Summer Reads

A magnificent new biography that revolutionizes our understanding of Stalin and his world. It has the quality of myth: A poor cobbler's son, a seminarian from an oppressed outer province of the Russian Empire, reinvents himself as a revolutionary and...

(Available afrer November 30th, 2022)For fans of “Good Omens”—a queer immigrant fairytale about individual purpose, the fluid nature of identity, and the power of love to change and endure.Uriel the angel and Little Ash (short for Ashmedai) are the only...

Five Feet Apart meets Kate in Waiting in this timely story of two best friends navigating the complexities of friendship while their world is turned upside down by a global pandemic, from the author of Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card.   The...

(Available after December 30th, 2022)Small town murders. Big time thrills.   A suspenseful, modern update of the classic mystery TV series that's perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying, Sadie, and Gossip Girl.   "Killers walk among us. Statistically, at...

This searing graphic memoir portrays the impact of gun violence through a fresh lens with urgency, humanity, and a very personal hope.   Kindra Neely never expected it to happen to her. No one does. Sure, she’d sometimes been close to gun violence, like...

(Available after December 30th, 2022)Gut a fish. Rewire a truck. Survive the collapse of the US government. All lessons fifteen-year-old Lark has learned during “homeschool” with her conspiracy-theorist-doomsday-prepping parents. If only she’d also...

(Available after 3-20 days)Sideways Pike is desperate. It turns out that Madeline Kline didn’t want to make out with her; infinitely worse, she was only flirting to get access to Sideways’ specter. Madeline has ripped the magical soul out of Sideways’...

Perfect for fans of The Cruel Prince, this gorgeous young adult fantasy follows a girl who discovers she’s spent her life under an enchantment hiding her true identity on her quest into the magical Otherworld to unlock her powers and discover her destiny...

(Available after December 10th, 2022)“Utterly unique storytelling…a tale that refuses to flinch.” — Chloe Gong, New York Times bestselling author of These Violent DelightsFrom William C. Morris Finalist Nafiza Azad comes a thrilling, feminist fantasy...

(Available after 3-20 days)Secret rooms, eerie curses, forgotten caves. Could you survive a week in the Underlook Hotel? Aspiring engineer Suzy Hess is invited to the famous Underlook Hotel, domain of the reclusive horror writer Jack Axworth, in the...

In this edge-of-your-seat horror novel, a four-hour flight takes a nightmarish turn when a supernatural creature gives a group of high school students a sinister ultimatum.Devon Marsh is haunted by secrets. Like the identity of the person who killed her...

"I Capture the Castle meets Gatsby. It's absolutely delicious!"—Laini Taylor, New York Times bestselling authorA gorgeously dreamy coming-of-age romance perfect for fans of A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue.It is the summer of 1929. Lou Trevelyan is...

A riveting story about the rivalry between two brothers living on opposite sides of the Berlin wall during its construction in the 1960s, and how their complicated legacy and dreams of greatness will determine their ultimate fate.A city divided. A family...

(Available after 3-20 days) What’s the first rule of getting the lead in the school musical? Don’t fall for your bad-boy co-star.When Elyse Cohen gets the lead in her school’s winter musical, she thinks it’s a dream come true. That is, until she finds...

(Available after 3-20 days)Everyone has three lives. A public life, a private life, and a secret life.I’m a junior in high school, and yet, I’ve never been on a date.Everybody says it's because my overprotective brothers scare all the guys away, but I...

(Available after November 30th, 2022)From the author of To Break a Covenant comes an edge-of-your-seat read that will leave your heart pounding.One week ago, Riley Kowalski joined a team of four other teens for an internship on climate change research in...

DO NOT SURRENDER CONTROL.'Mindwalker is a cinematic gut punch of action and espionage. Sharp-edged, tense and thrilling, you'll be holding your breath until the last page' -- Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine ThroneEighteen-year-old Sil Sarrah is...

(Available after 3-20 days) "...a delightful, inventive fantasy novel whose young cast grapples with a sense of destiny in a magical world." -Foreword Clarion reviews   Eleven years ago, Tilly Nyx did something she wasn't supposed to. As a result, her...

A tender and heartfelt queer YA novel about the multiplicities of grief, deeply held family secrets, and finding new love.Isaac Griffin has always felt something was missing from his life. And for good reason: he's never met his dad. He'd started to...

(Available after November 30th, 2022)Where the Lost Ones Go is a middle grade contemporary fantasy by critically acclaimed author Akemi Dawn Bowman, in which a twelve-year-old biracial Japanese American girl grieves the loss of her beloved grandma and...