Adult

Just in time for Valentine’s Day – an intimate, sharply funny novel about a couple heading toward their wedding, and the three friends who may draw them apart.

Follows one woman’s affair with her daughter’s best friend, testing the limits of love and ambition.

Andy had an “unconventional” mother, and this story of love and forgiveness, as well as a celebration of a woman who was “great at dyeing her red roots, weekly manicures, filthy jokes, pier fishing, rolling joints and buying dirty magazines" makes for lovely reading.

Let’s start the year off by dreaming big and setting massive goals that get us excited to get out of bed every day! I love this book. One of my favorite maxims that Massimino offers: the odds are against you – do it anyway.

Subtitled “How a House-Painting, Drug-Running DEA Informant Built the Machine That Rules Our Lives,” how can you NOT pick up this book? Fascinating true story that reminded me a lot of Catch Me If You Can (only this one really happened).

Beautifully-written collection of short stories that highlight how every day matters.

Hundreds of world-class athletes, doctors, lawyers, teachers, business leaders, college students and professionals from all walks of life have come to Harden for advice and direction. He teaches his students how to practice, train and rehearse to give 100 percent/100 percent of the time, and challenges them by asking: If you don't believe in yourself, why should I believe in you? In his first book, he is reaching out to help anyone who wants to live their best life by offering powerful and practical advice. 

A searing look at the things we are willing to do in the name of friendship. Spine-tingling suspense filled with secrets and lies that forces you to read the entire book in one sitting.

A young, award-winning scientist looks at one of the most compelling and historic turning points of our time – the race to harness the power of the stars and produce controlled fusion, creating a practically unlimited supply of clean energy. Fascinating read.

After a convulsive war that rumbles on for thirty years, a disparate group search amongst the metal skeletons, detritus and urban wreckage of a shattered land for a new life.

An environmental journalist in Washington, DC, Rachel has shunned her New England working-class family for years. Divorced and childless in her middle age, she’s a true independent spirit with the pain and experience to prove it. Coping with challenges large and small, she thinks her life is in free fall–until she’s summoned home to deal with the aftermath of her mother’s death. Then things really fall apart in this lively and witty novel.

The cofounder of BET and first African American woman billionaire shares her deeply personal journey through love and loss, tragedy and triumph. An inspiring story of overcoming toxic influences, discovering her true self, and at last finding happiness in her work and life.

Halloween is at the end of the month, so I thought I’d throw in some horror books. In a world reeling from an unusual plague, monsters lurk in the streets while terrified survivors arm themselves and roam the countryside in packs. Or perhaps something very different is happening. When a disease affects how reality is perceived, it’s hard to be certain of anything. A creepy, layered, literary story about false narratives and their ability to divide us.

Alfie wakes one night to find his twin daughters at the foot of his bed, claiming there's a shadowy figure in their bedroom. When no such thing can be found, he assumes the girls had a nightmare. Or was it? Hair-raising story that will grip you from the first page, and won't let you go.

An American documentarian travels a haunted highway across the frozen tundra of Siberia. All I had to read was one quote by Stephen King on the cover, and I was sold: a “tightly wound, atmospheric, and creepy as hell supernatural thriller.”