Fiction

1. LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY
   Bonnie Garmus
   A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.
2. THE CABINET OF DR. LENG
   Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
   The 21st book in the Pendergast series. Constance Greene travels back in time to prevent the deaths of her siblings.
3. THE HOUSE OF WOLVES
   James Patterson and Mike Lupica
   After her father is murdered, Jenny Wolf becomes the head of a powerful family in California.
4. TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW
   Gabrielle Zevin
   Two friends find their partnership challenged in the world of video game design.
5. HOW TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE
   Grady Hendrix
   After her parents die, Louise encounters more than she expected in dealing with the family home.
6. THE HOUSE IN THE PINES
   Ana Reyes
   Seven years after witnessing her best friend drop dead, Maya returns to her Berkshires hometown to piece together what happened.
7. HELL BENT
   Leigh Bardugo
   The second book in the Alex Stern series. Alex risks her future at Lethe and Yale to get Darlington out of purgatory.
8. THE BOYS FROM BILOXI
   John Grisham
   Two childhood friends follow in their fathers’ footsteps, which puts them on opposite sides of the law.
9. DEMON COPPERHEAD
   Barbara Kingsolver
   A reimagining of Charles Dickens’s “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.
10. FAIRY TALE
    Stephen King
    A high school kid inherits a shed that is a portal to another world where good and evil are at war.

NonFiction

1. SPARE
   Prince Harry
   The Duke of Sussex details his struggles with the royal family, loss of his mother, service in the British Army and marriage to Meghan Markle.
2. THE LIGHT WE CARRY
   Michelle Obama
   The former first lady shares personal stories and the tools she uses to deal with difficult situations.
3. THE NAZI CONSPIRACY
   Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch
   The story of a Nazi plot to kill President Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill.
4. I'M GLAD MY MOM DIED
   Jennette McCurdy
   The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.
5. STRAIGHT SHOOTER
   Stephen A. Smith
   The ESPN analyst recounts the highs and lows of his life and career.
6. FRIENDS, LOVERS, AND THE BIG TERRIBLE THING
   Matthew Perry
   The actor, known for playing Chandler Bing on “Friends,” shares stories from his childhood and his struggles with sobriety.
7. MASTER SLAVE HUSBAND WIFE
   Ilyon Woo
   In 1848, Ellen Craft, disguised as a disabled white man, and her husband, William, posing as that man’s slave, achieved freedom only to have to flee again.
8. AN IMMENSE WORLD
   Ed Yong
   The Pulitzer Prize–winning science writer explains the sensory perceptions and ways of communication used by a variety of animals.
9. ROUGH SLEEPERS
   Tracy Kidder
   The Pulitzer Prize-winning author chronicles Jim O’Connell’s work to provide medical care to Boston’s unhoused population.
10. CRYING IN H MART
    Michelle Zauner
    The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish-American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.

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Last updated: January 30, 2023