Summer Reads

Seventeenth-century pirate proletariats and Madagascar royalty as avant-garde “influencers” in the evolution of Enlightenment concepts of democratic governance, a pirate tale you haven’t read but should. The distinguished anthropologist, David Graeber,...

Longlisted for the 2022 National Book Award for NonfictionOne of The New Yorker’s Best Books of 2022A Kirkus Best World History Book of 2022One of Smithsonian's 10 Best History Books of 2022Longlisted for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for...

A NEW YORKER ESSENTIAL READ • From the best-selling author of The Invention of Nature comes an exhilarating story about a remarkable group of young rebels—poets, novelists, philosophers—who, through their epic quarrels, passionate love stories,...

(Available after 3-20 days)A positive vision for masculinity in a more equal world Boys and men are struggling. Profound economic and social changes of recent decades have many losing ground in the classroom, the workplace, and in the family. While the...

A fascinating portrait of a radical age through the writers associated with a London publisher and bookseller—from William Wordsworth and Mary Wollstonecraft to Benjamin FranklinOnce a week, in late eighteenth-century London, writers of contrasting...

From Jenny Uglow, one of our most admired writers, a beautifully illustrated story of a love affair and a dynamic artistic partnership between the wars.In 1922, Cyril Power, a fifty-year-old architect, left his family to work with the...

A sly, madcap novel about supervillains and nothing, really, from an American novelist whose star keeps risingThe protagonist of Percival Everett’s puckish new novel is a brilliant professor of mathematics who goes by Wala Kitu. (Wala, he explains, means...

(Available after 3-20 days)"Lush, romantic, and exquisitely written . . . a rare, glittering jewel of a novel."—Sarah J. Maas, author of the New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series"This is Aladdin like you've never imagined."—Renée Ahdieh,...

Sherlock meets Veronica Mars meets Riverdale in this romance where the leading man is decidedly unromantic, and crime novel where catching the crook isn't the only hook.     Of course Zoe Webster didn't like Philip Digby when she first met him. No one...

A gorgeous contemporary romance about two ex-best friends, Cass and Syd, on a life-altering road trip following the reunion tour of the Darlas—the band Cass’s mom was in when she died. Perfect for fans of Nina LaCour, Mary H.K. Choi, and Jandy Nelson...

A love story perfect for fans of Nina LaCour and Jandy Nelson about a girl who moves cross country and finds herself falling for someone new who throws her whole life out of order."Beautifully captured, like a photograph of a stolen moment. I ached for...

In a dazzling new fantasy world full of whispered secrets and political intrigue, the magic of women is outlawed but four girls with unusual powers have the chance to change it all.The Nightbirds are Simta’s best-kept secret: Girls with a unique and...

In the sequel to Tracy Andreen's debut romantic comedy So, This Is Christmas, we follow Finley and Arthur back to Barrington Academy for a swoony semester.Perfect for fans of Tell Me Three Things and Anna and the French Kiss!Finley and Arthur are back at...

(Available after 3-20 days)From the New York Times bestselling author of Strong Inside comes the inspirational true story of the birth of women’s Olympic basketball at the 1976 Summer Games and the ragtag team that put US women’s basketball on the map...

Tom Taylor, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Nightwing, Superman: Son of Kal-El, DCeased, and Injustice, has joined forces with powerhouse illustrator Jon Sommariva (Harley Quinn) for this gritty young adult graphic novel set in the world of...

(Available after April 30th, 2023)Love is stronger than poison in this lush retelling of "Snow White" by #1 New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz.Known as Snow White, Lady Sophie has led a sheltered life in the mountains of Bavaria. Until...

In a world where the children of the gods inherit their powers, a descendant of the Greek Fates must solve a series of impossible murders to save her sisters, her soulmate, and her city.Descendants of the Fates are always born in threes: one to weave,...

(Available after June 30th, 2023)This riveting sequel to Echoes and Empires sees Joss and Jericho team up with some of their greatest enemies—including two of the most powerful mages in the world—to bring an end to the queen’s empire of lies, from New...

(Available after June 30th, 2023)A dark and sinister debut YA novel about a teen boy who must hunt down those marked by the devil - including the girl he has fallen for.Perfect for fans of Neal Shusterman and A.S. King.Rae Winter should be dead.Some say...

My Eyes Are Up Here is a razor-sharp debut about a girl struggling to rediscover her sense of self in the year after her body decided to change all the rules.If Greer Walsh could only live inside her head, life would be easier. She’d be able to focus on...