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Melissa Albert is the New York Times and indie bestselling author of the Hazel Wood series and Our Crooked Hearts, and a former bookseller and founder of the Barnes & Noble Teen Blog. Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages and included in the New York Times’ list of Notable Children’s Books. She enjoys swimming pool tourism, genre mashups, and living in Brooklyn with her hilarious husband and magnificently goofy son.

Okay, now I will stop talking about myself in the third person. I try to reply to all messages and questions, so please reach out, or come find me on Twitter (@mimi_albert) or Instagram (@melissaalbertauthor)! (But please note: I don't accept GR friend requests anymore because of Amazon's related review pol ...more

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	The Hazel Wood (The Hazel Wood, #1) 3.55 avg rating — 103,399 ratings — published 2018 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night Country (The Hazel Wood, #2) 3.70 avg rating — 20,597 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Crooked Hearts 3.72 avg rating — 12,711 ratings — published 2022 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales From the Hinterland (The Hazel Wood, #2.5) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,884 ratings — published 2021 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Children 3.52 avg rating — 8,982 ratings — published 2026 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bad Ones 3.59 avg rating — 7,832 ratings — published 2024 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boy Who Didn't Come Home (The Hazel Wood #1.5) 3.44 avg rating — 2,465 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At Midnight by Dahlia Adler (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Melissa Albert (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Tracy Deonn (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.39 avg rating — 886 ratings — published 2022 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hazel Wood: Chapter Sampler 4.01 avg rating — 165 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Crooked Hearts Chapter Sampler really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 26 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“She talked like a woman who knew more books than people.”
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“I remembered less from my own life than I did from the books I read.”
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“Everyone is supposed to be a combination of nature and nurture, their true selves shaped by years of friends and fights and parents and dreams and things you did too young and things you overheard that you shouldn’t have and secrets you kept or couldn’t and regrets and victories and quiet prides, all the packed-together detritus that becomes what you call your life.”
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There There

by Tommy Orange

12 votes, 27.3%

A Place for Us

by Fatima Farheen Mirza

11 votes, 25.0%

The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock

by Imogen Hermes Gowar

7 votes, 15.9%

Freshwater

by Akwaeke Emezi

6 votes, 13.6%

The Book of Essie

by Meghan MacLean Weir

5 votes, 11.4%

The Hazel Wood

by Melissa Albert

2 votes, 4.5%

The Girl Who Came Home

by Hazel Gaynor

1 vote, 2.3%

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