August 4, 2020 ______________ _____________← BACK to our newest list
Hank Green
A witty, thought-provoking sequel explaining all the weird things that happened in An Absolutely Remarkable Thing.
Linda Castillo
The 12th Kate Burkholder book: an electrifying thiller about a woman on the run hiding among the Amish.
Kristin Harmel
Based on a true story–a young woman with a talent for forgery helps 100s of Jewish children flee the Nazis.
Lee Connell
Inside a posh NYC apartment building, the building's super & his daughter spark a crisis that changes everything.
Allison Winn Scotch<
Politics is at the heart of this sharp, funny, and emotional novel about past regrets.
Emma Donoghue
In Dublin, 1918, a maternity ward during the Great Flu is a small world of work, risk, death, & unlooked-for love.
Barbara Davis
Lizzy returns to her family's farm after her grandmother dies. A tale of magic, mystery, and romance.
Alex North
A copycat killing of a teenager 25 years after the original murder reopens old wounds in a small British town.
Raven Leilani
A young artist finds herself living with her older lover, his eccentric wife, & the couple's adopted daughter. Propulsive.
Debra Webb
A powerful combination of police procedural and thriller in which every clue provides a fresh shock.
Stephanie Meyers
A return to the world of Twilight and the love story of Bella and Edward–this time from Edward's point of view.
John Lewis
A gripping first-hand account of the fight for civil rights and the courage it takes to change a nation.
July 15, 2020______________________________← BACK to our newest list
Michele Harper
An ER physician talks about how a life of service to others had taught her how to heal herself. A memoir.
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
A mansion. A charismatic aristocrat. And a brave socialite drawn to expose their treacherous secrets.
Aonymous
The story behind a beloved Twitter account reveals how a writer deep in grief rebuilt a life worth living. A memoir.
Arshay Cooper
The true story of the nation's first all-Black rowing team that transformed both a sport and the young men's own lives.
Rachel Beanland
A summer begins with a shocking tragedy, while a family grapples with grief, romance, and secrets.
Anna Downes
Emily thinks she's found the perfect job on a lush French estate—but her employers' dark secrets will out.
J. Courtney Sullivan
An insightful, hilarious novel about a friendship between two women who are at two different stages in life.
David Mitchell
A rollicking tale of a '60s Brit rock ’n’ roll band that reaches the height of fame & a U.S. tour that changes everything.
Camilla Lackberg
A sexy thriller about a scorned wife's delicious plot for revenge to bring her billionaire husband to his knees.
Colin Jost
In these hilarious essays, Saturday Night Live and Weekend Update's Jost learns how to take a beating.
Chanel Cleeton
In 1935 three women are forever changed when a powerful hurricane barrels toward the Florida Keys.
Katherine Center
A spirited librarian attempts to save her school from a dour, uptight new principal and finds love in the process.
June 26, 2020____________________________← BACK to our newest list
Eric Eyre
A gripping investigation into corporate greed that pumped millions of pain pills into small Appalachian towns.
Sanae Lemoine
The secret child of 2 famous parents drops a startling revelation & shatters her family in this beguiling debut.
Francesca Serritella
A Harvard freshman, obsessed with her schizophrenic brother’s suicide, starts to hear voices.
Kelly Harms
Free from responsibilities for her children, a school librarian spends a magical summer in NYC. A great light read.
Kimberly McCreight
A riveting tale of a woman’s brutal murder and the secrets couples keep in order to stay together.
Christina Clancy
A single summer on Cape Cod splits apart the three Gordon teenagers, setting them off on life-altering trajectories.
Lucy Foley
A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller.
Kevin Kwan
Yes. Heeees baaaack! This time with even crazier, richer Asians in a brand new, delicious romance.
Julie Clark
Two women at a chance meeting in an airport bar make a fateful decision to switch tickets. A wild ride.
Meryl Wilsner
A Hollywood showrunner and her assistant accidentally fuel a wild and inconvenient rumor in this debut romance.
Emily Temple
A teen falls in with a team of girls at a Buddhist retreat and gets more than she bargained for. Rich & deeply compelling.
Yaffa S. Santos
A delightful rom-com about cooking, chefs, love, and self-discovery. Clever, witty, and romantic.
Susan Wiggs
Natalie finally has financial security, until she rushes home to rescue her late mother's charming bookstore.
Alexis Coe
A breezy new bio that offers fresh insight into one of our most written-about leaders. Informative & engaging.
June 12, 2020____________________________←BACK to our newest list
Megha Majumdar
Three unforgettable characters find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contempary India.
Rutger Bregman
A bold premise that humans' innate kindness has led to our long-term success on the planet.
