Summer Reads

A richly imagined story of unexpected love, independence, and belonging – The Morning Gift is a classic WWII romance from Eva Ibbotson, with an introduction from Sarra Manning.Eighteen-year-old Ruth lives in the sparkling city of Vienna with her family,...

(Available after September 30th, 2022)From the author of Cottonmouths, a Los Angeles Review Best Book of 2017, comes an evocative suspense about the cost of keeping secrets and the dangers of coming home.   Beneath the roiling waters of the Arkansas...

WHAT IS “NORMAL”? WHAT IS “RIGHT”? AND WHO GETS TO DECIDE? To be a content moderator is to see humanity at its worst—but Kayleigh needs money. So she takes a job working for a social media platform whose name she isn’t allowed to mention. Her task:...

A timely, twisty new thriller from the author of After the Silence, Idol explores the duplicitous world of online influencers and celebrity lifestyle cults through a disputed account of a teenage sexual awakening that goes viral. 'Follow your heart...

(Available after August 30th, 2022)A teen girl must bring together two broken worlds in order to save her nation in this lush, Filipino-inspired young adult fantasy novel from debut author Elisa A. Bonnin.“Be dauntless, for the hopes of the People...

(Available after August 30th, 2022)"The best kind of story—one that will both break your heart and scare the hell out of you." —Jennifer McMahon, New York Times bestselling author of The Children on the Hill   If you can hear the call of the water, It's...

“The Witchery is a dark, delicious delight. S. Isabelle is a debut to watch.” —Justina Ireland, New York Times bestselling author of Dread Nation     The Haunting Season is here and the Wolves are awake.   Haelsford, Florida, is a hellmouth. Or at least,...

Dickinson meets Booksmart with a dash of Little Women in Infamous, a Regency-era romantic comedy with a deliciously feminist twist, from Lex Croucher, the author of Reputation.Twenty-two-year-old aspiring writer Edith (“Eddie”) Miller and her best friend...

(Available after 3-20 days)Life is tough when you're an eldritch abomination.Trillin isn't technically a person. She's a tiny breakaway piece of consciousness from the all-devouring Endless, doomed to eventually rejoin it. But when a human witch stumbles...

The first book in a dark fantasy YA duology by Rose Szabo, the author of What Big Teeth, about the power and danger of stories and the untold costs of keeping magic alive, perfect for fans of Rory Power and Marie Rutkoski.In River City, where magic used...

Two teen vigilantes set off on an action-packed investigation to expose corruption and deliver justice in Valiant Ladies, Melissa Grey's YA historical fiction novel inspired by real seventeenth century Latinx teenagers known as the Valiant Ladies of...

Named a 2022 People Magazine best book of the summer!A riveting Harlem Renaissance Mystery featuring Louise Lloyd, a young Black woman working in a hot new speakeasy when she gets caught up in a murder that hits too close to home...Harlem, 1927...

An irresistible, funny, sharply observed debut novel in which two roommates, and two sisters, will learn that sometimes family—and love—find you in the most unexpected places Hazel and Alfie have just moved in together as roommates. They've also just...

(Available after August 30th, 2022)“Readers will be on the edge of their seats…. A brilliant tale of resistance, courage and ultimately hope.” –Kelly Rimmer, New York Times bestselling author of The Warsaw OrphanFrom the New York Times bestselling author...

For three women in postwar Germany, 1945 is a time of hope—lost and found—in this powerful novel by the bestselling author of The Woman on the Orient Express.   Just weeks after World War II ends, three women from different corners of the world arrive in...

From New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende, “a magical and sweeping” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) love story and multigenerational epic that stretches from San Francisco in the present-day to Poland and the United States during World...

New York Times and worldwide bestselling author Isabel Allende returns with a sweeping novel that journeys from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil.An instant New York Times bestseller, In the Midst of Winter is...

The final installment of Isabel Allende's celebrated trilogy of the journeys of Jaguar and Eagle soars with radiant settings, spirits, beings, and the transformation of an extraordinary friendship, as Alexander and Nadia embark on mission in Kenya that...

A passionate tale of love, freedom, and conquest from the New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende.   Born into a poor family in Spain, Inés Suárez, finds herself condemned to a life of poverty without opportunity as...

One of the American Planning Association's most popular and influential books is finally in paperback, with a new preface from the author on how thinking about parking has changed since this book was first published. In this no-holds-barred treatise,...