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by Liz Moore ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 2, 2024 “Don’t go into the woods” takes on unsettling new meaning in Moore’s blend of domestic drama and crime novel. Likes 15 Our Verdict GET IT New York Times Bestseller Many years after her older brother, Bear, went missing, Barbara Van Laar vanishes from the same sleepaway […]
by Max Brooks ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 16, 2020 A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy. Likes 219 Our Verdict GET IT New York Times Bestseller Are we not men? We are—well, ask Bigfoot, as Brooks does in this delightful yarn, following on […]
by Liane Moriarty ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 10, 2024 A fresh, funny, ambitious, and nuanced take on some of our oldest existential questions. Cannot wait for the TV series. Likes 13 Our Verdict GET IT New York Times Bestseller What would you do if you knew when you were going to die? In the first […]
by Alice Walstead ; illustrated by Andy Elkerton ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 2, 2022 Not enough tricks to make this a treat. Another holiday title (How To Catch the Easter Bunny by Adam Wallace, illustrated by Elkerton, 2017) sticks to the popular series’ formula. Rhyming four-line verses describe seven intrepid trick-or-treaters’ efforts to capture the […]
by Alice Hemming ; illustrated by Nicola Slater ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 1, 2021 A hilarious autumnal comedy of errors. Likes 10 Our Verdict GET IT New York Times Bestseller A confused squirrel overreacts to the falling autumn leaves. Relaxing on a tree branch, Squirrel admires the red, gold, and orange leaves. Suddenly Squirrel screams, […]
by Sally Rooney ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 24, 2024 Though not perfect, a clear leap forward for Rooney; her grandmaster status remains intact. Likes 27 Our Verdict GET IT New York Times Bestseller Two brothers—one a lawyer, one a chess prodigy—work through the death of their father, their complicated romantic lives, and their even more […]
by Matthew McConaughey ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 20, 2020 A conversational, pleasurable look into McConaughey’s life and thought. Likes 28 Our Verdict GET IT New York Times Bestseller All right, all right, all right: The affable, laconic actor delivers a combination of memoir and self-help book. “This is an approach book,” writes McConaughey, adding that […]
THE OSAGE MURDERS AND THE BIRTH OF THE FBI by David Grann ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 18, 2017 Dogged original research and superb narrative skills come together in this gripping account of pitiless evil. Likes 58 Our Verdict GET IT Kirkus Reviews’Best Books Of 2017 New York Times Bestseller National Book Award Finalist Greed, depravity, […]
With clear-minded authority, Banner tells the story of a crucial, but misunderstood, part of the constitutional structure. The fiery language directed at SCOTUS obscures a fascinating, complex story, says this engaging book. The past decade has seen waves of vitriol directed at the Supreme Court from one side or another, so it is refreshing to […]
by E.B. White illustrated by Garth Williams ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 15, 1952 The three way chats, in which they are joined by other animals, about web spinning, themselves, other humans—are as often… Likes 11 Our Verdict GET IT A successful juvenile by the beloved New Yorker writer portrays a farm episode with an imaginative […]