Monthly Archives: June 2022

This Body I Wore – Diana Goetsch

June 30, 2022
Biography
A captivating memoir of one woman’s long journey to late transition, as the trans community emerges alongside her. “A universal and profound meditation on the price of authenticity.” —Jennifer Finney Boylan, author of She’s Not There and Good Boy. Long before Laverne Cox appeared on the cover of Time, far removed from drag and ballroom culture, there were countless trans women living and dying as men, most of whom didn’t even know they were trans. Diana Goetsch’s This Body I Wore chronicles one woman’s long journey to coming out, a path ...

Horse – Geraldine Brooks

June 29, 2022
Historical
“Brooks’ chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling.” —The New York Times Book Review “Horse isn’t just an animal story—it’s a moving narrative about race and art.” —TIME A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse ...

The Hotel Nantucket – Elin Hilderbrand

June 28, 2022
Drama
“The queen of beach reads” (New York Magazine) delivers an immensely satisfying page-turner in this tale about a summer of scandal at a storied Nantucket hotel. Fresh off a bad breakup with a longtime boyfriend, Nantucket sweetheart Lizbet Keaton is desperately seeking a second act. When she’s named the new general manager of the Hotel Nantucket, a once Gilded Age gem turned abandoned eyesore, she hopes that her local expertise and charismatic staff can win the favor of their new London billionaire owner, Xavier Darling, ...

The Lioness – Chris Bohjalian

June 27, 2022
Adventure
A luxurious African safari turns deadly for a Hollywood starlet and her entourage in this riveting historical thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant. “The best possible combination of Hemingway and Agatha Christie — a gorgeously written story about the landscape and risks of Africa, whose edge-of-your-seat plot makes it impossible to put down.” —Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were Here. Tanzania, 1964. When Katie Barstow, A-list actress, and her new husband, David Hill, decide to bring their Hollywood friends ...

Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present – Mary Ziegler

June 26, 2022
Society
With the Supreme Court likely to reverse Roe v. Wade, the landmark abortion decision, American debate appears fixated on clashing rights. The first comprehensive legal history of a vital period, Abortion and the Law in America illuminates an entirely different and unexpected shift in the terms of debate. Rather than simply championing rights, those on opposing sides battled about the policy costs and benefits of abortion and laws restricting it. This mostly unknown turn deepened polarization in ways many have missed. Never abandoning their constitutional ...

Burned: A Cowboys of Cade Ranch Novel – Greta Rose West

June 26, 2022
Romance
Jack Cade already has enough on his shoulders with his four brothers, his struggling Wyoming horse ranch, and his adopted mama going through chemo again. He doesn’t have time for a woman, and he doesn’t trust them. But when Everlea Donovan falls into his life—literally—he can’t stop fantasizing about her. Wanting her. But Everlea’s hiding something, always looking over her shoulder, ready to run at any moment. She can’t risk putting Jack and his family in danger, but she’s never wanted anything—anyone—the way she wants ...

The Omega Factor – Steve Berry

June 25, 2022
Mystery
“Dan Brown fans will want to check this one out” (Publishers Weekly): The Ghent Altarpiece is the most violated work of art in the world. Thirteen times it has been vandalized, dismantled, or stolen. Why? What secrets does it hold?   Enter UNESCO investigator, Nicholas Lee, who works for the United Nations’ Cultural Liaison and Investigative Office (CLIO). Nick’s job is to protect the world’s cultural artifacts—anything and everything from countless lesser-known objects to national treasures. When Nick travels to Belgium for a visit with a woman from ...

Forging Silver into Stars – Brigid Kemmerer

June 24, 2022
Young Adult
New York Times bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer expands the Cursebreaker world in an electrifying new series. When ancient magic tests a newfound love, a dark fate beckons . . . Magic has been banished in the land of Syhl Shallow for as long as best friends Jax and Callyn can remember. They once loved the stories of the powerful magesmiths and mythical scravers who could conjure fire or control ice, but now they’ve learned that magic only leads to danger: magic is what killed Callyn’s parents, ...

Counterfeit – Kirstin Chen

June 23, 2022
Mystery
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK. “A con artist story, a pop-feminist caper, a fashionable romp . . . Counterfeit is an entertaining, luxurious read—but beneath its glitz and flash, it is also a shrewd deconstruction of the American dream and the myth of the model minority. . . . Chen is up to something innovative and subversive here.” — Camille Perri, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Recommended by New York Times Book Review • Washington Post • People • ...

Tin Man and Rabbit – Gideon Stevens

June 23, 2022
Romance
Tom is forced to sell his childhood home, and Lisa is the real-estate agent who is helping him relocate. He wants a place in the country, so she drives him out to see a property — and then things go wrong. They’re forced to walk back to town. They take a shortcut. They get lost. And that’s just the beginning of their adventures. Will their budding romance survive when another real-estate agent is making moves on Tom, Lisa’s ex is determined to interrupt, and the ...

Nogar the Golden Dragon – TJ Boyer

June 23, 2022
Fantasy
Before Shaméd the Wizard, Rednogording the King of the Dragons was uniting the races by forming a coalition to fight evil in the solar system. In his adventures, he discovers a special planet. As he explores this new world, he finds evidence of a forgotten civilization and magic left behind. When he dies from a serious injury caused by protecting his mate, Rednogording leaves behind a chaotic coalition, and a son, Nogar who has to put it all back together with the help of his ...

James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life – James Patterson

June 22, 2022
Biography
“I felt I was interviewing James Patterson under the highest permissible dose of sodium pentothal, the truth serum, for hours—and he spilled the whole story of his truly astonishing life.”—Bob Woodward “Damn near addictive. I loved it . . . that Patterson guy can write!” –Ron Howard THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER—How did a kid whose dad lived in the poorhouse become the most successful storyteller in the world? On the morning he was born, he nearly died. His dad grew up in the Pogey– the ...

Sparring Partners – John Grisham

June 21, 2022
Thriller
John Grisham is the acknowledged master of the legal thriller. In his first collection of novellas, law is a common thread, but America’s favorite storyteller has several surprises in store. “Homecoming” takes us back to Ford County, the fictional setting of many of John Grisham’s unforgettable stories. Jake Brigance is back, but he’s not in the courtroom. He’s called upon to help an old friend, Mack Stafford, a former lawyer in Clanton, who three years earlier became a local legend when he stole money from his clients, ...

Build the Damn Thing: How to Start a Successful Business If You’re Not a Rich White Guy – Kathryn Finney

June 20, 2022
Business
An indispensable guide to building a startup and breaking down the barriers for diverse entrepreneurs from the visionary venture capitalist and pioneering entrepreneur Kathryn Finney. Build the Damn Thing is a hard-won, battle-tested guide for every entrepreneur who the establishment has left out. Finney, an investor and startup champion, explains how to build a business from the ground up, from developing a business plan to finding investors, growing a team, and refining a product. Finney empowers entrepreneurs to take advantage of their unique networks and resources; arms readers ...