The Guest List, by Lucy Foley
A guilty pleasure, if betrayal and murder are your thing.
Read MoreAnxious People, by Fredrik Backman.
Fredrik Backman is back with an excellent novel. Might be your 2020 favorite.
Read MoreThe Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure, by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Generation Z has been hobbled by parents and society. Learn how they may undo the damage and improve their functioning. We need to prevent extending this to the next generation.
Read MoreAll The Devils Are Here, by Louise Penny
The sixteenth novel in Penny’s Armand Gamache series, this book is a love letter to Paris, while also an exploration of corporate greed gone deadly.
Read MoreEmpty: A Memoir, by Susan Burton
Burton’s memoir is a very personal examination of her relationship with food, body image, and the addictive cycle of anorexia and binge eating. An important study of self discovery for all women.
Read MoreOne By One, by Ruth Ware
Ruth Ware, an excellent mystery writer, brings us a serial murder in a chalet in the French Alps, isolated by an avalanche. You will delight in this!
Read Morewow, no thank you, by Samantha Irby
A fresh, bawdy voice women should really appreciate—get ready to laugh til you leak (a little bit.)
Read MoreDevoted, by Dean Koontz
A master of suspense, Koontz weaves his love of dogs into a terrific novel.
Read MoreThe Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, by Grady Hendrix
Filled with dry humor and spine-tingling excitement, this novel will teach you never to underestimate southern housewives, who have each other’s backs, even when battling a vampire who threatens their families.
Read MoreDancing at the Pity Party: a Dead Mom Graphic Memoir, by Tyler Feder
A loving graphic novel tribute to her mother, Tyler Feder takes us through her thoughts and feelings as she deals with the loss of her mom as a young adult.
Read MoreToo Much and Never Enough : How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man, by Mary L. Trump, Ph.D.
Clinical psychologist and author Mary Trump is the aggrieved niece of Donald Trump, whose father died of alcoholism at 42. She blasts Uncle Donald in this profile.
Read MoreThe Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s, by Andy Greene
That;s what she said…an oral history of this amazing mockumentary comedy classic.
Read MoreMigrations, by Charlotte McConaghy
A moving, rich, beautiful novel that addresses animal extinctions without preachiness.
Read MoreThe Mirror and The Light, by Hilary Mantel
Filled with court intrigue, complex relationships, and beautiful writing, this is a satisfying end to the trilogy about Thomas Cromwell and his service to Henry VIII. Highly recommend.
Read MoreBring Up the Bodies, by Hilary Mantel
The second novel in Mantel’s fascinating depiction of Thomas Cromwell and the Tudor court of Henry VIII.
Read MoreWolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel
A view of Henry VIII’s Tudor court, from the point of view of Thomas Cromwell. Excellent!
Read MoreRodham, by Curtis Sittenfeld
What if Hillary Rodham did NOT marry Bill Clinton? An entertaining alternative history.
Read MoreThe Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11, by Garrett M. Graff
Required reading, to appreciate our fire fighters and police—Next year is 20 years since this terrible day.
Read MoreUntamed, by Glennon Doyle
Very popular—but shallow, selfish and wrong-headed. Walk on by this one.
Read MoreDear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life, by Ali Wong
Deeply true, raunchy, freshly original and hilarious—add to your vacation summer reading list.
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