Douglas Boin
Denied citizenship, a Roman soldier unleashes a surprise attack on the empire's capital.
Marisa de los Santos
A secret behind a horrific tragedy that marks a woman and her hometown comes to light 20 years later.
Elisabeth Thomas
An undergrad at an elite school uncovers a dark truth in this suspenseful gothic page-turner.
Marie-Helene Bertino
Her grandmother is a parakeet. She says not to get married. She says: Go and find your brother.
Max Brooks
No more Zombies for Brooks. A wild new thriller about Bigfoot.
Elliot Ackerman
The story of an American woman attempting to leave behind her life in Turkey—to leave without her husband.
Naoise Dolan
A bracingly funny story of an Irish expat in Hong Kong, who falls in a love with a male banker and a female lawyer.
Curtis Sittenfeld
An entertaining political fantasy that imagines Hillary Clinton’s life had she and Bill never married.
John M. Barry
A bestseller in 2004 … and again in 2020.
Lucie Britsch
Hilarious, bitterly wise, and surprisingly warm, here is the depression comedy you never knew you needed.
Rebecca Kauffman
Two families–one rich, one not–on vacation together; little do they know, someone won't make it home.
Robin DiAngelo
Amazon's #1 Bestseller. The whys and the how-tos.
May 28, 2020_________________________ __ ← BACK to our newest list
Suzanne Collins
The world of Panem 64 years before the events of The Hunger Games.
Mikel Jollett
A remarkable memoir of a childhood in one of the country’s most infamous cults.
Lauren Francis-Sharma
1796 Trinidad: Rosa's life is upended. 1830 Montana: her son must find his vision in an Apsaalooke rite of passage.
Rufi Thorpe
Dazzling tale of two teenage friends a sunny California suburb, who are desperately struggling to fit in.
Ottessa Moshfegh
The haunting tale of 72-yr.-old Vesta whose life is upturned when she finds an ominous note on a walk in the woods.
Carol Lombardo
A rich, engrossing family saga, spiked with sisterly malice. Impressive debut coming out soon in paperback.
Alistair Gee
The harrowing story of the most destructive American wildfire in a century.
Christopher Moore
Shakespeare meets Dashiell Hammett in this wildly entertaining murder mystery. Pure Christopher Moore!
Cathleen Schine
An enchanting, comic love letter to sibling rivalry and the English language. Soon to be in paperback.
Ivy Pochoda
Five very different women, caught up in fear and danger, are connected by one man with a deadly obsession.
John Moe
John Moe illuminates depression in an entirely fresh and inspiring way.
Brit Bennett
A stunning novel about twin sisters, who choose to live in two very separate worlds, one black and one white.
May 15, 2020____________________________← BACK to our newest list
Emma Straub
A warm, funny novel about the life cycle of one family—as a matriarch confronts the legacy of her mistakes.
Janice Hadlow
Mary, the plain, bookish sister of Pride and Prejudice’s five Bennet sisters comes into her own.
Anna Solomon
A bold novel intertwining the lives of 3 women across 3 centuries as their lives converge in the present day.
Alex George
In Paris between the wars, 4 ordinary people, over the course of a day, search for something each has lost.
Natalie Jenner
After World War II, in a small English village, an unusual group of people attempt something remarkable.
Amity Gaige
A page page-turner about a young family who escape for a yearlong sailing trip that upends all of their lives.
Cho Nam-Joo
An international bestseller: one woman’s struggle against misogyny launched Korea’s new feminist movement.
Amy Jo Burns
On a lush mountaintop, 2 women vow to protect each other, while a young girl must defy her father to survive.
Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch
The true story about an attempt on Lincoln's life & the team that foiled it.
Paulette Jiles
At the end of the Civil War, an itinerant fiddle player, trying to make a living, falls in love with a charming Irish lass.
Bess Kalb
In the funny, wise voice of her grandmother, Kalb brings family lore & secrets to life.
Sara Sliger
A novel of psychological suspense following a young archivist’s obsession with her subject’s mysterious death.
May 5, 2020____________________________ ←BACK to our newest list
Lisa Wingate
A tale of 3 young women post- Civil War and a modern-day teacher, who learns how they connect to her students' lives.
TJ Klune
The master of an orphanage will do anything to keep his magical children safe, even if it means the world might burn.
John Grisham
Back to Camino Island, where a friend is killed in a ferocious hurricane. But was it the storm… or was it murder? As twisty as the hurricane itself.
Janelle Brown
Two women—one a grifter, the other an heiress—are brought together by the scam of a lifetime in this riveting page-turner.
Afia Atakora
Mother & daughter–with a talent for healing & conjuring curses–are at the heart of this powerful post-civil war saga.
