Summer Reads

Finalist for the National Book Award for PoetryWinner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection“[Smith's] poems are enriched to the point of volatility, but they pay out, often, in sudden joy.”—The New YorkerAward-winning poet Danez Smith is a...

(Available after August 30th, 2022) Best read with the lights on and the doors locked. A chilling, propulsive novel that blends fact with fiction, and transports you to the infamous WIllowbrook State School on Staten Island in the 1970s. A young woman...

(Available after 3-20 days)We love the premise behind this book, that the key to unlocking your best life is through a solitary, 12-hour walk. This is clearly a different kind of personal growth book and one that ties into the hot topic of mind-body...

A bit Bill Bryson, a dash Mary Roach, the canvas of Neil deGrasse Tyson, and all the excitement of a Ms. Frizzle Magic School Bus field trip. With an expertise in astrophysics and folklore, Moiya McTier is the perfect tour guide for all of us to have...

“Bridgerton fans will swoon over this entertaining romp through Britain’s Regency-era high society.”—People"A Lady's Guide to Fortune Hunting is a sharp, modern, and absolutely delicious take on the marriage plot. Sophie Irwin's debut is one of the most...

A woman trapped in a loveless engagement joins forces with a mysterious man bent on vengeance against her fiancé in The Proposition, a lively tale of intrigue, revenge, and romance.What would you propose?Clemency Fry has always been certain that marriage...

(Available after 3-20 days)Pretty Woman meets the Bridgertons in this witty, vivacious historical take on 90s romcoms by USA Today bestselling author Amalie Howard: "Refreshing, steamy, and stocked with characters you don’t normally get to see in the...

(Available after 3-20 days)Humanity is on the verge of discovering immortality, which means the avatar of Death is out of a job... or is she?Humanity is on the verge of discovering immortality. As a result, the avatar of Death is cast down to Earth to...

The first volume in a new graphic novel horror trilogy from Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda—the creative team behind the New York Times bestselling series Monstress Chinese American twins, Milly and Billy, are having a tough time. On top of the multiple...

A human and human-presenting AI slowly become friends—and maybe more—in this moving YA graphic novelIn a near future, augmentation and AI changed everything and nothing. Indira is a human girl who has been cybernetically augmented after a tragic...

This tender YA comic is perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier's Drama and Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham's Real Friends who are ready to graduate to their first teen graphic novel.It’s the first day of sophomore year, and now that Winifred’s two best (and...

Family matters aren’t just hocus-pocus for this young witch!Cartoonist Sas Milledge (The Lost Carnival: A Dick Grayson Graphic Novel) makes her astonishing debut in her first original graphic novel that answers the question of how we all reconcile our...

After a tale of revenge leads to a monstrous outcome, Amber and Quinn pay the price for power and magic as they become the newest children of the Black Woods.As Amber becomes intertwined with the secrets of woods and the town they live in, Quinn learns...

Shuri and T'Challa set out to remove a curse from Wakanda in this action-packed, totally original graphic novel!   Twelve-year-old Shuri is a lot of things. Scientist. Princess. All around cooler person than her pain-in-the-butt big brother, T’Challa...

In the final volume of the New York Times–bestselling Olympians graphic novel series, author/artist George O’Connor focuses on Dionysos, the god of wine and madness.The Olympians saga draws to a close with the tale of Dionysos, the last Olympian, and...

A young girl in middle school will do whatever it takes to meet her favorite author—even if it means joining her school band! A contemporary graphic novel about making your dream come true—and the friends you make along the way.When Scout learns that her...

The fourth book in the best-selling Reckless series is here!Bestselling crime noir masters Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips bring us yet another original graphic novel starring troublemaker-for-hire Ethan Reckless.Except this time it's the winter of 1989...

(Available after 3-20 days)The award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have given us the definitive version of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s strikingly original short novels, The Double and The Gambler.The Double is a surprisingly modern...

Puskin's masterpieces in prose, in sparkling new translations by the award-winning Pevear and Volokhonsky.The father of Russian literature, Pushkin is beloved not only for his poetry but also for his brilliant stories, which range from dramatic...

A powerful love story set in the class-conscious Tsarist Russia of the early 19th century. It embraces every level of that society – serf, provincial, aristocrat – in verse which is by turns beautiful, witty, wickedly perceptive and always readable.   It...