Summer Reads

**Now a major Netflix film starring Christian Bale and Gillian Anderson**April 19th, 1831. In two or three hours I'll be dead.So begins the chilling last testament of Gus Landor, a retired New York City police constable, whose numerous talents include...

SOON TO BE A MAJOR TV SHOW, FROM THE NETWORK BEHIND THE WALKING DEAD.'[W]hen I found Rice's work I absolutely loved how she took that genre and (...) made [it] feel so contemporary and relevant' -- Sarah Pinborough, bestselling author...

A series of childhood mistakes set our characters down winding paths propelled by fate and questionable decisions. Can forgiveness ever truly be found? Are we worthy of it? NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class,...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “mercilessly entertaining” (Vanity Fair) instant classic “about the nature of identity and the terrible secrets that can survive and thrive in even the most intimate...

A peek into the life of icon Marilyn Monroe who, to this day, captivates audiences and readers alike. A mesmerizing and moving portrait into the imagined reality of her life and thoughts, from celebrated author Joyce Carol Oates. The National Book...

Now a major new Netflix film from Noah Baumbach, starring Adam Driver and Greta GerwigHow strange it is. We have these deep terrible lingering fears about ourselves and the people we love. Yet we walk around, talk to people, eat and drink. We manage to...

“Mary Oliver would probably never admit to anything so grandiose as an effort to connect the conscious mind and the heart (that’s what she says poetry can do), but that is exactly what she accomplishes in this stunning little handbook.”—Los Angeles...

A heartwarming story of love, loss, serendipity, and texting.Soon to be a major motion picture starring Sam Heughan and Priyanka Chopra Jonas.After a heated argument, Clara's fiancé stormed out of their apartment, but before they have a chance to...

A New York Times-bestselling graphic novel, a Michael L. Printz Award winner, a National Book Award finalist,and now an original series on Disney+!Bonus Content: Includes an interview with author Gene Luen Yang and series creator Kelvin YuA tour-de-force...

Will a forty-year-old woman with everything on the line – her high-stakes career, ticking biological clock, bank account – risk it all for a secret romance with the one person who could destroy her comeback, for good?Jenna Jones, former It-girl fashion...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A mystery that reverberates through families, friendships, and the corridors of power in New York and "captures the city’s dangerous, magnetic allure" (The New York Times). • Available to stream on Apple TV+ on May 12“As close to a...

(Available after July 30th, 2023)SOON TO BE A HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER STARRING JASON STATHAM. For the first time, the captive 20-ton Megalodon shark has tasted human blood - and it wants more... They thought it was over. But it's only just beginning. Four...

MEG: A Novel of Deep Terror is the book that launched New York Times bestselling author Steve Alten's franchise and inspired an international blockbuster starring Jason Statham.Seven years ago and seven miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, Dr...

Now a major motion picture, starring Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan"An instant classic of investigative journalism...‘All the President’s Men’ for the Me Too era." — Carlos Lozada, The Washington PostFrom Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Jodi Kantor and...

Now a major motion picture from Sony Classics starring Glenn Close.One of bestselling author Meg Wolitzer’s most beloved books—an “acerbically funny” (Entertainment Weekly) and “intelligent...portrait of deception” (The New York Times).The Wife is the...

(Available after 3-20 days)Soon to be a Netflix original series! “Matthew Quirk moves into David Baldacci and John Grisham territory with The Night Agent, a paranoid, pulse-pounding thriller that could not be more prescient. If you’re wondering where the...

(Available after July 30th, 2023)An astonishing window into the inner world of plants, and the cutting-edge science in plant intelligence.   Decades of research document plants’ impressive abilities: they communicate with each other, manipulate other...

A National Bestseller!"Read this book to connect with your highest self.”—Susan Cain, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Bittersweet and Quiet“We need more awe in our lives, and Dacher Keltner has written the definitive book on where to find it...

Rejoicing in the myriad of wonders that underpin our everyday lives, May's radiant call to embrace the magnetism of the natural world is a beautiful and life-affirming path to mental wellness and calm. #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER“I love Katherine May’s new...

Renowned paleontologist and New York Times bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs Steve Brusatte charts the extraordinary story of the dinosaurs' successor: mammals, which emerged from the shadows to rule the Earth.In his acclaimed and...