They had me at Shakespeare and tragedy. 

I don't read a ton of historical fiction, but when I do, I love when it involves theater, families, and communities. This one has all three. 

Having just finished this author's novel A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking (excellent, great middle-grade fantasy that doesn't feel childish, though it's main character is 14), I am chomping at the bit to read this fractured reimagining of Sleeping Beauty. 

I know nothing about this apart from knowing that it's no spice romantasy. Sold. 

A young woman fights her mother to prevent her younger sister from suffering her fate: having her childhood co-opted by their mother for internet fame. 

After reading Nellie Bly's expose on the mental health system of the 19th and early 20th century, I am considering diving into this story of one woman, thrown into the same system, who fought to free herself and other women in the deeply flawed mental health complex. 

What if thought police were real and could confiscate your memories? In this novel with notes of Orwell and James Thurber minus the humor, items disappear from an unnamed island. Those who remember the missing things-which include flowers, animals, objects like ribbons, and eventually body parts-are pursued by the memory police who intend to keep all recollection of the lost items out of society. 

Just what it says on the label, a mysterious organization prescribes people at the end of their rope cats. The novel tells the story of multiple people whose heartaches, school troubles, and more are treated by their prescribed cats.

Sounds like a good time to me, and for anyone who has ever had their life improved by a beastie. 

Time travel and locations as varied as Vancouver and the moon. I'm willing to give this one by the acclaimed author of Station Eleven a try.