Book Clubs

• Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

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  Publication Date: 2014-07-29

  A brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, schoolyard scandal, and the little lies that can turn lethal.
• The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

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  Publication Date: 2016-08-23

  A domestic suspense debut about a young couple and their apparently friendly neighbors-a twisty, rollercoaster ride of lies, betrayal, and the secrets between husbands and wives.
• The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

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  Publication Date: 2021-05-04

  When her husband of a year disappears, Hannah quickly learns he is not who he said he was and is left to sort out the truth with just one ally--her husband's teenage daughter, who hates her.
• Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

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  Publication Date: 2020-03-17

  a. Traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the mysterious mother and daughter who upend their lives.
• Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

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  Publication Date: 2007-07-31

  Returning to her hometown after an eight-year absence to investigate the murders of two girls, reporter Camille Preaker is reunited with her neurotic mother and enigmatic, thirteen-year-old half-sister as she works to uncover the truth about the killings.

• Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane

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  Publication Date: 2019-05-28

  "This is a multi-generational tale that explores how two families move forward from the tragedy that connects them.”
• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 1989-03-22

  “This story of mothers and daughters aiming to understand one another across generations and cultures is one of my all-time favorites.”
• The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

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  Publication Date: 2020-06-02

  “This story is rooted in an intriguing scenario, an unusual pair of sisters, and what their lives say about race and family and love in America."
• What's Mine and Yours by Naima Coster

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2021-03-02

  “This story revolves around two mothers who seem very different from one another but who are similar in their determination to take care of and protect their children. It is a moving exploration of class, motherhood, and race.”

• The Broken Girls by Simone St. James

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2018-03-20

  More than sixty years after one of four friends in a reputedly haunted boarding school goes missing, journalist Fiona Sheridan resolves to learn her sister's fate before a harrowing discovery is made.
• A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

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  Publication Date: 2022-01-11

  When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, Chloe’s father had been arrested as a serial killer. Now 20 years later, a local teenage girl goes missing, and then another, and that terrifying summer comes crashing back.
• In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead

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  Publication Date: 2021-08-03

  A college reunion turns dark and deadly in this chilling and propulsive suspense novel about six friends, one unsolved murder, and the dark secrets they’ve been hiding from each other—and themselves—for a decade.
• Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

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  Publication Date: 2007-07-31

  Reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the unsolved murder of a preteen girl and the disappearance of another. But she finds herself identifying with the victims – a bit too strongly.
• The Sun down Motel by Simone St. James

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  Publication Date: 2020-02-18

  The secrets lurking in a rundown roadside motel ensnare a young woman, just as they did her aunt thirty-five years before.

• Dear Girls by Ali Wong

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  Publication Date: 2019-10-15

  Ali Wong's heartfelt and hilarious letters to her daughters (the two she put to work while they were still in utero) cover everything they need to know in life, like the unpleasant details of dating, how to be a working mom in a male-dominated profession, and how she trapped their dad.
• The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish

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  Publication Date: 2017-12-05

  A sidesplitting, hysterical, edgy, and unflinching collection of (extremely) personal essays, as fearless as the author herself.
• So Close to Being the Sh*t, y'all Don't Even Know by Retta

  Call Number: Print, Book on CD

  Publication Date: 2018-05-29

  In her hilarious book of essays, Retta shares the stories that led to her success in Hollywood.
• A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost

  Call Number: Print, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2020-07-14

  Told with a healthy dose of self-deprecation, A Very Punchable Face reveals the brilliant mind behind some of the dumbest sketches on television, and lays bare the heart and humor of a hardworking guy-with a face you can't help but want to punch.
• We're Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union

  Call Number: eAudiobook, Book on CD

  Publication Date: 2019-01-15

  A powerful collection of essays about gender, sexuality, race, beauty, Hollywood, and what it means to be a modern woman.

• Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

  Publication Date: 2020-05-05

  In this novel-in-verse, two girls – separated by distance and their father’s secrets – are forced to face a new reality in which their father is dead and their lives are forever altered.
• Dominicana by Angie Cruz

  Publication Date: 2019-09-03

  A novel about the 1960s Dominican immigration to the U.S. through the experiences of her 15-year-old protagonist.
• In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

  Publication Date: 1995-08-01

  Set during the end the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic in 1960, this novel tells the story the Mirabal sisters, three young wives and mothers who are assassinated after visiting their jailed husbands.
• A Taste of Sage by Yaffa S. Santos

  Publication Date: 2020-05-19

  Born with the ability to perceive the emotions of others through their cooking, Lumi takes a sous chef position in a traditional French restaurant where she clashes with an irascible celebrity chef.
• Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed by Saraciea J. Fennell (Editor)

  Publication Date: 2021-11-02

  Edited by The Bronx Is Reading founder Saraciea J. Fennell and featuring an all-star cast of Latinx contributors, Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed is a ground-breaking anthology that will spark dialogue and inspire hope.

• American Street by Ibi Zoboi

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  Publication Date: 2017-02-14

  When Fabiola's mother is detained upon their arrival to the United States, Fabiola must navigate her loud American cousins, the grittiness of Detroit's west side, a new school, and a surprising romance all on her own.
• How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez

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  Publication Date: 1991-01-04

  Acclaimed writer Julia Alvarez's beloved first novel gives voice to four sisters as they grow up in two cultures. The García sisters--Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofía--and their family must flee their home in the Dominican Republic after their father's role in an attempt to overthrow brutal dictator Rafael Trujillo is discovered. They arrive in New York City in 1960 to a life far removed from their existence in the Caribbean.
• I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez

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  Publication Date: 2017-10-17

  Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents' house after high school graduation. Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family. But Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter. That was Olga's role. Then a tragic accident on the busiest street in Chicago leaves Olga dead and Julia left behind to reassemble the shattered pieces of her family. And no one seems to acknowledge that Julia is broken, too. Instead, her mother seems to channel her grief into pointing out every possible way Julia has failed.
• On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

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  Publication Date: 2019-02-05

  When sixteen-year-old Bri, an aspiring rapper, pours her anger and frustration into her first song, she finds herself at the center of a controversy.
• The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

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  Publication Date: 2018-03-06

  Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking.

• The Candy House by Jennifer Egan

  Publication Date: 2022-04-05

  An electrifying, deeply moving novel about the quest for authenticity, privacy, and meaning in a world where our memories are no longer our own.
• The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger

  Publication Date: 2019-07-02

  Also by Holsinger, this novel examines privilege, ambition, and parental pressure in a Colorado community vying for spots at an elite school. It’s a sharp social commentary with similar family tensions and moral ambiguity.
• Happiness Falls by Angie Kim

  Publication Date: 2023-08-29

  A family drama wrapped in a mystery, this novel explores neurodiversity, communication, and the limits of understanding. Like Culpability, it features a family grappling with a crisis that reveals hidden truths and moral complexity.
• Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan

  Publication Date: 2019-04-23

  Set in an alternate 1980s London, this novel features a synthetic human and explores the philosophical and emotional implications of AI, including questions of culpability, consciousness, and ethics.
• Speak by Louisa Hall

  Publication Date: 2015-07-07

  Told through multiple narratives, this novel spans centuries and explores the evolution of artificial intelligence and human communication. It’s a haunting meditation on memory, guilt, and the unintended consequences of technological progress.

