Five questions for Rainbow Rowell
Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell, illus. by Faith Erin Hicks, Roaring Brook/First Second, 14 years and up.

Meet-cute love stories
Somewhere Only We Know by Maureen Goo, Farrar, 14 years and up.
Love from A to Z by S. K. Ali, Simon/Salaam, 14 years and up.   
We Contain Multitudes by Sarah Henstra, Little, Brown, 14 years and up.
I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest, Roaring Brook, 12–16 years.  

Eerie and uncanny
Guest: A Changeling Tale by Mary Downing Hahn, Clarion, 8–11 years.
The Haunting of Henry Davis by Kathryn Siebela, Knopf, 8–11 years. 
City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab, Scholastic, 9–12 years.    
Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab, Scholastic, 9–12 years. 
Changeling by William Ritter, Algonquin, 9–12 years.

Offbeat pet picture books
I Want a Dog by Jon Agee, Dial, 5–8 years.   
Ghost Cat by Kevan Atteberry, Holiday/Porter, 4–7 years.
Spencer's New Pet by Jessie Sima, Simon, 5–8 years.   
A Quieter Story by Liza Woodruff, Holiday/Ferguson, 5–8 years.
I'm a Baked Potato! by Elise Primavera, illus. by Juana Medina, Chronicle, 5–8 years.   

These books were featured in the October 2019 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.