Chris Bohjalian
A twisting story of love and deceit: an American man vanishes, & his fiance follows a troubling path to find him.
Nino Haratischvili
Clocking in at app. 1,000 pp.– a breathtakingly engrossing, heartrending family saga. An int'l bestseller & prize winner.
Ruth Reichal
New in PAPERBACK: now for the 1st time, Reichl talks of her years as the top editor of the legendary Gourmet.
Anika Scott
A heart-pounding debut about a German heiress on the run in post-World War II Germany Is she a war criminal?
Juliet Grames
A gripping saga about sisters, secrets, immigration, and a woman fighting her own fate.
Chelsea Bieker
When her mother runs off, Lacey May becomes attached to an evangelical cult & enthralled to its preacher.
Lian Dolan
After the death of their father three sisters learn that oops… they have another sister. It's complicated.
April 5, 2020______________________________←BACK to our newest list
Deirdre Mask
A delightful work of popular history.
Robert Kolker
The true story of a large family beset with schizophrenia.
Julia Alvarez
In the midst of grief, Antonia must solve a family crisis AND help a young, undocumented pregnant woman.
C. Pam Zhang
The Wild West seen through the eyes of 2 Chinese orphans & their odyssey to find home.
TaraShea Nesbit
The story of the pilgrims and settlers of the Massachusetts Bay colony isn't quite what the history books tell us.
Anne Tyler
Micah, rigid in his ways, is thrown off kilter by 2 people who enter his life.
Sue Monk Kidd
Kidd deftly re-imagines the life of Jesus, marrying at 18 to a courageous young woman who secretly yearns to write.
Christopher McDougall
Healing a weak & debilitated donkey with love and a race.
Veronica Roth
Ten years after their victory over the forces of evil, what is life like for the young celebrity heroes now?
Grady Hendrix
More Ted Bundy than Brad Pitt, a gorgeous man ingratiates himself into small town life.
Ariel Lawhon
True-to-life Aussie spy, Nancy Wake, should well become a household name with this remarkable book.
Elizabeth Wetmore
Women band together during the 1970s Texas oil boom to protect one another from a toxic masculine environment.
Stephanie Wrobel
Rose Gold testified, her mother went to prison, and that was the end of that. But not to be: old grudges die hard.
Adrienne Brodeur
A mother embroils her daughter in a dramatic affair affecting their lives for years.
March 15, 2020_______________________← BACK to our newest list
Peggy Orenstein
Following her remarkable Girls & Sex, Peggy Orenstein. explores the sexual norms of males.
N,K. Jemisin
From multi-award-winner Jemisin: an alien force launches an attack on New York. Five people are called to protect the city.
Emily St. John Mandel
A 20-something marries a wealthy financier whose Ponzi scheme unravels to disastrous effect. RAVES
Katrine Engberg
A killer follows, to the letter, a writer's murderous manuscript in this Danish author's U.S. debut. More thrilling Scandinavian noir.
Holly Jackson
A murder case doesn't add up, but a girl is determined to find the real killer.
Anna Wiener
A sharp critique of Silicon Valley life and start-up culture in this funny yet frightening memoir of a once-upon-a-time insider.
Clare Beams
An all-girls school in the 1870s is thrown into chaos when students fall mysteriously ill.
Glennon Doyle
Another inspiring feminist memoir from Doyle on defying society's narrow expectations gaining personal freedom.
Amanda Eyre Ward
Family members unpack their baggage, real & emotional, on a luxury cruise with Mom.
Ada Calhoun
An insightful analysis of today's new midlife crisis and why we're so anxious. Promise–this book won't put you to sleep.
Rye Curtis
An forest ranger finds a purpose in her life as she searches for the lone survivor of a plane crash.
Tarryn Fisher
Marriage is hard enough without having to compete with two other wives in Fisher's psychological thriller.
Marie Benedict
The remarkable woman who stands side-by-side one of history's most remarkable men.
Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pakkanen
Lonely Shay Miller falls under the spell of two glamorous sisters. Yet things begin to feel a little off…. What do they want from her?
March 3, 2020_________________________←BACK to our newest list
Column McCann
Two fathers, an Israeli & Palestinian, live in a world of conflict–yet in tragedy they find friendship.
(Wolf Hall Trilogy, 3)
Hilary Mantel
The end of Mantel's monumental study of the powerful man behind Henry VIII's throne.
Diane Chamberlain
A mystery set in a small town, and a tale of three artists who lived there over a span of 80 years.
Kate Elizabeth Russell
A 15-year-old has an affair with her 40-year-old teacher. Then it is 17 years later… and #MeToo bursts on the scene. Explosive.