• The Broken Girls by Simone St. James

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2018-03-20

  More than sixty years after one of four friends in a reputedly haunted boarding school goes missing, journalist Fiona Sheridan resolves to learn her sister's fate before a harrowing discovery is made.
• Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda

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  Publication Date: 2024-04-09

  Her father was the town detective. Her mother its most notorious criminal. Now the secrets of Mirror Lake are coming to the surface...and changing everything.
• No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall

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  Publication Date: 2024-01-23

  Three sisters, two murders, and too many secrets to count.
• Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2007-07-31

  Returning to her hometown after an eight-year absence to investigate the murders of two girls, reporter Camille Preaker is reunited with her neurotic mother and enigmatic, thirteen-year-old half-sister as she works to uncover the truth about the killings.
• The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth

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  Publication Date: 2023-04-04

  A thrilling, addictive novel about marriage, betrayal, and the secrets that push us to the edge...

• After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez

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  Publication Date: 2022-07-26

  When an old enemy threatens her family's restaurant, Alex must combine forces with local professor Jeremiah to save the home they both desperately need.
• Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

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  Publication Date: 2020-05-05

  A novel-in-verse that brims with grief and love, about the devastation of loss, the difficulty of forgiveness, and the bittersweet bonds that shape our lives.
• How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez

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  Publication Date: 1991-01-04

  Acclaimed writer Julia Alvarez's beloved first novel gives voice to four sisters as they grow up in two cultures.
• Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs

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  Publication Date: 2023-05-30

  Two estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their family's library of magical books must work together to unravel a deadly secret at the heart of their collection.
• The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffmann

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  Publication Date: 2017-10-10

  The prequel to Alice Hoffman's PRACTICAL MAGIC, following the lives of Franny and Jet Owens (and their brother Vincent Owens) long before Sally and Gillian wound up on their doorstep.

• The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

  Publication Date: 2017-10-17

  A mesmerizing psychological thriller about a woman who worms her way into the lives of a wealthy "golden couple" from Connecticut by befriending the wife and seducing the husband.
• Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

  Publication Date: 2024-03-05

  What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if the truth doesn't matter?
• Middle of the Night by Riley Sager

  Publication Date: 2024-06-18

  A man must contend with the long-ago disappearance of his childhood best friend—and the dark secrets lurking just beyond the safe confines of his picture-perfect neighborhood.
• None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

  Publication Date: 2023-08-08

  A psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself the subject of her own popular true crime podcast.
• No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall

  Publication Date: 2024-01-23

  Family connections prove both their damage and their worth in this community-focused thriller.

• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck; Robert J. DeMott

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  Publication Date: 2006-07-01

  The epic chronicle of families forced off the land during the Great Depression.
• The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

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  Publication Date: 2018-02-06

  A desperate family seeks a new beginning in the near-isolated wilderness of Alaska only to find that their unpredictable environment is less threatening than the erratic behavior found in human nature.
• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 1991-09-17

  This widely acclaimed bestseller spans two countries and two generations, following a group of Chinese women who meet to play mah jong, invest money and tell the secret stories of their lives. They call their gathering the Joy Luck Club.
• Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

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  Publication Date: 2006-05-26

  It was the Great Depression and for Jacob the circus was both his salvation and a living hell. There he met Marlena, the beautiful equestrian star married to August, the charismatic but brutal animal trainer. And he met Rosie, an untrainable elephant who was the great hope for this third-rate traveling show. The bond that grew among this group of misfits was one of love and trust, and ultimately, it was their only hope for survival.
• The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2005-12-14

  In a tour de force of historical reportage, Timothy Egan's National Book Award-winning story rescues an iconic chapter of American history from the shadows.

• The Archaeology of Mothering by Laurie A. Wilkie

  Using archaeological materials recovered from a housesite in Mobile, Alabama, Laurie Wilkie explores how one extended African-American family engaged with competing and conflicting mothering ideologies in the post-Emancipation South.
• Call the Midwife by TV Series

  A moving, intimate, funny, and true-to-life look at the colorful stories of midwifery and families in East London in the '50s. Based on the bestselling memoirs of the late Jennifer Worth.
• Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See

  Publication Date: 2023-06-06

  An immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woman physician in 15th-century China.
• A Midwife's Tale by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

  Publication Date: 1991-06-04

  The Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Martha Ballard, based on her diaries.
• The Secrets of Midwives by Sally Hepworth

  A novel about three generations of midwives (a woman, her mother, and her grandmother) and the secrets they keep that push them apart and ultimately bind them together.

• Beach Read by Emily Henry

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  Publication Date: 2020-05-19

  A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters.
• The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2019-11-05

  A baseball player attempts to heal his marriage with the help of his team's romance-novel book club.
• The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

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  Publication Date: 2018-06-05

  A heartwarming and refreshing debut novel that proves one thing: there's not enough data in the world to predict what will make your heart tick.
• A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole

  Call Number: eBook

  Publication Date: 2018-02-27

  From acclaimed author Alyssa Cole comes the tale of a city Cinderella and her Prince Charming in disguise...
• Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

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  Publication Date: 2020-06-23

  A charming romantic comedy about a young woman who agrees to fake date her friend after a video of him "rescuing" her from their office building goes viral.

• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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  Publication Date: 2020-06-30

  The acclaimed author of Gods of Jade and Shadow returns with a darkly enchanting reimagining of Gothic fantasy, in which a spirited young woman discovers the haunting secrets of a beautiful old mansion in 1950s Mexico.
• The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty

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  Publication Date: 2017-11-14

  An imaginative alchemy of The Golem and the Jinni, The Grace of Kings, and Uprooted, in which the future of a magical Middle Eastern kingdom rests in the hands of a clever and defiant young con artist with miraculous healing gifts.
• The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

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  Publication Date: 2017-01-10

  A beautiful deep-winter story, full of magic and monsters and the sharp edges of growing up.
• Circe by Madeline Miller

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  Publication Date: 2018-04-10

  A bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story, this #1 New York Times bestseller is both epic and intimate in its scope, recasting the most infamous female figure from the Odyssey as a hero in her own right.

• Black Cake: a Read with Jenna Pick by Charmaine Wilkerson

  Publication Date: 2022-02-01

  Wilkerson’s debut novel, focusing on a family mystery unraveling through a mother's deathbed confession.
• Real Americans by Rachel Khong

  Publication Date: 2024-04-30

  An exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family and asks: What makes us who we are? And how inevitable are our futures?
• Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

  Publication Date: 2020-09-01

  A powerful story about a young Ghanaian woman grappling with her family's history of mental illness and her own identity.
• The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

  Publication Date: 2020-06-02

  A novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white.
• What's Mine and Yours by Naima Coster

  Publication Date: 2021-03-02

  A sweeping, rich tapestry of familial bond and identity, and a sharp, poignant look at the ways race affects even the closest of relationships.

• Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher

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  Publication Date: 2014-08-19

  In a series of letters of recommendation that Fitger is endlessly called upon by his students and colleagues to produce, he creates small masterpieces of high dudgeon, low spirits, and passive-aggressive strategies.
• Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

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  Publication Date: 2009-01-27

  Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, this debut novel tells the heartwarming story of widower Henry Lee, his father, and his first love Keiko Okabe.
• The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner

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  Publication Date: 2020-05-26

  With the last bit of Austen's legacy threatened, a group of disparate individuals come together to preserve both Jane Austen's home and her legacy.
• The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman

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  Publication Date: 2012-07-31

  A novel set on a remote Australian island, where a childless couple live quietly running a lighthouse, until a boat carrying a baby washes ashore.
• The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

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  Publication Date: 2015-02-03

  An epic love story and family drama set at the dawn of World War II.

