Adult

In the boiling heat of summer, a broken remote control for an air conditioner threatens life as we know it in this reality-bending, time-slipping sequel to The Tatami Galaxy. Only one thing remains certain: it’s going to be a very long month. Funny, easy-to-read. Sort of like a Japanese version of Back to the Future.

An emotionally rich collection of 11 short stories, painting a fascinating portrait of contemporary India, a family’s transition to America and what it means to have a home and return to home in Injam’s debut.

A Gentleman in Moscow meets My Brilliant Friend in this novel of two estranged friends who reunite in Los Angeles to confront each other and the devastating betrayal that tore them apart.

Mattimore uses the same process he uses with Fortune 500 companies to generate billions of dollars to take readers through a disciplined creative process to create original and practical new business concepts – by investing less than an hour a day. Great boost for anyone starting the school year looking for inspiration and a MUST READ for entrepreneurs.

Just in time for the new school year, Korenfeld offers educators personal experiences and practical tools to use to inspire creative thinking in students. Her “Five E” approach to teaching (explore, experience, examine, elevate and express) is a guideline that could benefit all teachers (and, more importantly, their students).

Quick read that is not about rewiring your brain, rewriting your past, positive thinking or anything of the sort. It was written to help readers go beyond their thinking and discover the truth of what they already intuitively know deep inside their souls. First in a series.

It inspires me to read about leaders with integrity – driven by the heart and compassion rather than ruthlessness and negativity. Crowe, a wonderful podcaster, provides readers with a powerful guide for 21^st century leaders.

In this intimate and heartfelt memoir, Goldbergi shares many of the deeply personal stories of her life growing up with her brother impoverished teenage mother for the first time. Growing up in the projects in New York City, there were trips to Coney Island, the Ice Capades, and museums, and every Christmas was a magical experience. Like her one-woman show in the 80s that I still consider to be one of the finest productions ever written, this book will make you laugh, cry and think.

Subtitled “Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed & Happiness,” this book provides 19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think about money and teaches you how to make better sense of finances, in a very readable fashion.

A year-long journey by the renowned psychiatrist and his writer wife after her terminal diagnosis, as they reflect on how to love and live without regret. Get out the tissues for this beautiful story.

I’m off on a hiking trip across the Pyrenees in a few weeks, so I need all the packing tips I can get. Palepu shows that what and how you pack are who you are. Confidence and comfort inspire success upon arrival, whether you’re exploring a new city, hoping to nail a job interview or relaxing on a beach. Wish I had discovered this book years ago.

Wiest shows that by extracting crucial insight from our most damaging habits, building emotional intelligence by better understanding our brains and bodies, releasing past experiences at a cellular level and learning to act as our highest potential future selves, we can step out of our own way and into our potential. Motivational blueprint for anyone looking to be better.

From the Booker Prize Finalist and bestselling author comes a collection of three short stories that probe the dynamics that corrupt what could be between women and men: a lack of generosity, the weight of expectation, the looming threat of violence. Potent, charged and breathtakingly insightful.

Powerful novel about a Puerto Rican family in Staten Island, in all its shattered reality. This one takes you through a roller coaster of emotions, as Jiménez does what the best writers do – she makes you laugh, cry and think. Winner of the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

When a veteran Washington journalist moved to Kansas, he met a new neighbor who was more than a century old. Little did he know that he was beginning a long friendship – and a profound lesson in the meaning of life. The inspiring story of one man’s journey through a century of upheaval.