James McBride
A quirky, at times even hilarious, story of those who bore witness to a fatal shooting in the late 60s.
Louise Erdrich
A powerful story, based on Erdrich's own grandfather, who fought to keep Indian lands out of U.S. hands.
Margarita Montimore
A remarkably inventive novel that explores what it means to live in the moment, even if those moments are out of order.
Therese Anne Fowler
Things were perfect…until they weren't. Life gets complicated in modern suburbia!
Alexis Schaitkin
The death of a teenager while on vacation in the Caribbean reverberates through many lives and many years.
Michael Christie
The rise & fall of a family's fortunes are tied to its vast old-growth forest. A magnificent saga.
Simone St. James
Something's not been right at the Sun Down for a long time. Could it be haunted? Carly Kirk is about to find out. Spooky.
Rebecca Serle
It was a perfect day until Dannie woke up 5 years in the future … with a completely different man.
Lily King
An aspiring writer tries to find herself after losing her mother. She's 30, alone in Boston, and has nothing to hold onto.
February 15, 2020_____________________← BACK to our newest list
Jeanine Cummins
Rave reviews. A Mexican mother and young son run for their lives, making the long trek to the US.
Laura Zigman
Poor Judy, middle-aged and anxious. Can coddling the pooch in a baby sling save a marriage? Funny and poignant.
Clare Pooley
A single green notebook brings together strangers, leading to friendship and even love.
Erik Larson
An intimate picture of the great man defying the German Blitz.
Ann Napolitano
The lone survivor of a plane crash, young Edward struggles to learn what it means to truly live again.
Kiley Reid
A black babysitter and her priveleged white employer confront an unforseen fall-out from an incident in a grocery store.
Peter Swanson
A bookstore owner creates a list of perfect murder mysteries. But someone is using the list…for real.
Jess KIdd
Searching for a missing girl, super-sleuth Birdie treds thru Victorian London streets…and unearths a secret past best left alone.
Liz Moore
A police procedural–family drama about two sisters: one a cop, one an addict. Propulsive.
Emma Copely Eisenberg
Unsolved murders inspire this true crime story–memior. Insightful.
Isabel Allende
The epic tale of young couple fleeing Spain after the civil war. Pub Weekly calls it "majestic."
Niall Williams
A young Dubliner in a cozy Irish village. Washington Post critic says reading this book is "truly happiness" in itself.
Mary Kubica
A fresh start for a doctor and her family becomes a living nightmare when a neighbor is murdered.
Jenny Offill
Overwhelmed librarian is caught up in doomsday predictions as she fields letters from a podcast. Sardonic, funny, and wise.
January 15, 2020_______________________← BACK to our newest list
John Carreyrou
The shockingly true tale of a Silicon Valley company's corruption & a lot of look-the-other wayism.
Karma Brown
Alice finds a cookbook of her house's previous owner, inspiring her to question her own life choices.
Megan Angelo
Two narratives–in 2015 and 2051–two women, & two chilling versions of celebrity culture.
Paul Yoon
The tragic but beautiful story of 3 teens in war-torn Laos. Fate deals each different blows, and we catch up with them in the aftermath. RAVES.
Michael Zapata
A lost sci-fi manuscript, Hurricane Katrina, & over-lapping universes.
Martha MacCallum
The little know heroism of marines who stormed the Pacific isles during World War II. Epic in its sweep, intimate in its telling.
Kathleen West
Helicoptor mom, kids from privilege, and one kind but kooky teacher. Oh, boy.
David Zucchino
The true story of Wilmington, Delaware's massacre of its black community … & the cover-up that persisted for 100 years.
Nguyen Phan Que Mai
A sweeping tale of one family's shifting fortunes in Vietnam over half a century.
Sierra Crane Murdoch
An eye-opening view of the oil economy and Native Americans.
Cahterine Steadman
A body on a beach, a clue written on his hand…but to what? His identity? Or something more sinister?
Jennifer Rosen
A mother & her child-prodigy daughter struggle to survive the Holocaust by telling stories and remembering the power of music.
Melissa Albert
A worthy sequel to Albert's immersive Hazel Wood series. This one in NYC.
Colleen Oakley
A married woman meets the man of (in) her dreams and must decide what to do. Are the two meant to be together?
November 16, 2019_________________________←BACK to our newest list
Bill Bryson
An informative, engaging, and often funny guided tour of the human body.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
What's not to love about this astrophysicist? He even takes time to answer his fan mail.
Heather Morris
From Auschwitz to a Siberian prisoner camp, Cilka must learn to find good in humanity, joy in life… and love above all.
