Mr and Mrs. Doctor By Julie Ironuanya

In her debut novel Julie Iromuanya presents Ifi and Job, a Nigerian couple in an arranged marriage, who begin their lives together in Nebraska with a single, outrageous lie: that Job is a doctor, not a college dropout. Unwittingly, Ifi becomes his co-conspirator—that is until his first wife, Cheryl, whom he married for a green card years ago, reenters the picture and upsets Job's tenuous balancing act. The story is charming; it is funny, yet sad as these African immigrants seek to carve out a life for themselves in unfamiliar surroundings.  They, along with the reader, learn that people everywhere are not so very different when it gets down to it. 
288 pages

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Summary: "Cath struggles to survive on her own in her first year of college while avoiding a surly roommate, bonding with a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words, and worrying about her fragile father."

Cath also struggles with separating from her twin sister while at college and dealing with her mother who abandoned them. To cope with her personal problems, Cath relies on writing fanfaction for her favorite book series, Simon Snow, (which is very similar to Harry Potter). Fangirl is unique in that it includes snippets from both the fictional Simon Snow series as well as snippets of Cath's fanfiction at the beginning of each chapter. 

I enjoyed the book overall, but the ending doesn't provide much satisfaction or closure. 

438 pages