• The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2023-10-31

  A four-year-old indigenous girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mystery that haunts the survivors, unravels a community, and remains unsolved for nearly fifty years.
• The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

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  Publication Date: 2023-05-02

  An epic story of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret.
• Deacon King Kong by James McBride

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  Publication Date: 2020-03-03

  A funny, sharp, and surprising story of the shooting of a Brooklyn drug dealer and the people who witnessed it.
• The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

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  Publication Date: 2023-10-31

  A gripping, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr. as he’s sent to a segregated reform school that is a chamber of terrors where he sees the horrors of racism and injustice, for the living, and the dead.
• The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

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  Publication Date: 2020-06-02

  Story of estranged twin sisters that considers the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person's decisions, desires, and expectations, and explores some of the multiple reasons and realms in which people sometimes feel pulled to live as something other than their origins.

• The Secret Life of Violet Grant by Beatriz Williams

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2014-05-27

  Passion, redemption, and a battered old suitcase full of secrets: the New York Times-bestselling author of A Hundred Summers returns with another engrossing tale of lost love and female ambition that crosses generations.
• A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende

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  Publication Date: 2020-01-21

  This epic novel spanning decades and crossing continents follows two young people as they flee the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a place to call home.
• The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2020-06-16

  In 1935 three women are forever changed when one of the most powerful hurricanes in history barrels toward the Florida Keys.
• The Huntress by Kate Quinn

  Call Number: Print, eBook

  Publication Date: 2019-02-26

  Stranded behind enemy lines, brave bomber pilot Nina Markova becomes the prey of a lethal Nazi murderess known as the Huntress and joins forces with a Nazi hunter and British war correspondent to find her before she finds them.

• The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn Huynh

  A family of estranged Vietnamese women experiences mishaps and unexpected joy after a psychic makes a startling prediction about their lives.
• Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest

  A psychic travel agent and a Seattle PD detective solve a murder in this quirky mystery.
• The Measure by Nikki Erlick

  When every person, all over the globe, receives a small wooden box bearing the same inscription and a single piece of string inside predicting the length of their life, the world is thrown into a collective frenzy.
• The Moon, the Stars, and Madame Burova by Ruth Hogan

  An uplifting, slightly magical story about a retiring fortune teller who discovers that it's never too late to find out who you really are.
• Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

  Could ten days at a health resort really change you forever? Nine perfect strangers are about to find out...

• The Girls Are All So Nice Here by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn

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  Publication Date: 2021-03-09

  Two former best friends return to their college reunion to find that they're being circled by someone who wants revenge for what they did ten years before--and will stop at nothing to get it.
• In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead

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  Publication Date: 2021-08-03

  Six friends. One college reunion. One unsolved murder. Told in racing dual timelines, with a dark campus setting and a darker look at friendship, love, obsession, and ambition.
• The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

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  Publication Date: 2021-06-15

  A former student returns to Cambridge University to investigate a murder involving a secret society of female students and a handsome and charismatic Greek tragedy professor.
• The Reunion by Guillaume Musso

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2019-07-09

  Twenty-five years earlier, under terrible circumstances, three students committed a murder and buried the body in the gymnasium wall, the same wall that is about to be demolished to make way for a new building.
• Trust Exercise by Susan Choi

  Call Number: Print

  ISBN: 9781250309884

  Publication Date: 2019-04-09

  Set at a highly competitive performing arts high school in the 1980s, this book will leave readers with wiser understandings of the true capacities of adolescents and of the powers and responsibilities of adults.

• Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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  Publication Date: 2013-05-14

  A young woman from Nigeria leaves behind her home and her first love to start a new life in America, only to find her dreams are not all she expected.
• American Street by Ibi Zoboi

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  Publication Date: 2017-02-14

  When Fabiola's mother is detained upon their arrival to the United States from Haiti, Fabiola must navigate her loud American cousins, the grittiness of Detroit's west side, a new school, and a surprising romance all on her own.
• Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2010-04-29

  An immigrant girl is forced to choose between two worlds and two futures.
• How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez

  Call Number: Print, eBook

  Publication Date: 2010-01-12

  The Garcia Girls tell their most intimate stories about how they came to be at home 'and not at home' in America.
• How to Read the Air by Dinaw Mengestu

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2010-10-14

  Leaving behind his marriage and job in New York, Jonas, the son of Ethiopian immigrants, sets out to retrace his mother and father's trip and weave together a family history that will take him from th e war-torn Ethiopia of his parents' youth to his life in the America of today.

• The Book of Night Women by Marlon James; Robin Miles (Narrated by)

  Call Number: Book on CD

  Publication Date: 2009-03-17

  Feared from birth for her vivid green eyes, which her fellow slaves believe to be evidence of her dark powers, young slave Lilith is both revered and avoided throughout her childhood and becomes a key in the success of a long-planned slave revolt.
• Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 1999-10-06

  A passionate tale of one young woman's quest to save her lover set against the chaos of the 1849 California Gold Rush.
• An Earl, the Girl, and a Toddler by Vanessa Riley

  Call Number: Print, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2021-04-27

  A witty and moving story about the lengths to which a woman will go for the love of her child...and the love of a man who knows her worth.
• The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat

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  Publication Date: 1999-09-01

  Based on a little-known historical event, this extraordinarily moving novel memorializes the forgotten victims of nationalist madness and the deeply felt passion and grief of its survivors.
• The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba by Chanel Cleeton

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  Publication Date: 2021-05-04

  At the end of the nineteenth century, three revolutionary women fight for freedom in this novel inspired by real-life events and the true story of a legendary Cuban woman–Evangelina Cisneros–who changed the course of history.

• Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor

  Call Number: Print, eBook

  Publication Date: 2022-02-01

  Reimagining of The Great Gatsby with echoes of Big Little Lies, told in three women's alternating voices.
• Fool by Christopher Moore

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2009-02-10

  Pocket, King Lear's fool, sets out to straighten out the mess the mad king has made of the kingdom and the royal family, only to discover the truth about his own heritage.
• March by Geraldine Brooks

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2005-03-03

  From Louisa May Alcott's beloved classic Little Women, Geraldine Brooks has taken the character of the absent father, March, who has gone off to war, leaving his wife and daughters to make do in mean times.
• My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray; Laura Kamoie

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  Publication Date: 2018-04-03

  Tells the story of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, a revolutionary woman who, like her new nation, struggled to define herself in the wake of war, betrayal, and tragedy.
• The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2018-09-04

  The Iliad, as experienced by the captured women living in the Greek camp in the final weeks of the Trojan War.

• The Last Grand Duchess by Bryn Turnbull

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2022-02-08

  As war approaches, Grand Duchess Olga Romanov trades her gown for a nursing habit, but when troubling rumors about her parents trickle in from the Front and the controversy over Rasputin grows into a fiery protest, a call for revolution threatens to end three hundred years of Romanov rule.
• The Mermaid from Jeju by Sumi Hahn

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2020-12-08

  A talented young deep-sea diver from occupied 1948 Korea's neighboring Jeju Island visits Mt. Halla for her family's annual trading trip before her romance with a mountain youth is upended by family tragedy and political turbulence.
• The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba by Chanel Cleeton

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2021-05-04

  Three revolutionary women fight for freedom at the end of the nineteenth century.
• Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2022-03-15

  This "beautifully rendered" novel about war, migration, and the power of telling our stories follows three generations of a Chinese family on their search for a place to call home.
• The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi

  Call Number: Print, eBook

  Publication Date: 2021-06-22

  Henna artist Lakshmi arranges for her protégé, Malik, to intern at the Jaipur Palace in this tale rich in character, atmosphere, and lavish storytelling.

• Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2020-09-15

  A woman seemingly leaves a note, abandons her car, and walks right out of her life... but is that really what happened?
• If I Disappear by Eliza Jane Brazier

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2021-01-26

  When Sera's favorite true-crime podcaster disappears, she sees it as an opportunity to put everything Rachel has ever taught to the test. Sera embarks on a solo journey to the dissolute ranch she believes Rachel was last seen, but not even a hundred episodes of a true-crime podcast could have trained her for this.
• Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2018-06-05

  A shocking discovery on a honeymoon in paradise changes the lives of a picture-perfect couple in this taut psychological thriller
• Speaking of Summer by Kalisha Buckhanon

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2019-07-30

  With a lack of support from local enforcement, it's up to Autumn to mend together the missing pieces of her twin sister's disappearance. The more she digs, the more she unearths about the troubled history her town has when it comes to bringing justice to female victims.
• The Wife Who Knew Too Much by Michele Campbell

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2020-07-28

  Tabitha’s first love returns to her after an unhappy marriage ends in his wife’s suicide. Then Tabitha finds a diary entry that says, “I'm writing this to raise an alarm in the event of my untimely death. If I die unexpectedly, it was foul play, and Connor was behind it. Connor-and her.”

• Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2010-04-29

  A young girl who emigrates from Hong Kong to Brooklyn with her mother and ends up leading a double life as an exceptional schoolgirl during the day and a Chinatown sweatshop worker in the evenings. Described as a moving tale of hardship and triumph, heartbreak and love, and all that gets lost in translation.
• The Push by Ashley Audrain

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  Publication Date: 2021-01-05

  A tense, page-turning psychological drama about the making and breaking of a family–and a woman whose experience of motherhood is nothing at all what she hoped for–and everything she feared.
• Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok

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  Publication Date: 2019-06-04

  A poignant and suspenseful drama that untangles the complicated ties binding three women—two sisters and their mother—in one Chinese immigrant family and explores what happens when the eldest daughter disappears, and a series of family secrets emerge.
• The Unsettled by Ayana Mathis

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2023-09-26

  A searing multi-generational novel—set in the 1980s in racially and politically turbulent Philadelphia and in the tiny town of Bonaparte, Alabama—about a mother fighting for her sanity and survival.
• What We Kept to Ourselves by Nancy Jooyoun Kim

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  Publication Date: 2023-10-10

  A timely and surprising novel about a family's search for answers following the disappearance of their mother.

• The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2018-07-03

  A novel about a woman who’s drive to become the first Lady Astronaut is so strong that even the most dearly held conventions of society may not stand a chance against her.
• Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

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  Publication Date: 2016-09-06

  The true story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America’s space program.
• The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

  Call Number: Print, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2018-06-05

  A heartwarming and refreshing novel that proves one thing: there's not enough data in the world to predict what will make your heart tick.
• Lab Girl by Hope Jahren

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2016-04-05

  A memoir of a woman in science; a moving portrait of a longtime friendship; and a stunningly fresh look at plants that will forever change how you see the natural world.
• The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict

  Call Number: Print, eBook

  Publication Date: 2019-01-08

  A powerful novel based on the incredible true story of Hedy Lamarr, the glamour icon and scientist whose groundbreaking invention revolutionized modern communication.

• Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

  Publication Date: 2014-07-29

  A brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, schoolyard scandal, and the little lies that can turn lethal.
• Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

  Publication Date: 2014-05-20

  The outrageously funny debut novel about three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to the wedding of the season.
• The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

  Publication Date: 2024-05-14

  A romance between the buttoned-up heir of a grocery chain and his free-spirited artist ex as they fake their relationship in order to receive a massive inheritance.
• Very Bad Company by Emma Rosenblum

  Publication Date: 2024-05-14

  A slick send-up of corporate culture wrapped in a captivating mystery that reads like White Lotus meets Succession.
• The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang

  Publication Date: 2016-10-04

  A hilarious debut novel about a wealthy but fractured Chinese immigrant family that had it all, only to lose every last cent--and about the road trip they take across America that binds them back together.

• Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian

  Publication Date: 2023-05-09

  A sweeping story of three generations of boys in the same Iranian family.
• Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

  Publication Date: 2003-04-29

  A graphic memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution.
• The Pomegranate Lady and Her Sons by Goli Taraghi

  Publication Date: 2014-12-08

  Short story collection about the author’s childhood experiences in Tehran during the reign of the Shah, her exile in Paris, and her subsequent visits to Tehran after the revolution.
• Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

  Publication Date: 2003-03-25

  A portrait of the Iran-Iraq war viewed from Tehran and gives us a rare glimpse, from the inside, of women’s lives in revolutionary Iran.
• The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali

  Publication Date: 2019-06-18

  A novel set in 1953 Tehran, against the backdrop of the Iranian Coup, about a young couple in love who are separated on the eve of their marriage, and who are reunited sixty years later.

• The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2020-07-21

  Eva Traube Abrams, a semi-retired librarian in Florida, is shelving books one morning when her eyes lock on a photograph in a magazine lying open nearby. She freezes; it's an image of a book she hasn' t seen in sixty-five years--a book she recognizes as The Book of Lost Names.
• The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

  Call Number: Print, eBook

  Publication Date: 2018-06-19

  Two intertwining stories take us through the heartbreak of the eighties and the chaos of the modern world, as both Yale and Fiona struggle to find goodness in the midst of disaster.
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer; Annie Barrows

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2008-07-29

  As London is emerging from the shadow of World War II, writer Juliet Ashton discovers her next subject in a book club on Guernsey--a club born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi after its members are discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island.
• The Lost for Words Bookshop by Stephanie Butland

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2018-06-19

  Loveday Cardew prefers books to people. If you look carefully, you might glimpse the first lines of the novels she loves most tattooed on her skin. But there are some things Loveday will never, ever show you.
• The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

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  Publication Date: 2014-04-01

  When his most prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, is stolen, bookstore owner A.J. Fikry begins isolating himself from his friends, family and associates before receiving a mysterious package that compels him to remake his life.

• In the Woods by Tana French

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2007-05-17

  Detective Rob Ryan and his partner, Cassie Maddox, investigate the murder of a 12-year-old girl near a Dublin suburb. The case resonates with similarities to a murder committed twenty years before that involved two children and the young Ryan.
• Ohio by Stephen Markley

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2018-08-21

  One sweltering night in 2013, four former high school classmates converge on their hometown in northeastern Ohio. Before the evening is through, their narratives converge masterfully to reveal a mystery so dark and shocking it will take your breath away.
• Remain Silent by Susie Steiner

  Call Number: Print

  ISBN: 9780525509974

  Publication Date: 2020-06-02

  An immigrant's mysterious death sets off a chilling hunt for the truth in this gripping crime novel.
• Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook, Book on CD

  Publication Date: 2007-07-31

  Returning to her hometown after an eight-year absence to investigate the murders of two girls, reporter Camille Preaker is reunited with her neurotic mother and enigmatic, thirteen-year-old half-sister as she works to uncover the truth about the killings.
• Watching from the Dark by Gytha Lodge

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2020-02-25

  You never saw him. But he saw it all. When a vibrant young woman is murdered while on a video chat, a small-town detective wades into a circle of friends and lovers with dangerous secrets.