From a scrappy childhood to the height of fame, Elton John reveals his life and some of his deepest secrets.
Lisa Jewell
Bodies are found in the attic of a mansion: why? Then the estranged children return, & dark secrets come out.
Helen Phillips
A masked intruder upends the life of a mother, prompting her to question her life and ask … is any of this is even real.
Talia Hibbert
A life-time chronic condition, a list for living, a hunky guy, and a smart, funny heroine that you can't help but love.
Margaret Wilkerson
Five generations after slavery, their ascent to freedom is reimagined by strong women with a magical gift.
Susannah Cahalan
A psychiatrist sends an under-cover team into an asylum.
Erin Morgenstern
A timeless love story set in a secret underground world of pirates, lovers, liars, & ships that sail upon a starless sea.
Carmen Maria Machado
A haunting memoir in which Machado reveals the mental and physical abuse she was subjected to by her girlfriend.
Caitlin Doughty
Everyone's favorite mortician this time answers questions from children about death.
October 15, 2019________________________← BACK to our newest list
Ronan Farrow
Uncovering the Harvey Weinstein scandal.
Jojo Moyes
Based on a true story, five women, "the Packhorse Librarians," take literature into the hills of Kentucky.
Jokha Alaharthi
♦ Man Booker Prize
An arranged marriage, a child, Omani history, and the winds of change.
Stephen Chbosky
A boy and his mother, fleeing abuse, find evil elsewhere, lurking in the woods. Stephen King would be proud.
Cara Wall
Co-pastors of a NYC church in 1963: two couples, wildly different, must come to grips with faith and culture.
Amaryliss Fox
A thrilling memoir of 10 years spent in covert ops with the CIA … & finally calling it quits.
Julia Phillips
The disappearance of twin girls shakes a rural culture on the most northeastern edge of the Russian continent.
Leigh Bardugo
At the top of her form, Bardugo releases her 1st adult fantasy to raves. This one takes place in the secret societies of Yale.
Olga Tokarczuk
♦ Nobel Prize
A mystical detective novel set in a remote Polish village.
Kevin Wilson
Twins with a habit of bursting into flames whenever they're upset. Lillian, their governess, takes them on.
Andre Aciman
Ten years after parting ways, two men, once lovers & now on different continents, seek to find one another.
Salman Rushdie
incomparable Rushdie bases his newest on Don Quixote; today's windmills are the vacuities of American culture.
September 9, 2019_____________________ ←BACK to our newest list
Soren Sveistrup
A serial killer in Denmark targets young mothers as part of a complex scheme. Terrifically scary.
Alix E. Harrow
A young girl finds that written words have the power to open doors, which lead to new worlds and new discoveries.
Lucy Ellman
A mother of 4 in Ohio contemplates her kids, cat, 'fridge– all in a constant tumble & flow of words.
Margaret Atwood
The long-hoped-for sequel to The Handmaid's Tale. Now 15 years later, the foundations of Gilead begin to tremble.
Ann Patchett
A grand house & the family who lives in it: a brother & sister displaced by a cruel stepmother.
William Kent Krueger
Four children escape down the Minnesota River, finding friends, evading foes, and searching for home.
Elizabeth
She's baaaaack! Olive Kitteridge reenters our lives and those of Crosby, Maine. Rave reviews.
Ben Lerner
The story of a family, its struggles and its strengths, and the challenge of raising a good son in a culture of toxic masculinity.
Jacqueline Woodson
A teen pregnancy pulls two Brooklyn families together, exposing disappointments, hopes & longings.
Ta-Neishi Coates
A young slave boy is endowed with magical powers which, after his escape, he puts to use in the underground railroad.
Lara Prescott
The thrilling but true tale of secretaries turned spies, who smuggle Doctor Zhivago out of the USSR.
Alex North
A serial killer has been locked up for 10 years, so who is mimicking his M.O? And who could have taken 6-year-old Neil Spencer?
Kantor and Twohey
The gripping account of the two reporters who outed Harvey Weinstein.
Alice Hoffman
Berlin, 1941: Ettie, daughter of a rabbi, creates a magical golem to protect young Lea, while Etti herself heads for the resistance.
August 14, 2019____________________________ ←BACK to our newest list
Jami Attenberg
As the brutish father dies, a family struggles to make sense of its past—& come to terms with its present.
J. Ryan Stradal
A family inheritance tears two Minnesota sisters apart—but years later, there may be a chance to make amends.
Christy Lefteri
Fleeing war in Syria, a couple undertakes a perilous journey to find peace in their life and hope in their marriage.
Joshilyn Jackson
Amy Whey's sins come back to haunt her when she's extorted for money by a glamorous stranger.
