Here's a trend in new books: Publishers commonly promote them by comparing them to other ... girl in their title," says Abbott. "It's not necessarily an issue with the content of the book itself ...

Content warning: this book deals with self-harm, suicide, rape, and addiction. Readers who loved the emotional components of Tiny Pretty Things will be moved by Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow.

Kathleen Glasgow is the queen of real. Her books, whether they're angsty emotional dramas like Girl in Pieces or more of her mystery thrillers like The Agathas, keep us up at night wanting to know ...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that since the publication of Gillian Flynn's bestselling Gone Girl in 2012, books with ... Girl in Pieces. For if any book deserves to use the word ...

But picking apart the trend reveals other truths as well. From Mandel: The "girl" in the title is much more likely to be a woman than an actual girl, and the author of the book is more likely to ...