Tiffany Aching comes from a long line of aching shepherds. She's practical, can make butter and cheese, and she wants to be a witch. In this first volume that's also part of the larger Discworld series, she meets the Nac Mac Feegle, Miss Tick, and embarks on a journey that will take her out of her village and into another world.

The world is going to end next Saturday. An angel, a demon, a professional descendant, a witch-finder private, and a small boy who happens to be the Anti-Christ are all that stand between us and Armageddon. A comedy of epic proportions that will leave you thinking and keep you laughing.

This near-future novel and the other volumes in this trilogy depict a world where America once again lives under Prohibition. This time, coffee and chocolate possession land you time. A mafia story that's more about family than The Family, told with warmth and ruthlessness.

My favorite version of "Beauty and the Beast," the prose pictures McKinley draws keep me coming back to this leisurely retelling.

If you've ever wanted Jane Austen and Agatha Christie's mashup, this is the book for you. A return to Austenland for you, the reader, with old faces and new, as well as mystery and murder.