Karl Marlantes
A breathtaking family saga of Finnish immigrants settling in the old-growth forests of the American Northwest.
Casey McQuiston
What if the half-Mexican son of the first female US president fell in love with Prince Henry, England’s heir?
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing journey in this dark Mexican fairy tale.
Alisha Rai
Two rival dating-app creators find themselves at odds in the boardroom but in sync in the bedroom.
Kiri Jane Buxton
A romp through a zombie Apocalypse, with a foul-mouthed crow as our guide and narrator.
Kate Hewitt
Two women befriend one another at a lake house. But one carries a secret that could changes their lives forever.
Ibram X. Kendi
A combination of ethics, history, law, and science with the author's own story of awakening to antiracism.
Katherine Center
Cassie is a firefighter with a passion for saving lives. But can she rescue herself from her own emotional fortress?
Tea Obreht
Arizona Territory, 1893: Two remarkable lives collide in a magical epic journey. Camels included.
Ruth Ware
A nanny alone, a house that appears haunted, and children who aren’t quite what they seem.
Jun/Jul 2019____________________________←BACK to our newest list
Abbi Waxman
Introvert Nina learns she has a huge extended family–& they all want to meet her… Oh nooooo!!
Erica Bauermeister
Emmeline's talent for identifying scents aids her in a journey of self-discovery once she leaves her remote childhood home.
Elizabrth Gilbert
In the 1940s, Vivian heads to glitzy NYC, where she learns far, far more than she ever bargained for.
Marjan Kamali
In 1953, Roya's hopes of marrying Bahman are dashed when he disappears during the Iranian coup d'etat. What happened to him?
Linda Holmes
A funny, charming rom-com in which long-time friends find love and new beginnings.
Kilagraff and Hardstack
The popular My Favorite Murder podcasters share their personal struggles and deepest fears.
Margaret Renkl
A gorgeous memoir of family loss and the consolations of beauty & death in the natural world.
Lisa Taddeo
A riveting true story about the sex lives of three very different American women, based on nearly a decade of reporting
Colson Whitehead
Based on the real story of a reform school in Florida that warped the lives of 1000s of children.
Robert MacFarlane
An extraordinary journey in "deep time" — exploring what lies beneath both the natural world and ancient civilizations.
Blake Couch
A force sweeping the world threatens not only minds but the very fabric of time itself. Thrilling sci-fi.
Christina Lauren
They're not married & can't stand one another. But when a chance for a free honeymoon crops up, what's there to lose?
Jennifer Chiaverini
An intimate, historical tale of four women who do what they can to help the resistance in Germany.
Chandler Baker
A new boss takes over. But whispers surround the way he's treated women for years. A bitterly funny, bracing, & timely thriller.
May 20, 2019________________________← BACK to our newest list
Mary Beth Keane
Friendship between two families is breached when tragedy occurs. About the power of forgiveness.
Casey Cep
A series of rural Alabama murders inspired Harper Lee to write again, years after To Kill a Mockingbird.
Kim Michele Richardson
An indomitable librarian travels by pack horse to deliver books during the Great Depression.
Sarah Blake
Past mistakes & betrayals ripple through generations of a privileged American family, that used to "run the world."
Helen Hoang
A young Vietnamese woman travels to America hoping to find a husband and a better life.
Hanna Jameson
A historian documents his days hiding out in a Swiss hotel after a nuclear war… when the body of a young girl is found.
Erika Swyler
A town falls into a sinkhole in time, and a spacecraft prepares a planet for colonization race to fix their life support system.
Louis Bayard
The courtship of Mary Todd and Abe Lincoln in this delightful new take on American history.
Sally Hepworth
When a family matriarch dies unexpectedly, evidence points to possible homicide… and too many family members with motives.
Joanne Ramos
Set in a luxurious secret facility where women who need money bear children for the wealthy.
Helen Ellis
Humorous, even hilarious, essays on southern etiquette and traditions from an Alabamian now living in NYC.
Julie Orringer
American journalist Varian Fry’s helps famous artists out of Nazi-occupied France.
Sofia Purnell
The book's subtitle says it all: "The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II." A Gripping story of a true hero.
April 20, 2019_________________________ ← BACK to our newest list
Trent Dalton
A wonderful tale of a boy’s coming of age in 1980s Australia–infused with crime, magic & fate.
Martha Hall Kelly
A prequel to the author's beloved Lilac Girls. Set on the cusp of WW I–fleeing the collapse of Russia & the Romanov family.
Steven Rowley
A young writer meets his new editor–who's none other than Jackie Kennedy Onassis! Whoa…
Lori Gottlieb
A gaze into the process of psychotherapy while the author battles her own demons.
