Picks and Pans Review: Great Reads

By NATALIE DANFORD, ANDREW ABRAHAMS, SUE CORBETT

UPDATED 03/24/2008 at 01:00 AM EDT • Originally published 03/24/2008 at 01:00 AM EDT

NEW IN PAPERBACK

MARLEY & ME by John Grogan
The tale of a good bad-dog (soon to be a film with Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson).

PEONY IN LOVE by Lisa See
Get lost in See's narrative about a 17th-century Chinese girl fighting an arranged marriage.

THE GOD OF ANIMALS by Aryn Kyle
An emotional coming-of-age story, with horses—for readers who aren't 12 anymore.