• The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson

  Publication Date: 2022-11-01

  Banned from selling anything written this century, bookstore manager Maggie Banks, to keep the business afloat, starts an underground book club that unexpectedly unearths a town secret that could upend everything, forcing her to choose between the books that formed a small town's history or the stories poised to change it all.
• The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson

  Publication Date: 2021-08-31

  June Jones emerges from her shell to fight for her beloved local library, and through the efforts and support of an eclectic group of library patrons, she discovers life-changing friendships along the way.
• The Littlest Library by Poppy Alexander

  Publication Date: 2022-07-19

  A heartwarming literary-themed novel about a woman who turns an ordinary red phone box into the littlest library in England and brings together a struggling town.
• The Lost for Words Bookshop by Stephanie Butland

  Publication Date: 2018-06-19

  Loveday Cardew prefers books to people. If you look carefully, you might glimpse the first lines of the novels she loves most tattooed on her skin. But there are some things Loveday will never, ever show you.
• The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

  Publication Date: 2021-08-03

  Working at the local library, Aleisha reads every book on a secret list she found, which transports her from the painful realities she's facing at home, and decides to pass the list on to a lonely widower desperate to connect with his bookworm granddaughter.

• Booked for Death by Victoria Gilbert

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2020-08-11

  A book lover's B&B in an idyllic waterfront village becomes the scene of a grisly murder--and a ruthless battle between treachery and the truth.
• Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2018-03-27

  Lana's love life soon becomes yesterday's news once the restaurant's property manager, Mr. Feng, turns up dead--after a delivery of shrimp dumplings from Ho-Lee.
• The Escape Room by Megan Goldin

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2019-07-30

  Four young Wall Street rising stars discover the price of ambition when an escape room challenge turns into a lethal game of revenge.
• Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2006-09-01

  While traveling to Paris, a wealthy American is stabbed to death in his cabin on the Orient Express. With the train stuck in a snowdrift, there is no easy escape for the killer.
• The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

  Call Number: Print, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2022-02-22

  A locked room mystery, set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to hide...

• The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2021-07-13

  In horror movies, the final girls are the ones left standing when the credits roll. They made it through the worst night of their lives...but what happens after?
• For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2021-07-20

  A sneaky thriller set at a prestigious private school--complete with interfering parents, overeager students, and one teacher who just wants to teach them all a lesson...
• Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

  Call Number: Print, eBook

  Publication Date: 2019-10-08

  A tale of power, privilege, dark magic, and murder set among the Ivy League elite.
• The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2021-05-11

  A propulsive read about a story too good not to steal, and the writer who steals it.
• The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

  Call Number: Print, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2019-02-05

  A shocking psychological thriller of a woman's act of violence against her husband--and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.

• The Emma Project by Sonali Dev

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2022-05-17

  Emma gets a fresh Indian-American twist from award-winning author Sonali Dev in her heartwarmingly irresistible Jane Austen inspired rom com series.
• Pride by Ibi Zoboi

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2018-09-18

  Ibi Zoboi skillfully balances cultural identity, class, and gentrification against the heady magic of first love in her vibrant reimagining of this beloved classic. A smart, funny, gorgeous retelling starring all characters of color.
• The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet by Bernie Su

  Call Number: eBook

  Publication Date: 2014

  Featuring plenty of fresh twists to delight fans and new readers alike, The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet expands on the web series phenomenon that captivated a generation and reimagines the Pride and Prejudice story like never before.
• Sense and Second-Degree Murder by Tirzah Price

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2022-04-05

  Eighteen-year-old aspiring chemist Elinor Dashwood and her younger sister Marianne, a budding detective, work together to solve the mystery of their father's murder.

• The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende; Magda Bogin (Translator)

  The he magnificent epic of the Trueba family -- their loves, their ambitions, their spiritual quests, their relations with one another, and their participation in the history of their times, a history that becomes destiny and overtakes them all.
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

  The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, caught in the tragic sweep of history, The Kite Runner transports readers to Afghanistan at a tense and crucial moment of change and destruction.
• The Murmur of Bees by Sofía Segovia; Simon Bruni (Translator); Sofía Segovia

  From a beguiling voice in Mexican fiction comes an astonishing novel--her first to be translated into English--about a mysterious child with the power to change a family's history in a country on the verge of revolution.
• The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

  Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich's grandfather, who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, D.C., this powerful novel explores themes of love and death with lightness and gravity and unfolds with the elegant prose, sly humor, and depth of feeling of a master craftsman. Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
• The Women by Kristin Hannah

  A novel about deep friendships and bold patriotism, The Women is a richly drawn story with a memorable heroine whose idealism and courage under fire will come to define an era.

• The Maid by Nita Prose

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2022-01-04

  This cozy whodunit introduces a one-of-a-kind heroine who will steal your heart.
• Mastering the Art of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2023-04-25

  Murder complicates the lives of future cookbook writer Julia Child’s friends in 1949 Paris.
• Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon

  Call Number: Print, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2023-09-05

  Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door.
• The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2020-09-22

  As the bodies begin to pile up, can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it's too late?
• Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2023-03-14

  A lonely shopkeeper takes it upon herself to solve a murder in the most peculiar way in this captivating mystery.

• Best. State. Ever by Dave Barry

  Call Number: eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2016-09-06

  A brilliantly funny exploration of the Sunshine State from the man who knows it best: Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author Dave Barry.
• Florida Roadkill by Tim Dorsey

  Call Number: eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2006-02-28

  A crime comedy on a dentist who mutilates his hands to collect $5 million in insurance. Dr. George Veale is forced into the scam by a woman who videotaped a sex session and is blackmailing him. But after Veale collects he turns the tables.
• Lamb by Christopher Moore

  Call Number: Print, Book on CD

  Publication Date: 2004-05-25

  Everyone knows about the immaculate conception and the crucifixion. But what happened to Jesus between the manger and the Sermon on the Mount? In this hilarious and bold novel, the acclaimed Christopher Moore shares the greatest story never told: the life of Christ as seen by his boyhood pal, Biff.
• Tourist Season by Carl Hiassen

  Call Number: Print, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2005-05-09

  Brian Keyes, reporter turned private eye, must move from muckraking to rooting out murder, in a caper that will mix football players, politicians, and police with a group of fanatics and a very hungry crocodile.
• Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

  Call Number: Print, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2012-08-14

  When her notorious, hilarious, volatile, talented, troubled, and agoraphobic mother goes missing, teenage Bee begins a trip that takes her to the ends of the earth to find her.

• In Five Years by Rebecca Serle

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2020-03-10

  A striking, powerful, and moving love story following an ambitious lawyer who experiences an astonishing vision that could change her life forever.
• The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2021-07-06

  A story of summer, secrets, love, and lies: in the course of a singular day on Cape Cod, one woman must make a life-changing decision that has been brewing for decades.
• The People We Keep by Allison Larkin

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2021-08-03

  This is a novel of great empathy, about connections and coming-of-age, built families and self-acceptance.
• The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2022-03-01

  An indie musician reeling from tragedy and a public breakdown reconnects with her father on a weeklong cruise in "a pitch-perfect story about the ways we recover love in the strangest places
• We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange

  Call Number: Print, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2021-08-03

  Explores the staying power of shame--and the redemptive power of love--in an Irish Catholic family torn apart by secrets.