Tracey Gravis Graves
A woman on the autism spectrum bumps into an old sweetheart, sparking hope for something more.
Angie Kim
A web of lies surrounds a fatal fire at an unusual treatment facility in this courtroom drama. Learning & page-turning in one book.
Meredith May
A moving memoir of how helping her grandfather tend his beehives helped a troubled girl survive.
Sally Rooney
A young Irish couple gets together, splits up, gets together, splits up…but no spoilers here. Humor and insight throughout.
Mary Laura Philpott
Musings on the ups & downs of life as a mother-wife-career woman. Big-hearted & funny.
Isabella Hammad
The life of one man against the stormy backdrop of Palestine in the final years of British occupation. Big, beautiful, packed.
Candice Carty-Williams
The life and loves of Queenie Jenkins, a vibrant, troubled 25-year-old Jamaican Brit who is not having a very good year.
Lydia Fitzpatrick
Devoted brothers, a world apart, (Russia & the US) are enmeshed in a mystery.
Susan Choi
First love for high school drama students twists into something much darker; Choi has won big kudos for this work.
Nell Freudenberg
An MIT physicist gets a text from her dead best friend. Big issues, yet smart and witty.
Miriam Toews
Sexually abused Mennonite women gather to talk about their options–the 1st time any have ever spoken up for themselves.
March 20, 2019________________________←BACK to our newest list
Annie Ward
A psychological thriller that begins with a 911 call from a couple with a 3-year-old son.
Mark Synnott
The true story of a young man who climbed 3,000 feet of a sheer rock face–and stunned the world.
Peter Swanson
A twisty, fast-paced thriller depicting picket-fence suburbia's seamy, murderous underside.
Lisa See
Set on Korea's Jeju Island, where women divers, called the Haenyeo, risk their lives in hard physical labor. A tale of young friendship.
G. Willow Wilson
A swashbuckling fantasy novel amid an epic clash between cultures during the Spanish Inquisition.
Nickolas Butler
A family is ripped apart and nearly destroyed when one of its own becomes involved with a radical church.
Anissa Gray
A trio of sisters reel from a criminal conviction in this moving debut.
Andrea Bartz
A woman must confront gaps in her memory as she investigates the death of best friend a decade earlier.
Helen Oyeyemi
A novel set in the land of fairy tales that riffs on "Hansel and Gretel" … without the breadcrumbs.
Lucy Foley
Old friends gather in a English manse… but one turns up dead. Agatha would be thrilled.
Patrick Radden Keefe
A gripping account of a murder and its aftermath when peace finally comes to Belfast.
Kate Quinn
A Nazi "Huntress" commits unspeakable war crimes then vanishes in the postwar chaos.
Frances Liardet
In WWII England, a childless woman discovers joy after she begins caring for a young girl. A beautiful story of love and loss.
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Rosella Postorino
Haunting story of young women forced to protect Hitler…by testing his food for poison every day.
Susan Meissner
Two girls meet in a US internment camp during WWII. Eventually separated, they spend decades searching for one another.
Charlie Jane Anders
Exiled from the city on planet January, Sophie befriends an unusual species.
Jane Harper
Three brothers in the Australian Outback: one is found dead–by his own hand … or not. Deeply buried secrets begin to surface.
Taylor Jenkins Reid
A rock band–headed by beautiful & talented Daisy Jones–breaks up, & we learn why.
The River
Peter Heller
Camping, two young men feel the force of nature–a rampaging forest fire and a heated domestic dispute. It all means trouble.
William Boyle
An unlikely trio of women band together to escape the clutches of the mob. A screwball crime noir!
Lynda Cohen Loigman
Estranged sisters, burdened with their own shocking secrets, are reunited at the Springfield Armory in the early days of WWII.
Claire Adam
Set in Trinidad, a father must make a devastating choice regarding his twin sons.
Anne Griffin
At the bar of a grand hotel sits 84-year-old Maurice. Pull up a stool & refresh your drink: we're about to hear his remarkable story.
Elinor Lipman
Daphne tosses out her late mother's old year book, unleashing a series of crazy events.
Glendy Vanderah
A mysterious girl, a researcher in rural illinois, & a reclusive neighbor learn to love and trust again.
Jillian Cantor
A blend of historical and science fiction: it's WWII, & two young people fall in love in Germany.
Etaf Rum
Three generations of Palestinian-American women are torn between individual desire & the strict mores of Arab culture.
February 15, 2019______________________← BACK to our newest list
Whitney Scharer
The tumultuous story of photographers Man Ray & Lee Miller, former model, in 1930s Paris.
