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Vega Gopalan is adrift. Still reeling from the death of her sister years earlier, she leaves South India to attend graduate school at Columbia University. In New York, Vega straddles many different worlds, eventually moving in and out of a series of relationships that take her through the striving world of academia, the intellectual isolation of the immigrant suburbs, and, ultimately, the loneliness of single motherhood. But it is the birth of Vega's...
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"Del amor al odio hay solo un paso, pero del odio al amor hay un camino muy largo. Uno lleno de crisis existenciales y pelotazos en la cabeza. Y, como cada año, las luces de febrero aguarden al final del camino. ¿Has pensado ya en tu deseo? La suerte está echada."--
3) Nowhere girl
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"The story of a young Parisian girl lost in the gulf between childhood and adulthood, navigating depression...and discovering the Beatles"--
4) Minus
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"Sheltered, homeschooled Beck Beveroth is on her way to college, and thrilled to start this new chapter in her life. She's road-tripping to campus with her overprotective dad, Gil, but it all goes off the rails with a shooting at a remote gas station. When Beck finally emerges from hiding, her dad and the car are gone, and she's the only person left alive. Beck is in the world now, and she's beyond not ready for it"--Back cover.
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Given the opportunity to be educated at the ship’s university alongside the elite, the boy, raised as one of the Chained, forms a bond with “the professor,” and together they set off on a transformative journey to break free of the chains that fetter them both.
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"From prizewinning writer Joe Fassler comes a brilliant modern reimagining of the myth of Daedalus and Icarus as a story of obsession, longing, and the radical pursuit of utopia. It's 2005, and 24-year-old Jane is miserable. Overworked, buried in debt, she senses the life she wanted slipping away--while the world around her veers badly off course, hurtling toward economic and ecological collapse. She wants to find something better. But she has no...
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"Choosing between living the life you want and living the life you're "supposed to have" is not always an easy choice. Noah, embracing his true-self, wants to pursue a career in costume design, something his loving, public service parents would never approve of. Azarie, the perfect, model daughter of a very stern, traditional family, dreams of embracing the hobbies she secretly loves, hobbies her social circle would never abide by" --
8) Dear Wendy
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Aromantic and asexual students Sophie and Jo, engaged in an online feud as the creators of popular relationship advice accounts "Dear Wendy" and "Sincerely Wanda," unwittingly become real-life friends and navigate their shared aroace identities as they face the challenges of college life.
10) The whole truth
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"She has everything at stake; he has everything to lose. But one of them is lying, all the same. When an Oxford student accuses one of the university's professors of sexual assault, DI Adam Fawley's team think they've heard it all before. But they couldn't be more wrong. Because this time, the predator is a woman and the shining star of the department, and the student a six-foot male rugby player. Soon DI Fawley and his team are up against the clock...
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Stranded in the world of Twisted Wonderland, Yu must brave a magical school filled with ghosts, monsters, and uncooperative students! Still trying to get his friend Ace out of trouble, Yu attends one of Heartslabyul Dorm's traditional unbirthday parties. But instead of solving Ace's problems or having a bit of fun, they wind up incurring the wrath of the housewarden, Riddle!
15) Blue period: 14
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"Yatora studies hard and gets good grades, and he parties hard, staying out late drinking and watching soccer with his friends. He checks all the boxes he needs to be the perfect high school student. But it all starts to feel empty, and he begins to wonder what part of his life expresses who he is...or even if he has a unique voice at all. Then he wanders into the art room one day, and a lone painting captures his eye, awakening him to a kind of beauty...
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"Fall has arrived and Kase-san’s schedule is as full as ever with track and dorm life. Meanwhile, Yamada is busy working with the gardening club to create a garden for the university festival! When a gardener Yamada adores arrives to help out, Kase-san gets worried. Can she handle another bout of jealousy, especially when a handsome young actor known as the “flowerbed prince” joins in on the fun?"--
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"Nakoshi is getting closer to the crux of who he is, and he's starting with his face--the one he used to have. One by one, the lies Nakoshi and Ito have told each other are coming to light. How will Nakoshi react when he finds out that Ito knew about his cosmetic surgery all along?"--
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Ever since she moved to the city, Yuuki has wondered if she would ever find “the one.” As Yuuki finds herself drawn more and more to the relaxed dental student, Iori, she begins to question her search to find her “soulmate.” Then, she reunites with her first, unrequited love, Jin, who suddenly asks her out! Is there really such a thing as “destiny” after all? And if so, who is it meant for--a first love, or someone new?
20) Boyfriends: 2
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Jock, Goth, Nerd, and Prep are all juniors in college. But studying is the last thing on their minds as they are mainly interested in getting a boyfriend. Or multiple boyfriends. The first two to couple up are Goth (cool and sexy) and Nerd (bubbly and flirty). As their budding relationship deepens, they can't deny their chemistry with Goth's other friends, Jock (sweet and easygoing) and Prep (sensitive and anxious). Nerd suggests they try something...