• Poster Girl by Veronica Roth

  Call Number: Print, eBook

  Publication Date: 2022-10-18

  Tells the story of a woman's desperate search for a missing girl after the collapse of an oppressive dystopian regime...and the dark secrets about her family and community she uncovers along the way.
• The Resisters by Gish Jen

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2020-02-04

  An audacious wonder of a novel about baseball and a future America.
• The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2022-01-04

  One lapse in judgement lands a young mother in a government reform program where custody of her child hangs in the balance.
• Severance by Ling Ma

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2018-08-14

  Maybe it's the end of the world, but not for Candace Chen, a millennial, first-generation American and office drone meandering her way into adulthood in Ling Ma's offbeat, wryly funny, apocalyptic satire.
• Vox by Christina Dalcher

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2018-08-21

  Set in a United States in which half the population has been silenced, Vox is the harrowing, unforgettable story of what one woman will do to protect herself and her daughter.

• Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2021-09-14

  A novel that looks at marriage, siblings, and how the people we love the most can hurt us the deepest.
• Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

  Call Number: Print, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2014-05-20

  About three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to the wedding of the season.
• The Heirs by Susan Rieger

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2017-05-23

  A novel that wrestles with the nature of inheritance and legacy as it affects an unforgettable, upper-crust Manhattan clan.
• The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

  Call Number: Print, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2016-03-22

  A novel about four adult siblings and the fate of the shared inheritance that has shaped their choices and their lives.

• The Butcher's Trail: How the Search for Balkan War Criminals Became the World's Most Successful Manhunt by Julian Borger

  Publication Date: 2016-01-19

  Chronicles the pursuit and capture of the Balkan war criminals indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague, including the intrigue behind the arrest of Slobodan Milosevic, the Yugoslav president who became the first head of state to stand before an international tribunal for crimes perpetrated in a time of war.
• The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn

  Publication Date: 2022-03-29

  An unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history's deadliest female sniper. Based on a true story.
• The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens

  Publication Date: 2014-10-14

  A struggling student's English assignment turns into a mission to solve a 30-year-old murder.
• Surviving the Bosnian Genocide by Selma Leydesdorff; Kay Richardson (Translator)

  Publication Date: 2011-10-03

  Based on the testimonies of 60 female survivors of the massacre who were interviewed by Dutch historian Selma Leydesdorff, showing the agency of these women during and after the war and their fight to uncover the truth of what happened at Srebrenica and why.
• The War is Dead, Long Live the War by Ed Vulliamy

  Publication Date: 2012

  Details the Bosnian War and its aftermath through the yes and memories of the survivors, the bereaved, and the perpetrators.

• All Systems Red by Martha Wells

  Call Number: Print, eBook

  Publication Date: 2017-05-02

  A murderous android discovers itself in All Systems Red, a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial Intelligence.
• The Bees by Laline Paull

  Call Number: Print, eBook

  Publication Date: 2014-05-06

  The Bees is the story of a heroine, a lowly but curious sanitation bee from the lowest class in her hive, who changes her destiny and her world.
• Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2019-08-06

  One pet crow fights to save humanity from an apocalypse in this uniquely hilarious debut from a genre-bending literary author.
• On Animals by Susan Orlean

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2021-10-12

  Collects tales involving animal-human relationships that the author has written over the course of her career.
• Timothy; or, Notes of an Abject Reptile by Verlyn Klinkenborg

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2006-02-07

  Based on a real tortoise with an unforgettable voice and keen powers of observation on both human and natural affairs.

• A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2020-04-07

  The first novel in the brand-new snarky, sassy, wickedly fun Sunshine Vicram series.
• A Conspiracy of Bones by Kathy Reichs

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2020-03-17

  #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with a new riveting novel featuring her vastly popular character forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, who must use all her tradecraft to discover the identity of a faceless corpse, its connection to a decade-old missing child case, and why the dead man had her cell phone number.
• Naked in Death by J. D. Robb

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2004-03-08

  The first book in J. D. Robb's number-one New York Times-bestselling In Death series, featuring New York City homicide detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas and Roarke.
• Old Bones by Douglas Preston; Lincoln Child

  Call Number: Print, eBook

  Publication Date: 2019-08-20

  The #1 NYT bestselling authors Preston & Child bring the true story of the ill-fated Donner Party to new life in this thrilling novel of archaeology, history, murder, and suspense.
• Sandstorm by James Rollins

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2004-06-29

  An inexplicable explosion rocks the antiquities collection of a London museum, setting off alarms in clandestine organizations around the world.

• My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

  Call Number: Print, eBook

  Publication Date: 2018-11-20

  Satire meets slasher in this short, darkly funny hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends.
• Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo

  Call Number: Print, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2017-08-22

  A novel about a married Nigerian couple who must grapple with staggering levels of loss and betrayal in their quest to create a family for themselves.
• Wahala by Nikki May

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2022-01-11

  An incisive and exhilarating debut novel following three Anglo-Nigerian best friends and the lethally glamorous fourth woman who infiltrates their group.
• Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  ISBN: 9780593299005

  Publication Date: 2022-01-18

  Meet Yinka: a 30-something, Oxford educated, British Nigerian woman with a well-paid job, good friends, and a mother whose constant refrain is "Yinka, where is your huzband?"
• You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

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  Publication Date: 2022-05-24

  A fresh and seductive novel about a young woman seeking joy while healing from loss.

• You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria

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  Publication Date: 2020-08-04

  An unforgettable, hilarious rom-com set in the drama-filled world of telenovelas--perfect for fans of Jane the Virgin and The Kiss Quotient.
• The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2016-08-09

  A hilarious and sexy workplace comedy all about that thin, fine line between hate and love.
• People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

  Call Number: Print, eBook

  Publication Date: 2021-05-11

  Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love. A sparkling new novel that will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations.
• The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa

  Call Number: Print, eBook

  Publication Date: 2020-02-04

  A steamy #ownvoices enemies-to-lovers novel about a wedding planner left at the alter and the groom's best man.
• Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2021-05-18

  A scrumptious and sweet romantic comedy on the set of a British baking competition show.

• I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara; Gillian Flynn (Introduction by); Patton Oswalt (Afterword by)

  Call Number: Print, eAudiobook, Book on CD

  Publication Date: 2018-02-27

  A masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer-- the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California for over a decade.
• The Broken Girls by Simone St. James

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2018-11-20

  A journalist uncovers the dark secrets of an abandoned boarding school in this chilling suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Sun Down Motel.
• A Madness of Sunshine by Nalini Singh

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  Publication Date: 2019-12-03

  NYT bestselling author Nalini Singh welcomes you to a remote town on the edge of the world where even the blinding brightness of the sun can't mask the darkness that lies deep within a killer.
• The Diviners by Libba Bray

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  Publication Date: 2012-09-18

  A young woman discovers her mysterious powers could help catch a killer in the first book of The Diviners series--a stunning supernatural historical mystery set in 1920s New York City.

• Best. State. Ever. by Dave Barry

  Call Number: Print, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2016-09-06

  A celebration of Florida from Key West at the bottom to whatever it is that's at the top, from the Sunshine State's earliest history to the fun-fair of weirdness that it is today.
• Florida Woman by Deb Rogers

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2022-07-05

  A gleefully dark novel about one young woman’s sensational summer at a Floridian wildlife center for exotic monkeys.
• The Maltese Iguana by Tim Dorsey

  Call Number: Print, eBook

  Publication Date: 2023-02-28

  Serge A. Storms, Florida's most lovable serial killer, is back on the road in the latest zany caper.
• Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2020-08-25

  A novel that captures the Trump era with Hiaasen's inimitable savage humor and wonderful, eccentric characters.
• Swamplandia! by Karen Russell

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2011-02-01

  The Bigtree alligator wrestling dynasty is in decline and Swamplandia!, their island home and gator-wrestling theme park, is swiftly being encroached upon by a sophisticated competitor known as the "World of Darkness."

• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

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  Publication Date: 2004-11-02

  A symbologist and a cryptographer join forces to follow a trail of clues hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci.
• Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

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  Publication Date: 2021-05-04

  Spanning Prohibition-era Montana, the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, New Zealand, wartime London, and modern-day Los Angeles, Great Circle tells the unforgettable story of a daredevil female aviator determined to chart her own course in life, at any cost.
• Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

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  Publication Date: 2021-09-28

  An adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian bargains, and queer alien courtship over fresh-made donuts.
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

  Call Number: eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2017-06-13

  o Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?
• The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb

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  Publication Date: 2022-02-01

  A mystery about a Black classical musician whose family heirloom violin is stolen on the eve of the most prestigious classical music competition in the world.

• Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

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  Publication Date: 2021-04-20

  A memoir from musician Michelle Zauner about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity.
• France Is a Feast by Alex Prud'homme; Katherine Pratt

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2017-10-24

  France is a Feast documents, through intimate and compelling photographs, Julia Child discovering French cooking and the French way of life.
• Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2000-05-22

  Anthony Bourdain’s wild-but-true memoir about 25 years working in restaurant kitchens.
• Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2013-04-02

  This graphic novel invites the reader to celebrate food as a connection to our bodies and a connection to the earth, rather than an enemy, a compulsion, or a consumer product.
• Yes, Chef by Marcus Samuelsson; Veronica Chambers

  Call Number: Print, Book on CD

  Publication Date: 2012-06-26

  Chef Marcus Samuelsson's journey from Ethiopia, to Sweden, to France, to opening his own restuarant in NYC.

• Hello, Transcriber by Hannah Morrissey

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  Publication Date: 2021-11-30

  A captivating mystery suspense debut featuring a female police transcriber who goes beyond the limits to solve a harrowing case.
• My Sweet Girl by Amanda Jayatissa

  Call Number: eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2021

  Shifting back and forth between present-day San Francisco and a private orphanage in Sri Lanka in 2002, Jayatissa’s debut thriller takes every opportunity to lead readers astray.
• No One Will Miss Her by Kat Rosenfield

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  Publication Date: 2021-10-12

  When the town pariah Lizzie Oullette is found dead, with her husband missing, Detective Ian Bird discovers a link to a social media influencer and wife of a disgraced billionaire who had a relationship with Lizzie that cut across class boundaries-and ultimately became deadly.
• Silver Like Dust by Kimi Cunningham Grant

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2012-01-12

  Growing up in rural Pennsylvania, all Kimi ever wanted to do was fit in, spurning traditional Japanese cuisine and her grandfather's attempts to teach her the language. But there was one part of Obaachan's life that had fascinated and haunted Kimi ever since the age of eleven her gentle yet proud Obaachan had once been a prisoner, along with 112,000 Japanese Americans, for more than five years of her life.
• You Can Run by Karen Cleveland

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  Publication Date: 2021-08-31

  A CIA analyst makes a split-second decision that endangers her country but saves her son--and now she must team up with an investigative journalist she's not sure she can trust in this electrifying thriller.

• Florida by Lauren Groff

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  Publication Date: 2018-06-05

  A collection of stories spanning centuries of time in mercurial Florida examines the decisions and connections behind life-changing events in characters ranging from two abandoned sisters to a conflicted family woman.
• Matrix by Lauren Groff

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  Publication Date: 2021-09-07

  A defiant and timely exploration of the raw power of female creativity in a corrupted world
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy

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  Publication Date: 2006-09-26

  A searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son's fight to survive.
• Robinson Crusoe by Daniel De Foe

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  Publication Date: 1993-01-01

  Classic novel about an English sailor marooned on a desert island for nearly three decades.
• The Tempest by William Shakespeare; Peter Holland (Editor, Introduction by); A. R. Braunmuller (Contribution by); Stephen Orgel (Contribution by)

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  Publication Date: 1999-09-01

  Shakespeare's "New World" play that partially inspired The Vaster Wilds.

• Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala

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  Publication Date: 2021-05-04

  Armed with the nosy auntie network, her barista best bud, and her trusted Dachshund, Longanisa, Lila takes on a tasty, twisted case and soon finds her own neck on the chopping block.
• A Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Collette

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2020-05-12

  In the charming town of Chagrin Falls, OH, Bronwyn Crewse dishes out sweet confections and solves mysteries from her ice cream shop.
• Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2018-03-27

  When the family restaurant’s manager turns up dead after an allergic reaction to a delivery of shrimp dumplings, it’s up to Lana Lee to find out who is behind the killer order.
• Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

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  Publication Date: 2021-04-27

  When Meddelin Chan ends up accidentally killing her blind date, her meddlesome mother calls for her even more meddlesome aunties to help get rid of the body.
• Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano

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  Publication Date: 2021-02-02

  Follows struggling suspense novelist and single mom Finlay Donovan, whose fiction treads dangerously close to the truth as she becomes tangled in real-life murder investigations.

• The Big Sleep and Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 1939

  Centers around a paralyzed California millionaire with two psychopathic daughters; he involves Marlowe in a case of blackmail that turns into murder.
• Billy Summers by Stephen King

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2021-08-03

  Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. He's a killer for hire and the best in the business. But he'll do the job only if the target is a truly bad guy. And now Billy wants out. But first there is one last hit.
• Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood

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  Publication Date: 2020-10-27

  A detective novel set in 1945, about two female private investigators trying to solve the locked-room murder of a society widow.
• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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  Publication Date: 2020-06-30

  An isolated mansion. A chillingly charismatic aristocrat. And a brave socialite drawn to expose their treacherous secrets. . . .
• These Women by Ivy Pochoda

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2020-05-19

  Six women struggle in the shadow of a serial killer who was never apprehended.

• The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova

  Call Number: Print, eBook

  Publication Date: 2021-09-07

  A novel about a family searching for the truth hidden in their past and the power they've inherited.
• Island Queen by Vanessa Riley

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  Publication Date: 2021-07-06

  A former slave rises above the harsh realities of being owned and colonialism on Montserrat working hard to buy freedom for herself, her mother, and her sister and becoming an entrepreneur, merchant, hotelier, and planter.
• Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2022-04-26

  A tale of fate, family, courage, and heartbreak--of an extraordinary woman determined to leave her mark in a world where gods and men dictate the shape of things to come.
• A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende; Nick Caistor (Translator); Amanda Hopkinson (Translator)

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2020-01-21

  An epic novel spanning decades and crossing continents follows two young people as they flee the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a place to call home.
• The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba by Chanel Cleeton

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  Publication Date: 2021-05-04

  At the end of the nineteenth century, three revolutionary women fight for freedom ... inspired by real-life events and the true story of a legendary Cuban woman--Evangelina Cisneros--who changed the course of history.

• Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

  Call Number: Print, DVD

  Publication Date: 2001-05-22

  Friendship, compassion, and the chance for great love lead characters to forget a real danger that has been set in motion and cannot be stopped.
• An Equal Music by Vikram Seth

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 1999-05-04

  A passionate and deeply romantic tale of two gifted musicians.
• The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook, CD

  Publication Date: 2015-11-10

  The voice of Music narrates the tale of its most beloved disciple, young Frankie Presto, a war orphan raised by a blind music teacher in a small Spanish town.
• The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Óscar Hijuelos

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 1990-08-21

  Cesar Castillo, the Mambo King himself, is an old man, and is remembering his life (and loves) in Cuba and New York as he approaches death.
• Year of Wonder by Clemency Burton-Hill

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2018-10-30

  In this unique celebration of classical music, one inspirational piece is showcased for each day of the year.

• Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

  ISBN: 9780063279025

  Publication Date: 2023-01-17

  Knives Out and Clue meet Agatha Christie and The Thursday Murder Club in this fiendishly clever blend of classic and modern murder mystery.
• How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin

  Publication Date: 2024-03-26

  An enormously fun mystery about a woman who spends her entire life trying to prevent her foretold murder only to be proven right sixty years later, when she is found dead in her sprawling country estate.... Now it's up to her great-niece to catch the killer.
• Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

  Publication Date: 2022-09-06

  They've spent their lives as assassins in a clandestine international organization, but at 60 years old, four women find they can't just retire - it's kill or be killed in this action-packed thriller.
• The Maid by Nita Prose

  Publication Date: 2022-01-04

  A Clue-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different—and reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart.
• The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

  Publication Date: 2020-09-22

  In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders. But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case.

• The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2016-08-09

  Work rivals trapped in a never-ending game of one-upmanship are up for the same promotion. Romance ensues.
• Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2019-05-14

  America’s First Son falls for the UK’s most eligible prince when a PR disaster forces them to play nice for a change.
• The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai

  Call Number: eBook

  Publication Date: 2019-08-06

  Rival dating app creators find themselves at odds in the boardroom but in sync in the bedroom.
• The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2022-02-08

  a. She desperately needs a date to her sister’s wedding to prove she’s over her ex-fiancé, and he’s the work rival who’s secretly in love with her. Bonus – fake dating, large family.
• The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2020-02-04

  Lina and Max’s story, where Lina is the wedding planner left at the alter and Max is the groom’s best man.

• The Circle by Dave Eggers

  A young woman lands a job at a powerful tech company and becomes increasingly entangled in its utopian vision of transparency, only to discover the dark consequences of total surveillance and loss of privacy.
• Educated by Tara Westover

  A powerful true story of a woman raised off the grid by survivalist parents, who eventually escapes to pursue education and self-discovery.
• I'll Be You by Janelle Brown

  In this twisty, emotionally charged novel, two estranged twin sisters—once inseparable child stars—are forced to confront buried secrets, addiction, and the fragile bonds of identity and sisterhood when one mysteriously disappears.
• Microserfs by Douglas Coupland

  A cult classic that follows a group of Microsoft employees in the 1990s as they navigate the tech world, startup culture, and personal identity. It’s witty, introspective, and deeply rooted in the early digital age.
• Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

  A haunting coming-of-age mystery set in the marshes of North Carolina, where a reclusive girl named Kya becomes entangled in a murder investigation while discovering love, loss, and the power of nature.

• All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris

  A twisty mystery about a black lawyer who gets caught in a dangerous conspiracy after the sudden death of her boss . . .
• Anywhere You Run by Wanda M. Morris

  After the murder of a white man in Jim Crow Mississippi, two Black sisters run away to different parts of the country...But can they escape the secrets they left behind?
• Long after We Are Gone by Terah Shelton Harris

  An explosive and emotional story of four siblings—each fighting their own personal battle—who return home in the wake of their father's death in order to save their family's home from being sold out from under them.
• When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole

  A gripping thriller from a critically acclaimed and New York Times Notable author, in which the gentrification of a Brooklyn neighborhood takes on a sinister new meaninǵ
• While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams

  A gripping, complexly plotted thriller set within the halls of the U.S. Supreme Court, where a young law clerk finds herself embroiled in a shocking mystery.

• Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney

  Publication Date: 2025-01-14

  After the mysterious disappearance of his wife, successful author Grady struggles with grief and writer's block, leading him to a remote Scottish island to find solace and attempt to write again. However, he soon discovers strange happenings and unsettling characters on the island, as well as visions of Abby that make him question his sanity.
• The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

  Publication Date: 2024-07-02

  A gothic layered mystery set in a secluded summer camp in the Adirondacks revolving around the disappearances of two children from a wealthy family. The atmosphere is thick with unease, enhanced by the camp’s isolated setting and the dark legends surrounding it.
• A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw

  Publication Date: 2021-12-07

  In this "riveting, atmospheric thriller that messes with your mind in the best way" (Laini Taylor, New York Times bestselling author), three residents of a secluded, seemingly peaceful commune investigate the disappearances of two outsiders.
• Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

  Publication Date: 2021-08-03

  The unforgettable story of a woman leading a team reintroducing wolves to the Scottish Highlands, desperate to save the creatures she loves--if she isn't consumed by a wild that was once her refuge.
• These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant

  Publication Date: 2021-11-16

  A father and daughter living in the remote Appalachian mountains must reckon with the ghosts of their past in mesmerizing novel of suspense.

• Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2016-04-05

  Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere... else. But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children.
• The House in the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune

  Call Number: eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2020-03-17

  A case worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth discovers an unlikely family in a most unexpected place.
• Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2022-05-03

  A lonely woman forms a connection with a Giant Pacific Octopus that results in discovering a future – and a family – she could never have imagined.
• Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia

  Call Number: Print

  Publication Date: 2019-10-08

  A delightfully clever novel following one woman and a supporting cast of misfits, dreamers and foes as they race to win a treasure hunt inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, left behind by a dying billionaire.

• Absolution by Alice McDermott

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2023-10-31

  A riveting account of women's lives on the margins of the Vietnam War.
• The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2018-02-06

  A desperate family seeks a new beginning in the near-isolated wilderness of Alaska only to find that their unpredictable environment is less threatening than the erratic behavior found in human nature.
• Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2021-05-04

  The unforgettable story of a daredevil female aviator determined to chart her own course in life, at any cost.
• The Kinship of Secrets by Eugenia Kim

  Call Number: Print, eBook

  Publication Date: 2018-11-06

  The story of two sisters, one raised in the United States, the other in South Korea, and the family that bound them together even as the Korean War kept them apart.
• The Rose Code by Kate Quinn

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2021-03-09

  A heart-stopping World War II story of three female code breakers at Bletchley Park and the spy they must root out after the war is over.

• Float Plan by Trish Doller

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2021-03-02

  Heartbroken by the loss of her fiancé, adventurous Anna finds a second chance at love with an Irish sailor in this riveting, emotional romance.
• The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes by Xio Axelrod

  Call Number: Print, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2021-05-04

  A Star is Born meets Daisy Jones in this unique story following an all-female band on the brink of breaking out.
• Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin

  Call Number: Print, eBook, eAudiobook

  Publication Date: 2021-04-13

  A young woman juggles pursuing her dream job in radio while helping her family compete with the new halal restaurant across the street.
• The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren

  Call Number: Coming Soon

  Publication Date: 2021-05-18

  A witty and effervescent novel about what happens when two people with everything on the line are thrown together by science--or is it fate?
• What If You and Me by Roni Loren

  Call Number: Coming Soon

  Publication Date: 2021-07-06

  The second book in the Say Anything Series, following true-crime podcaster Andi Lockley and former firefighter Hill Dawson.