Fiction

1. THE HILL WE CLIMB
   Amanda Gorman
   The poem read on President Joe Biden's Inauguration Day, by the youngest poet to write and perform an inaugural poem.
2. THE FOUR WINDS
   Kristin Hannah
   As dust storms roll during the Great Depression, Elsa must choose between saving the family and farm or heading West.
3. THE RED BOOK
   James Patterson and David Ellis
   The second book in the Black Book thriller series. Chicago detective Billy Harney investigates his own past.
4. THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY
   Matt Haig
   Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived.
5. KLARA AND THE SUN
   Kazuo Ishiguro
   An “Artificial Friend” named Klara is purchased to serve as a companion to an ailing 14-year-old girl.
6. THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE
   V.E. Schwab
   A Faustian bargain comes with a curse that affects the adventure Addie LaRue has across centuries.
7.  WIN
   Harlan Coben
   Windsor Horne Lockwood III might rectify cold cases connected to his family that have eluded the F.B.I. for decades.
8. LIFE AFTER DEATH
   Sister Souljah
   In a sequel to “The Coldest Winter Ever,” Winter Santiaga emerges after time served and seeks revenge.
9. THE LOST APOTHECARY
   Sarah Penner
   An aspiring historian in London finds a clue that might put to rest unsolved apothecary murders from 200 years ago.
10. SUNFLOWER SISTERS
    Martha Hall Kelly
    During the Civil War, sisters Georgeanna and Eliza join the war effort together while sisters Jemma and Patience are enslaved on separate plantations.

NonFiction

1. THE CODE BREAKER
   Walter Isaacson
   How the Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues invented CRISPR, a tool that can edit DNA.
2. GREENLIGHTS
   Matthew McConaughey
   The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.
3. CASTE
   Isabel Wilkerson
   The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today.
4. THE BEAUTY OF LIVING TWICE
   Sharon Stone
   The actress and human rights activist recounts her childhood difficulties and biggest accomplishments.
5. UNTAMED
   Glennon Doyle
   The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
6. THINK AGAIN
   Adam Grant
   An examination of the cognitive skills of rethinking and unlearning that could be used to adapt to a rapidly changing world.
7. THE SUM OF US
   Heather McGhee
   The chair of the board of the racial justice organization Color of Change analyzes the impact of racism on the economy.
8. A PROMISED LAND
   Barack Obama
   In the first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama offers personal reflections on his formative years and pivotal moments through his first term.
9. THIS IS THE FIRE
   Don Lemon
   The CNN host looks at the impact of racism on his life and prescribes ways to address systemic flaws in America.
10. A WORLD ON THE WING
    Scott Weidensaul
    The navigational and physiological undertakings performed by billions of birds as they circumnavigate the globe.

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