The Goldfinch

Young Theo’s mother dies in a terrible tragedy at a museum.  Theo’s life afterwards gets… complicated.  Told with all the attention to detail, vivid prose, and compelling characterization you’d expect […]

Gather at the River

This anthology of fishing stories by SO MANY NYT Best-selling authors is not just for those seeking the big catch, but for anyone who wants to feel connected to humanity. […]

Night Circus

A writer (who might or might not be Kathy Acker) is getting married. She is afraid of marriage, and love, and social norms. The world is falling apart. She is […]

Crudo

A writer (who might or might not be Kathy Acker) is getting married. She is afraid of marriage, and love, and social norms. The world is falling apart. She is […]

Life After Life

Great for curious thread-followers. This novel of twisted time first asks the question–what if you could stop evil before it happens? It goes on to examine the infinite shifts and […]

Unbroken

Louis Zamperini’s true tale of resilience is unlike any you’ve heard before. Olympian-turned-soldier, Zamperini is pushed to the limits of endurance. His is a story of tragedy and triumph and […]

World War Z

This book is not at all like the movie! It takes place waayyy after the zombie apocalypse, and slowly pieces the story together as one government official travels around the […]

Dracul

Vampire lovers everywhere need to read this prequel to Dracula! You’ll get SUCKED into the tale of a young Bram Stoker, his family, and their mysterious nanny. Scary in the […]

The Secret History

Five young (elite-college-going) adultes in a cult-like group commit murder. This info is no secret (you learn this is chapter 1). And yet… the characters are compelling, it is not […]

The Arrangement

Great for food loving history buffs. MFK Fisher was arguably the mother of modern food writing. Sensuous, beautiful, and lusty on the page, her own life was full of appetite […]