Monthly Archives: January 2017

Anne has two wonderful friends and her own London bookshop, but she isn’t happy. Ten years ago she was put in an impossible position and had to let go of the only man she ever loved, and she’s regretted it ever since. She had to fight her way out of heartbreak and despair just to get this far. Now Freddie is back, and the wound is ripped open. Freddie once loved Anne deeply, and she had even agreed to join him in his travels abroad. ...

The Association of Small Bombs – Karan Mahajan

January 24, 2017

Drama

National Book Award Finalist. One of the New York Times Book Review’s Ten Best Books of the Year. A Washington Post Notable Fiction Book of 2016. Named a Best Book of 2016 by: Buzzfeed, Esquire, New York magazine, The Huffington Post, The Guardian, The AV Club, The Fader, Redbook, Electric Literature, Book Riot, Bustle, Good magazine, PureWow, and PopSugar. Longlisted for the FT/Oppenheimer Emerging Voices Award. “Wonderful. . . . Smart, devastating, unpredictable, and enviably adept in its handling of tragedy and its fallout. If you enjoy novels that ...

Sins of the Past – Julia Derek

January 24, 2017

Mystery

You can’t hide from the past… Stay-at-home mom Kate’s life is turned upside down when her husband Diego is stabbed to death one night, leaving her with no means to support their toddlers. Believing Diego had no enemies, Kate soon discovers she’s wrong. Has the past caught up with Diego, or is there a more sinister reason to his murder? When Kate learns the truth, it may be too late…

The Vegetarian – Han Kang

January 23, 2017

Mystery

Winner of the 2016 Man Booker International Prize. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • Publisher’s Weekly • Buzzfeed • Entertainment Weekly • Time • Wall Street Journal • Bustle • Elle • The Economist • Slate • The Huffington Post • The St. Louis Dispatch • Electric Literature A beautiful, unsettling novel about rebellion and taboo, violence and eroticism, and the twisting metamorphosis of a soul. Before the nightmares began, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary, controlled life. But the dreams—invasive images of blood ...

The Ulterior Motive – Jack Coleston

January 23, 2017

Thriller

The fate of the United States hangs in the balance and only a select few can prevent the impending disaster. Stanley Carmichael is an intelligent and hard-working member of the Central Intelligence Agency. Yet, he never expected to be named Deputy Director of the CIA so soon in his career. Nonetheless, he finds himself stepping into shoes that feel impossible to fill. Anna Carmichael is a legend. She’s one of the fiercest ex-members of the Special Activities Division, where she saw more than enough blood ...

Single in the City – Michele Gorman

January 23, 2017

Comedy

Take one twenty-six-year-old American, add to a two thousand year old city, add a big dose of culture clash and stir. To think Hannah ever believed that Americans differed from Brits mainly in pronunciation, sophistication and dentistry. That’s been the understatement of a lifetime. She lands upon England’s gentle shores with no job, no friends and no idea how she’s supposed to build the life she’s dreaming of. Armed with little more than her enthusiasm, she charges headlong into London, baffling the locals in her ...

American Amnesia – Jacob S. Hacker

January 22, 2017

Society

From the groundbreaking author team behind the bestselling Winner-Take-All Politics, a timely and topical work that examines what’s good for American business and what’s good for Americans—and why those interests are misaligned. In Winner-Take-All Politics, Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson explained how political elites have enabled and propelled plutocracy. Now in American Amnesia, they trace the economic and political history of the United States over the last century and show how a viable mixed economy has long been the dominant engine of America’s prosperity. ...

ALL-IN: Race for the White House – Greg Sandora

January 22, 2017

Random

Wealth and Power collide in this Political Thriller! Jack finds what it’s really going to take to fulfill his destiny: To have the power, to dedicate the highest office in the land, to make things right. This time, He’s ALL-IN. It’s the steamy summer of 2016 in Washington, D.C. Few days before the Democratic National Convention. A long and painful recession has left ordinary Americans suffering, spawning the hottest Presidential Contest in history. Jack Canon, a man born into privilege, a witness to great social ...

Before I Fall – Lauren Oliver

January 21, 2017

Young Adult

The Before I Fall movie—based on Lauren Oliver’s beloved first novel and starring Zoey Deutch, Halston Sage, and Kian Lawley—is opening in theaters in spring 2017. With this stunning debut novel, New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver emerged as one of today’s foremost authors of young adult fiction. Like Jay Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why and Gayle Forman’s If I Stay, Before I Fall raises thought-provoking questions about love, death, and how one person’s life can affect so many others. For popular high school senior Samantha Kingston, February 12—”Cupid ...

Girl of Fire – Norma Hinkens

January 21, 2017

Science Fiction

ORIGIN. DESTINY. FATE. How far would you go to unravel the truth? Trattora is the adopted daughter of the Chieftain on a primitive frontier planet. Velkan is an indentured serf who has never known a day of freedom. Forced to flee a terrifying invasion by Galactic Pirates, they find themselves thrown together on a ramshackle mining vessel that harbors more than one dark secret. Fate and chemistry combine when the pair’s matching birth bracelets lead them to a shocking discovery about their true lineage. Stakes ...

Sleeping with the Blackbirds – Alex Pearl

January 21, 2017

Young Adult

Eleven-year-old schoolboy, Roy Nuttersley has been dealt a pretty raw deal. While hideous parents show him precious little in the way of love and affection, school bullies make his life a misery. So Roy takes comfort in looking after the birds in his garden, and in return the birds hatch a series of ambitious schemes to protect their new friend. As with the best-laid plans, however, these get blown completely off course – and as a result the lives of both Roy and his arch ...

1984 – George Orwell

January 20, 2017

Classics

In 1984, London is a grim city where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be.

Drone: An Eli Quinn Mystery – Robert Roy Britt

January 20, 2017

Mystery

Kicking bad guy butt comes with the job as wise-ass detective Eli Quinn investigates a brazen assassination attempt on an Arizona politician. Quinn takes the case when his friend, lawman Jack Beachum, suspects the sheriff isn’t investigating rigorously. Quinn gets help from reporter Samantha Marcos, a good friend who is quickly becoming more than that, and his dog Solo, the world’s greatest K-9 private eye. Together, they uncover a threat far more sinister than the frightening and clever use of drone technology.

The Lost City of the Monkey God – Douglas Preston

January 19, 2017

Non-Fiction

The #1 New York Times bestseller! A five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A stunning medical mystery. And a pioneering journey into the unknown heart of the world’s densest jungle. Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors who fled there to escape the Spanish invaders, and they warn that anyone who enters this ...