Valeria Luiselli
A remarkable fictional take on families trying to enter the U.S. Intimate, intelligent & emotional.
Lauren Wilkinson
An African-American intelligence agent takes part in a real-life African coup d’etat 30 years ago.
Pam Jenoff
Based on real-life WW II history: a team of British female spies dropped behind Nazi lines in German occupied Europe.
Marion James
An African "Game of Thrones" fantasy in which a missing boy may be heir to a fabled kingdom.
Jill Santopolo
A hotel heiress takes care of her dying father and discovers his deepest held secrets. A tale of self-discovery for Nina.
Elizabeth McCracken
Whimsical take on an odd-ball group of people who adore one another and adore bowling.
Chanel Cleeton
In Havana, a Cuban-American woman discovers a long hidden family secret–leading to a new understanding of her true self.
Jasper Fforde
Richly detailed, humorous dystopia about most of Wales hibernating through the harsh, wild Winter.
Yangsze Choo
A young houseboy and a dressmaker's apprentice are drawn into a mystery in 1930s Malaya. Sumptuous & riveting.
Dana Czapnik
A teen basketball player, smart, talented & female, struggles to grow up in NYC in 1993.
Josie Silver
A lovely, propulsive romance about two people, missed connections at love, and final chances. Read it any time of year.
The riveting tale of a dancer turned anorexic now fighting for her life.
Alex Michaelides
A wife mysteriously shoots her husband–then refuses to utter another word. But a pyschologist believes he can win her over.
Heidi Perks
Bone-chilling work of psychological suspense in which a woman loses her best friend's daughter.
Sejal Badani
After a miscarriage, a journalist heads to India to learn about her remarkable grandmother and a family legacy.
Tara Conklin
A sweeping yet intimate epic about an American family: reminiscent of Ian McEwan's Atonement.
Megan Collins
When a woman heads home to help her ailing mother, she must come to grips with the death of her sister 16 years earlier.
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Emma Rous
A strange photo causes Seraphine to wonder about her identity & the family's deepest secrets.
Tessa Hadley
The death of one man has a devastating impact on his wife and the couple who have been dear friends for years.
Larry Loftis
Reads like a thriller.
Marie Benedict
A novel based on the true story of film star Hedy Lamarr and her brilliant invention to help the U.S. war effort.
Tim Johnston
A young woman turns Nancy Drew after losing her friend in an accident. But was it an accident?
Lyndsay Faye
In 1921 a white woman flees the mob & the East Coast, finding refuge in a hotel for people of color in Portland, Oregon.
Susan Conley
An American expat in China attends a retreat to try to cope with old hurts and losses.
Gytha Lodge
A teen girl went missing; 30 years later her body turns up & a small-town cop is determined to find the truth.
Jessica Berry
A woman with a secret survives a plane crash only to be stalked by a ruthless killer.
Sophie Mackintosh
A dystopic fantasy about three sisters on an isolated island, raised to fear men. And then a boy and 2 men wash ashore …
Sarah Moss
A teen joins a group enacting life in the iron age but fears enactment of that age's brutality.
Chris Cander
Two women and the piano that inexorably ties their lives together through time and across continents.
Helen Haong
An autistic woman takes a methodical approach to learning about sex but gets a lesson in love.
Katherine Arden
Last in the series of The Bear and The Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower—a trilogy critics have called "bewitching."
January 10, 2019_______________________← BACK to our newest list
Laura Sims
A woman whose obsession with the beautiful actress on her block drives her to the edge.
Caroline Hulse
An ex-husband and wife holiday together with their partners and daughter. What could go wrong?
Stephanie Land
A single mother struggles in poverty to raise her daugher while working for well-off clients.
Karen Thompson Walker
An ordinary town is transformed by a mysterious illness that triggers perpetual sleep.
Taylor Adams
Four strangers, a blizzard, a kidnapped child, and a young woman desperate to outwit a vicious psychopath.
Madhuri Vijay
A young Indian woman sets out for a Himalayan village in the troubled region of Kashmir.
Diane Setterfield
A powerful novel about the disappearance of three little girls and its devastating effect on their small town.
Jennifer Robson
Two women befriend one another as they create the gown for Prince Elizabeth's wedding to Philip.
Mesha Maren
A 35-year-old woman, newly released from prison, sets out with her girl friend to return to her home in West Virginia.
Jill Lepore
An engaging (and long) history of the U.S. and its difficulty in living up to the promise of equal rights for all citizens.
Mindy Mejia
A thriller about the strange disappearance of a boy and his return 10 years later.
Lisa Jewell
A murder shocks residents of a wealthy English village where everyone seems to watch everyone else.