Summer Reads

'I loved this book so much I actually read the whole thing in a day, did not want to put it down! A delightfully well written, funny, romantic and intriguing book.'  -- Reader review 'It's funny, like I just laughed out loud on the tube funny!!!!'...

When I asked my best friend to run away with me at sixteen, I knew he’d say no.⁣⁣He had football, an amazing family, and a happy home to go back to every day.⁣⁣So the night I snuck out of his bedroom window after hugging him goodbye, I’d accepted I’d...

When I decided to move across the country for college, I thought it’d be the perfect chance to reinvent myself.But then one party changed the course of my entire freshman year.And just when I think I’m about to drown in the foggy memories of my night...

Written in Paris in the early 1950s, this book created instant controversy in its analysis of modern society that had allowed itself to be hypnotized by socio-political doctrines, and to accept totalitarian terror on the strength of a hypothetical future...

'How could such a book speak so powerfully to our present moment? The short answer is that we, too, live in dark times' -- Washington PostHannah Arendt's chilling analysis of the conditions that led to the Nazi and Soviet totalitarian regimes is a...

Erich Fromm sees right to the heart of our contradictory needs for community and for freedom like no other writer before or since. In Fear of Freedom, Fromm warns that the price of community is indeed high, and it is the individual who pays. Fascism and...

Originally published in 1948, at the height of post-World War II optimism and confidence in collective security, Ideas Have Consequences uses "words hard as cannonballs" to present an unsparing diagnosis of the ills of the modern age. Widely read and...

Navigate the struggles of modern life—from relationships to petty office rivalries—with amusing, Austen- and Bridgerton-inspired lessons from the regency era.What would Darcy do? How can you be more Bridgerton? Take the Regency approach and be prepared...

A bold rethinking of the wedding ceremony - and what comes before and after - designed to prepare us for modern marriage.Many couples today feel uncomfortable with the rituals traditionally associated with getting married. The old ceremonies can feel too...

A collection of humanity’s most inspiring ideas throughout time, bringing perspective to the challenges and wonders of being alive.  This is an unusual sort of history a history of ideas – and not just any old ideas, ideas from across time and space that...

(Available after 3-20 days)Step into a world of rejected mates, wolf shifters, and dangerous secrets in Blood Moon, the captivating first book in USA Today bestselling author Michelle Madow's Wolf Born series.Ruby Grace is just an ordinary girl. Or so...

All seven electrifying books in the New York Times bestselling Michael Vey series are now available in a collectible paperback boxed set!To everyone at Meridian High School, Michael Vey is nothing special, just the kid who has Tourette’s syndrome. But in...

“The Procrastination Equation will teach you how to bust the excuses that are preventing you from doing your best work and living your best life….So don’t put it off any longer. Read this book. Today.” —Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive and A Whole New...

An addictive standalone about a Hollywood princess who is desperate to self-destruct...and the grumpy bodyguard who saves her."An opposites attract tale with emotional depth and one of my all-time favorite k*nks. Shen never misses." --USA Today...

From USA Today bestselling author L.J. Shen comes a passion- and angst-charged story about a woman caught between a secure relationship and a once-in-a-lifetime spark with her muse.   They say first loves are oftentimes the end of one’s innocence. Those...

LOVE WILL BE THEIR DEMISE. A revolutionary, Marc conspires to overthrow the tyrant who rules the underground kingdom of Trollus. But treason has its price. And if Marc wants to avoid execution, he must keep his involvement a secret from everyone...

Tales of madness, alienation, and insight from a master of the short storyWard No. 6 and Other Stories 1892-1895 collects stories which show Anton Chekhov beginning to confront complex, ambiguous and often extreme emotions in his short fiction. These...

This collection of Chekhov's finest early writing reveals a young writer mastering the art of the short story. 'The Steppe', which established his reputation, is the unforgettable tale of a boy's journey to a new school in Kiev, travelling through...

From the teenager in provincial Russia in 1875 to his premature death in Germany in 1904, Chekhov wrote over 4,500 letters to a range of correspondents, including family and friends, his publisher and fellow writers - not to mention actresses. These...

This winner of the first Stonewall Award for Children’s & Young Adult Literature will make you marvel at the beauty of human connection and the irrepressible nature of love. Everyone has that one line they swear they’ll never cross, the one thing...