| fiction |
| 1 |
lessons in chemistry |
Bonnie Garmus |
A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show. |
| 2 |
the cabinet of dr. leng |
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child |
The 21st book in the Pendergast series. Constance Greene travels back in time to prevent the deaths of her siblings. |
| 3 |
the house of wolves |
James Patterson and Mike Lupica |
After her father is murdered, Jenny Wolf becomes the head of a powerful family in California. |
| 4 |
tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow |
Gabrielle Zevin |
Two friends find their partnership challenged in the world of video game design. |
| 5 |
how to sell a haunted house |
Grady Hendrix |
After her parents die, Louise encounters more than she expected in dealing with the family home. |
| 6 |
the house in the pines |
Ana Reyes |
Seven years after witnessing her best friend drop dead, Maya returns to her Berkshires hometown to piece together what happened. |
| 7 |
hell bent |
Leigh Bardugo |
The second book in the Alex Stern series. Alex risks her future at Lethe and Yale to get Darlington out of purgatory. |
| 8 |
the boys from biloxi |
John Grisham |
Two childhood friends follow in their fathers’ footsteps, which puts them on opposite sides of the law. |
| 9 |
demon copperhead |
Barbara Kingsolver |
A reimagining of Charles Dickens’s “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia. |
| 10 |
fairy tale |
Stephen King |
A high school kid inherits a shed that is a portal to another world where good and evil are at war. |
| 11 |
mad honey |
Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan |
After returning to her hometown, Olivia McAfee’s son gets accused of killing his crush. |
| 12 |
the shards |
Bret Easton Ellis |
In Los Angeles in 1981, a prep school senior becomes obsessed with a new student at the same time he and his circle of friends are taunted by a serial killer. |
| 13 |
without a trace |
Danielle Steel |
Charles Vincent meets someone who ignites his passion and must decide whether to walk away from his perfect-from-the-outside life. |
| 14 |
the last thing he told me |
Laura Dave |
Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous relationship. |
| 15 |
the midnight library |
Matt Haig |
Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived. |
| nonfiction |
| 1 |
spare |
Prince Harry |
The Duke of Sussex details his struggles with the royal family, loss of his mother, service in the British Army and marriage to Meghan Markle. |
| 2 |
the light we carry |
Michelle Obama |
The former first lady shares personal stories and the tools she uses to deal with difficult situations. |
| 3 |
the nazi conspiracy |
Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch |
The story of a Nazi plot to kill President Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill. |
| 4 |
i'm glad my mom died |
Jennette McCurdy |
The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother. |
| 5 |
straight shooter |
Stephen A. Smith |
The ESPN analyst recounts the highs and lows of his life and career. |
| 6 |
friends, lovers, and the big terrible thing |
Matthew Perry |
The actor, known for playing Chandler Bing on “Friends,” shares stories from his childhood and his struggles with sobriety. |
| 7 |
master slave husband wife |
Ilyon Woo |
In 1848, Ellen Craft, disguised as a disabled white man, and her husband, William, posing as that man’s slave, achieved freedom only to have to flee again. |
| 8 |
an immense world |
Ed Yong |
The Pulitzer Prize–winning science writer explains the sensory perceptions and ways of communication used by a variety of animals. |
| 9 |
rough sleepers |
Tracy Kidder |
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author chronicles Jim O’Connell’s work to provide medical care to Boston’s unhoused population. |
| 10 |
crying in h mart |
Michelle Zauner |
The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish-American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer. |
| 11 |
the song of the cell |
Siddhartha Mukherjee |
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author chronicles the discovery of cells and describes how modern medicine uses them. |
| 12 |
the myth of normal |
Gabor Maté with Daniel Maté |
The potential ways in which trauma and stress from modern-day living can affect our physical health. |
| 13 |
and there was light |
Jon Meacham |
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer portrays the life of Abraham Lincoln. |
| 14 |
surrender |
Bono |
The lead singer of the Irish rock band U2 offers details of his life, career and activism. |
| 15 |
myth america |
edited Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer |
A collection of essays by historians who separate fact from fiction as they detail our nation’s past. |
