2/8/2026

fiction
1
twelve months
Jim Butcher
The 18th book in the Dresden Files series. Chicago’s only professional wizard faces various dangers and becomes betrothed.
2
half his age
Jennette McCurdy
A 17-year-old named Waldo has an inexplicable attraction to her creative writing teacher.
3
the correspondent
Virginia Evans
Letters from someone she used to know push Sybil Van Antwerp toward revisiting her past and finding a way to forgive.
4
my husband's wife
Alice Feeney
In an old house in a seaside town, things may not be what they appear to be.
5
the things we leave unfinished
Rebecca Yarros
After a divorce, Georgia Stanton returns to Colorado and tries to protect her great-grandmother’s incomplete manuscript.
6
the widow
John Grisham
When Simon Latch, a lawyer in rural Virginia, is accused of murder, he goes in search of the real killer.
7
the first time i saw him
Laura Dave
Hannah’s husband turns up five years after he disappeared, which forces her to go on the run with her daughter.
8
the secret of secrets
Dan Brown
As he searches for the missing noetic scientist he has been seeing, Robert Langdon discovers something regarding a secret project.
9
alchemised
SenLinYu
After the war, an imprisoned alchemist is sent to a necromancer to recover her lost memories.
10
anatomy of an alibi
Ashley Elston
Two women enact a plan to uncover truths a man may have been hiding, but things go awry when he is found murdered.
11
the intruder
Freida McFadden
During a rough storm, Casey puts herself in danger when she lets a girl, who is covered in blood, into her cabin.
12
brimstone
Callie Hart
The second book in the Fae & Alchemy series. To save those close to them, Saeris and Fisher face a new set of dangers.
13
the elsewhere express
Samantha Sotto Yambao
A magical train appears to lost souls who find it is full of wonders but also danger.
14
carl's doomsday scenario
Matt Dinniman
The second book in the "Dungeon Crawler Carl" series. Carl and Donut confront an ancient spell and heightened dangers.
15
the devil's daughter
Danielle Steel
In an effort to reconcile, the estranged sisters Mickie and Billie try to overcome their different personalities and difficult family history.
nonfiction
1
the invisible coup
Peter Schweizer
The author of “Blood Money” puts forward his argument that mass migration is a political weapon.
2
football
Chuck Klosterman
The author of “The Nineties” considers the ways in which the sport has impacted American life.
3
1929
Andrew Ross Sorkin
The New York Times journalist and CNBC host looks at the fight between Washington and Wall Street that fueled a historic crash of the stock market.
4
nobody's girl
Virginia Roberts Giuffre
The late activist and advocate for sex-trafficking survivors describes her time with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
5
the anxious generation
Jonathan Haidt
A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the mental health impacts that a phone-based life has on children.
6
how to test negative for stupid
John Kennedy
The Republican senator from Louisiana shares stories about politics in Washington, D.C., and in his home state.
7
the other side of change
Maya Shankar
The cognitive scientist and host of the podcast "A Slight Change of Plans" posits ways to redefine upheavals.
8
junglekeeper
Paul Rosolie
A conservationist and explorer gives an account of his time spent in the Amazon rainforest.
9
outlive
Peter Attia with Bill Gifford
A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
10
one day, everyone will have always been against this
Omar El Akkad
In his nonfiction debut, El Akkad looks at how the West responds to mass suffering.
11
everything is tuberculosis
John Green
The author of “The Anthropocene Reviewed” chronicles the fight against the deadly infectious disease tuberculosis.
12
black af history
Michael Harriot
A columnist at TheGrio.com articulates moments in American history that center the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.
13
the gales of november
John U. Bacon
An account of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, an American Great Lakes freighter, 50 years ago.
14
when breath becomes air
Paul Kalanithi
A memoir by a physician who received a diagnosis of Stage IV lung cancer at the age of 36.
15
poems & prayers
Matthew McConaughey
The actor and author of “Greenlights” explores elements of belief and reason that make up our lives.