Summer Reads

Prepare for the cutest world tour ever with this miniature, portable, and even cuter version of Kawaii Doodle Cuties! YouTube celebrity artist Pic Candle shows you how to draw kawaii characters from every stop on the map!The Japanese...

Turn your home into a Montessori home—and become a more mindful, attentive, and easygoing parent.It’s time to change the way we see toddlers. Using the principles developed by the educator Dr. Maria Montessori, Simone Davies shows how to turn life with a...

(Available after 3-20 days)NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “An excellent introduction to a critical period in the history of Rome. Cicero comes across much as he must have lived: reflective, charming and rather vain.”—The Wall Street Journal“All ages of the world...

“HUXLEY'S MASTERPIECE AND PERHAPS THE MOST ENJOYABLE BOOK ABOUT SPIRITUALITY EVER WRITTEN. .” — Washington Post Book World   Aldous Huxley's "brilliant" (Los Angeles Times) and gripping account of one of the strangest occurrences in history, hailed as...

The astonishing life of Caterina Sforza, one of the most prominent women of Renaissance Italy, who was a wife, mother, leader, and warrior with enough fierceness to make Machiavelli himself wince.In this glittering biography, Elizabeth Lev reexamines...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An urgent wake-up call about the future of emerging viruses and a gripping account of the doctors and scientists fighting to protect us, told through the story of the deadly 2013–2014 Ebola epidemic “Crisis in the Red...

"My heart always sinks within me when I hear the good housewife, of every class, say, 'I assure you the bed has been well slept in,' and I can only hope it is not true. What? Is the bed already saturated with somebody else's damp before my patient comes...

“An engrossing human drama . . . The Shift is one nurse's story, but it contains elements of every nurse's experience."—The Wall Street JournalPracticing nurse and New York Times columnist Theresa Brown invites us to experience not just a day in the life...

(Available after 3-20 days)“Among all the recent books on medicine, Critical Care stands alone.“ — Pauline Chen, author of Final Exam   “A must read for anyone who wants to understand healthcare. Extraordinary.” — Elizabeth Cohen, MPH, CNN Senior Medical...

In a fast-paced world, wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could slow down and enjoy a life with less pressure, less stress, and more time for the things you love?    Sweden is ranked in the top three of the world’s happiest places to live, and lagom, which...

Sometimes you just need to get away...'Warm and life-enhancing, I wanted to move to Spain with these wonderful characters' -- Katie Fforde'A fabulous read celebrating the good things in life - fun, friends, family and food' -- Jill MansellFrom the...

“Bridgerton lovers have found their next read. J. J. McAvoy is a welcome new voice in historical romance.”—New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean“McAvoy has crafted a lushly romantic tale with a real thread of danger in its pages and a swoony...

In this funny and sharp romantic comedy, a woman with a knack for turning her boyfriends’ lives around starts a professional service to help wrangle men, only to be unexpectedly matched with an old flame.Ever since she can remember, Aly has been fixing...

The four McBride brothers have their worlds turned upside down when their precocious younger sister secretly places an advertisement for a mail-order bride.Kit McBride knows that Buck's Creek, Montana, is no place to find a wife. Between him and his...

(Available after November 30th, 2022)"I loved this delightful romance about makeovers of old homes, old personas, and relationships that never had a chance to launch. A sweet, charming reminder of what you can build with a strong foundation." - Jodi...

Opposites become allies to fool their matchmaking friends in this swoony reimagining of Shakespeare’s beloved comedy, Much Ado About Nothing. Jamie Westenberg and Bea Wilmot have nothing in common except a meet-disaster and the mutual...

(Available after October 30th, 2022)Space is the last thing an event planner and an astronaut need in this charming new romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Samantha Young.When event planner Hallie Goodman receives party-inspiration...

(Available after November 30th, 2022)Virginia Heath’s Never Rescue a Rogue, the next book in the Merriwell Sisters series, is filled with whip-smart banter, swoony romance, hilarious mishaps, and twisty reveals that will make you gasp and laugh in...

“Real, raw, magnificent—Before I Let Go is the beautiful angst I love to read.” —Colleen Hoover, #1 New York Times bestselling authorTheir love was supposed to last forever. But when life delivered blow after...

The Rewind by Allison Winn Scotch is swoony, it’s funny, it’s full of 90s nostalgia. The dialogue is snappy and wouldn’t be out of place in a screwball comedy with Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn. Oh, and yes … screwball comedy is a precursor to our...