Harari follows up his worldwide-bestselling books about humanity's history (Sapiens) and future (Homo Deus) with a book about our present. Like the many writers of post-apocalyptic fiction, historian Harari warns us that humanity faces major…
In a future time, space exploration is closely controlled by an organization known only as the Company. All expeditions must be arranged, approved, and provisioned by them, including security units. One such SecUnit, who secretly refers to itself as…
In 1980, a Sex Pistols concert broadcast from a British military radio show kicked off a revolution in East Germany. A handful of teenagers sparked a movement that stood up to a dictatorship and showed bravery in a time when conformity was not just…
Told from multiple women's perspectives, Pinborough's latest is a thriller layered with secrets. Lisa is an overprotective parent thinking about getting back in the dating game with a successful client. Ava, her daughter, is a busy teenager with a…
We meet Buddhist Nicole Hennessy, who has been studying for ten years under a manipulative Zen master, just before she prepares to relocate from her hometown of Boston to New York City. As she gets settled in her new home and struggles to adopt…
Millet's latest is a clever and darkly entertaining collection of interlinked short stories (her first collection was a Pulitzer finalist). At the center is Nina, a real estate agent who works in Los Angeles. It's a rich set-up, and the author makes…
DeWitt's latest follows the life of widowed socialite Frances Price as she and her grown son, Malcolm, flee New York for Paris in an attempt to escape scandal and regroup after news of their imminent bankruptcy. As they cruise across the Atlantic…
Set in Bogotá during the reign of Pablo Escobar, when kidnappings are a norm, this engaging story follows two young girls, their privileged family and a live-in maid from a guerrilla-occupied slum. The alternating narratives of Chula and Petrona…
Abbott continues to turn tired suspense fiction tropes on their heads and to offer up complex female protagonists in this dark tale about rivalry and female rage. Kit and Diane are two bright students who share a friendship as teenagers until Diane…
David Small, a celebrated illustrator of children's books, follows up his acclaimed memoir for adults, Stitches, with this powerful graphic novel set in the 1950s. After his parents divorce, teenager Russell moves with his troubled father to rural…
The last great frontier of exploration may not be distant solar systems but rather the six inches between your ears. Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma) seems to think so. In his new book, Pollan delivers the most current medical research on…
If you're not a fan of fantasy fiction, don't let the titular mermaid scare you off of this story of a lonely merchant whose life is turned upside-down when he comes into possession of a mermaid. First-time novelist Gowar's Georgian-era London is so…
Sociologist Klineberg wrote the classic Chicago book Heat Wave in the 90s when he had just embarked on his field of study. Now he's back with a fascinating new book that reports on two decades worth of research. Pundits often point out that social…
Brooks's decision to leave her child in the car while quickly running into a store, which led to criminal charges against her, provides the framework for her perceptive book on parenting in today's culture of fear. Brooks explores the culture of…
A longtime writer for TV's The Simpsons, Mike Reis brings us this joke-filled history of television's longest running sitcom. From the earliest days of the Tracey Ullman show to the present-day Apu controversy, Reiss gives a hilarious look at the…
DC Cat Kinsella doesn't have the best relationship with her father: he's a criminal, she's a copper. She suspects he had something to do with the disappearance of a teenage girl when she was a child. Then a murdered body shows up near the pub he…
In fiction, there's always a bad twin for every good twin. But in this book, being the bad twin means living an inferior life. If you've ever had to live up to an impossible sibling, you'll understand the struggle of the main character Auben, who…
Kya Clark, better known as "Marsh Girl" to the locals of her small coastal town in North Carolina, finds herself suddenly in trouble. After trying all of her life to stay out of the public eye, she now finds herself being accused of murder by the…
