Summer Reads

A hauntingly powerful and emotionally charged novel about family secrets, love and loss, identity and belonging.Two children trapped in the same attic, almost a century apart, bound by a shared secret.   Early 1900s London: Taken from his homeland,...

A mother and daughter find the courage to go undercover after stumbling upon a Nazi cell in Los Angeles during the early days of World War II—a tantalizing novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Maggie Hope series“A stirring standalone...

A terrifying supernatural page-turner that explores ghosts, grief, and god complexes Ever since their on-again, off-again college romance, Erin hasn't been able to set a single boundary with charismatic but reckless Silas, who has been chasing the next...

Such a quiet and ordinary wife and mother. Who will even notice what she’s done?   Lillian Smith leads an unexceptional life, writing obituaries and killing time with her inattentive husband and disconnected son. Then she meets David, a handsome...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels—one of the most beloved authors of our time—is joined by two New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors in a spring-themed anthology of touching, uplifting stories about love, family, motherhood,...

(Available after October 30th, 2022)Before Princess Margaret, before Duchess Meghan, there was Princess Louise: royal rebel.   As the fourth daughter of the perpetually in-mourning Queen Victoria, Princess Louise’s life is more a gilded prison than a...

Ben Macintyre, a virtuoso chronicler of WWII and bestselling author of Operation Mincemeat, turns his focus from his more usual intrepid spies to the history of Colditz Castle, the infamous maximum security Nazi prison, and the audacious exploits of its...

(Available after October 30th, 2022) We’ve always been fans of poets bearing witness to the heavy that surrounds us each day. It’s their economy of words that cuts to the chase of what weighs on our hearts. Ross Gay returns to the essay format to let us...

(Available after November 30th, 2022) In the pack of well-known founding fathers, Samuel Adams, second cousin to President John Adams, has remained an enigma. In The Revolutionary, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and biographer Stacy Schiff, teases out...

Thirteen-year-old Nat loves everything about musical theater, so when she gets the chance to be in a production of Wicked, she doesn’t let the fact that she uses a wheelchair hold her back. The Chance to Fly is a sweet and uplifting story about...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!The ultimate baking book from internationally beloved baker Paul Hollywood, judge of The Great British Baking Show.In BAKE, Paul Hollywood shares his best ever recipes for classic bakes: cakes, biscuits and cookies, breads and...

They look like pies, but they're works of art. Lauren Ko's pies, which are colorful and uniquely patterned, are the subject of her immensely popular Instagram. But can a person with little skill handle the recipes? You bet! With easy-to-follow...

As if The Witches wasn't already one of our favorite books, this graphic novel adaptation takes it to another level. Bagieu's brilliant artwork and eye-catching color palette bring the story to life for a contemporary audience, while still maintaining...

(Available after January 30th, 2022)Frizzy is a heartwarming graphic novel about a young Dominican girl learning to embrace her natural curls. This refreshing read about self-acceptance and individuality is sure to resonate with many young readers. A...

(Available after October 30th, 2022) If you could read your obituary before your impending death, would you? In this humorous, heart-filled novel, matriarch Dava Shastri arranges for her news of her death to break early so she could read her obituary...

(Available after 3-20 days)What’s spookier than a mortuary? A mortuary for monsters, of course. When 13-year-old Molly moves in with her estranged older brother, Dustin, she learns that the family business she’s set to inherit may be more monstrous than...

(Available after November 30th, 2022) This is the book that Questlove was destined to create. After a few books on food, Questlove turns his eye and ear to music with Music is History. Looking at the past 50 years, we are treated to a connoisseur and...

Sci-fi and horror collide in this new series from the creator of CHEW!Mankind has colonized the galaxy, but during our interstellar travels, we've discovered a terrifying secret out in the Outer Darkness of space. Join Captain Joshua Rigg and the crew of...

Navier Ellie Trovi was the lifelong companion of Sovieshu, the emperor of the Eastern Empire, with whom she spent her youth discussing the empire they would build together. She was intelligent, compassionate, and courageous. She was the perfect empress...

“WHAT IF I’M ABANDONED YET AGAIN?”Thanks to the boisterous Carsein and her new imperial bodyguards, Aristia is able to put her desperation aside and find her smile again. But when the dreaded invitation to the crown prince’s coming-of-age ceremony...