This quirky, often hilarious novel offers romantic comedy and critique of contemporary American society. Veblen and her fiancé, Paul, must come to terms with their complicated relationships with their families, Veblen’s affinity for a particularly expressive squirrel who takes residence in her attic, and their own differing hopes for the future.

This quick, engrossing read begins moments before a pandemic called Georgia Flu wipes out most of civilization. The book jumps from twenty years after the disaster to the years before, a nonlinear format that makes for a riveting postapocalyptic tale.

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Helen Oyeyemi has made a career of adeptly reimagining traditional stories. BOY, SNOW, BIRD is a retelling of Snow White dark enough to rival the source material, but in the hands of one of the most skilled storytellers of our time it takes on a new depth and feels current and relevant.

Emma Gatewood is an incredible woman who walked the Appalachian Trail not once, but three times, first at the age of 67 with only a pair of Keds, a shower curtain, and a tiny bag. This is a great book for fans of Cheryl Strayed’s WILD.

This mystery continues the story of a trailblazing 1907 psychiatrist who treats women with emotional trauma. If the plot doesn’t catch you, Cuyler Overholt’s use of language surely will. She beautifully captures the spirit of early twentieth century New York.

When a friend recently asked for a book that would make her cry, the libriarians immediately put HOMEGOING in her hands. The novel begins in Ghana in the mid-eighteenth century with the stories of two half sisters separated at birth—one married off to an Englishman who oversaw the British interest in the Gold Coast slave trade, the other captured by those slave traders and shipped to America. Each subsequent chapter alternates between their descendants in Africa and the United States for 300 years. Yaa Gyasi has a knack for writing characters—each one fully realized—and the myriad ways their actions and circumstances send ripples through their family tree.

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