fiction
1
starside
Alex Aster
Aris traverses a realm of magic and immortals, where she faces dangers as she seeks to avenge her family’s death.
2
the night we met
Abby Jimenez
Larissa makes a choice after a concert to ride home with Chris’s best friend, which may cause life-changing results.
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
the keeper
Tana French
The third book in the Cal Hooper series. Old feuds are reignited when a girl who was to be betrothed is found dead in a remote Irish village.
5
judge stone
Viola Davis and James Patterson
Judge Mary Stone oversees an ethically complex case in her courtroom in Union Springs, Ala.
6
upward bound
Woody Brown
At an adult daycare center for Los Angeles’s disabled community, the clients and staff navigate where they are in life.
7
between two fires
Christopher Buehlman
In 1348, a disgraced knight shepherds an orphan of the Black Death and winds up on a battlefield of conflicting forces.
8
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.
9
rain of shadows and endings
Melissa K. Roehrich
Tessalyn Asura fights against her designation to serve a dark kingdom.
10
this kingdom will not kill me
Ilona Andrews
Maggie wakes up inside a world from a dark fantasy series she has been reading and must navigate her way through it.
11
kin
Tayari Jones
Vernice and Annie, two neighbors without mothers in Louisiana, go on divergent paths in life and are brought back together by tragedy.
12
the dungeon anarchist's cookbook
Matt Dinniman
The third book in the "Dungeon Crawler Carl" series. Carl and Donut are up against a subway system filled with monsters.
13
my husband's wife
Alice Feeney
In an old house in a seaside town, things may not be what they appear to be.
14
the gate of the feral gods
Matt Dinniman
The fourth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Obstacles abound on the fifth floor of the dungeon.
15
the widow
John Grisham
When Simon Latch, a lawyer in rural Virginia, is accused of murder, he goes in search of the real killer.
nonfiction
1
phases
Brandy with Gerrick Kennedy
The actress and Grammy Award-winning musician shares some of her early struggles and her rise to fame.
2
strangers
Belle Burden
Burden retraces her marriage of 20 years in search of clues to help shape her understanding about its demise and to find a way forward.
3
stripped down
Bunnie Xo
The host of the “Dumb Blonde Podcast” shares how redemption was an important part of her journey toward reaching her goals.
4
a world appears
Michael Pollan
The author of “This Is Your Mind on Plants” explores several perspectives on consciousness.
5
the infinity machine
Sebastian Mallaby
A biography of the British artificial intelligence researcher and entrepreneur Demis Hassabis.
6
apple
David Pogue
The CBS “Sunday Morning” correspondent chronicles the first 50 years of the tech company.
7
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.
8
poems & prayers
Matthew McConaughey
The actor and author of “Greenlights” explores elements of belief and reason that make up our lives.
9
stand
Cory Booker
The Democratic senator from New Jersey overviews our nation's struggles and divisions past and present, and shares his views on potential remedies.
10
arsenio
Arsenio Hall with Alan Eisenstock
The comedian and former late-night TV host details his career and his decision to walk away from it.
11
metropolitans
A.M. Gittlitz
A co-host of the “This Wreckage” podcast depicts the history of the New York Mets franchise within the context of political and cultural changes.
12
kids, wait till you hear this!
Liza Minnelli, as told to Michael Feinstein, with Josh Getlin and Heidi Evans
The EGOT icon shares some of the highs and lows of her life and career.
13
you with the sad eyes
Christina Applegate
The Emmy Award-winning actress, who received a multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 2021, shares personal stories.
14
when the forest breathes
Suzanne Simard
The author of "Finding the Mother Tree" looks at the impact human interventions have on the growth and longevity of forests.
15
everything is tuberculosis
John Green
The author of “The Anthropocene Reviewed” chronicles the fight against the deadly infectious disease tuberculosis.