In this final installment of her Brown Sisters trilogy, Hibbert turns the focus on youngest sister, Eve. Unlike her older sisters, Eve hasn't yet found her path in life. But it's certainly not for lack of trying. She's tried a lot.…
A young Irish woman falls for a beautiful guy and gradually gives up most of her social life (and her considerable love of the drink) to be with him. Aside from his occasional grumpiness, fussiness and tendency towards control, the main…
Each story in this debut collection of short stories from Anthony Veasna So is like a song that effortlessly shifts from major to minor keys, expressing both the melancholy of generational trauma and immigrant life as well as richly…
Tiya Miles's All That She Carried is a magical book. This National Book Award-winning family history concerns the survival of a sack that was used to carry grains during slavery. The sack, though only an object, an artifact, was passed…
In this investigation which began as a series of long-form articles for the New York Times, Pulitzer winner Stockman follows three American steelworkers after the Indianapolis ball bearing factory they worked at moved its operations to…
Living on our human-centered planet can be stressful, beautiful, devastating, and wonderful all at once, especially while you're living through a pandemic. John Green manages to capture all those complex, intertwined emotions in this…
Qian, a Yale-graduated attorney, introduces herself as a young girl along with her family who lived in New York during the 1990s as undocumented immigrants in her memoir. If you are unfamiliar with the lives of immigrants or the…
After moving to the west of Ireland, Alice meets a warehouse worker named Simon on a dating app. They hit it off, but Simon's behavior becomes somewhat strange after he learns she's a highly successful novelist. In Dublin, Alice's friend…
In the latest novel from Powers (after the Pulitzer-winning The Overstory), an astrophysicist named Theo is grieving the loss of his wife Aly while struggling as a single parent to raise his son Robin, who is also struggling with the loss.…
Henry Louis Gates, the literary scholar, historian, filmmaker, and New York Times bestselling author of Stony the Road, provides a recollection of how the Black church has molded and transformed the African American experience from slavery…
Lady Sesily Talbot has always been the most scandalous of her sisters. And while they've all settled down with husbands and children, Sesily knows that is not the path for her. So, when given the opportunity to join a group of fellow…
American painter Winfred Rembert (who passed away in 2021) relates his life story in this stunningly beautiful book. Told in short chapters and written in relatable prose, the book relates the experience of growing up in the segregated…
Author Richard Chizmar (co-author with Stephen King of Gwendy's Button Box) plays with the boundaries between fiction and true crime in his new novel. In this seemingly nonfiction account complete with black and white photos throughout,…
Something is lurking in Chicago, something primal and evil. It stalks children by night, sowing confusion and fear wherever it goes. Chicago Police Detective Lauren Medina has seen many terrible things in her life, both on the force and in…
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (The Empress of Salt and Fortune) finds all the little crevices in The Great Gatsby where imagination can run wild and fills them with lore, mysteriousness, and enchantment through the perspective of…
Rose and Aki are daughters of Japanese immigrant parents who settled in Los Angeles County and lead a mostly happy, fortunate life until they are forced into the Manzanar internment camp after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Rose is first to…
Doerr's first novel since 2014's beloved All the Light We Cannot See is an epic, page-turning suite of stories that span from ancient history into the future. Where Doerr's previous novel had a child protagonist, his latest offers several.…
Musician, director, and author Michelle Zauner has taken the literary year by storm and rightfully so. Crying in Hmart opens up with Zauner doing just that- crying in an Hmart food court as she connects with the memories of her mother…
In this richly detailed historical fiction debut, Davidson tells the story of the Gundersen family, living in the redwood-abundant Pacific Northwest of the 1970s. Rich and Colleen and their son Chub are deeply embedded in logging culture,…
Set in modern-day Argentina, Mariana Enriquez's horror-driven short story collection is not for the faint of heart and may even be triggering for some readers. In this newly translated collection (but written prior to Things We Lost in the…