tikki-tavi” is one of Rudyard Kipling’s most famous short stories and was animated into a children’s film in 1975. This children’s story, originally published in 1894, follows a young mongoose named Rikki-tikki-tavi who protects a British family from the snakes in their garden. It is especially known for its themes of Courage as Action and Family Loyalty and Legacy, as well as for its overarching connections to colonialism; Rudyard Kipling, who lived in British colonial... Read Rikki Tikki Tavi Summary

Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door is a cozy mystery/romantic comedy novel by New York Times bestselling author Lucy Score. Originally self-published in 2020, the novel is the first title in Score’s Riley Thorn Series, followed by the titles The Corpse in the Closet and The Blast from the Past. Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door introduces the raucous narrative world of Riley, the novel’s protagonist. Born with psychic powers, Riley... Read Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door Summary

Jeff Shaara’s Rise to Rebellion (2001) is a historical novel about the American colonies’ push to throw off the shackles of British oppression. The novel depicts historical events from the perspective of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and George Washington, as well as British military leaders Thomas Gage and William Howe. The novel explores themes of oppression and revolution, as well as the hard road of steering a fledgling country toward independence. Shaara is also the... Read Rise To Rebellion Summary

River Sing Me Home is the 2023 debut novel of British-Caribbean author, Eleanor Shearer. Split into three parts that are titled after different colonies in the Caribbean, the novel explores the multiple ways that enslaved people in the Caribbeans resisted slavery through the tale of a mother searching for her stolen children. The story is told through a third-person-limited point of view and includes a prologue and epilogue. The novel is classified as historical fiction... Read River Sing Me Home Summary

In 1926, at Tarrymore House in County Wicklow, Ireland, Lady Delia Rossington executes a desperate plan to protect her eighteen-year-old ward, Kathleen Connor. With Delia's brother Lord Edward recently dead and his scheming widow Fiona about to evict Delia from the estate, Delia fears for Kathleen's safety around Fiona's predatory sons. She reveals to Kathleen that the woman in a portrait in the gallery, Lady Geraldine Fitzhugh Rossington, is Kathleen's grandmother and urges her to... Read Road Trip Summary

Rodrick Rules is a 2008 middle grade graphic novel by American children’s author Jeff Kinney. The book is the second installment in the bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, and the sequel to Kinney’s first graphic novel in the series. Written in the same journal format as its predecessor, the story spans from September to December and focuses on the protagonist Greg Heffley’s relationship with his older brother Rodrick. Following an embarrassing incident that... Read Rodrick Rules Summary