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Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich 1945-1955

Harald Jahner
2022
Many, many books have been written about World War II and if you are a history buff you have probab…
History —
And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie
1939
Agatha Christie has been called the Queen of Mystery. Even though she published her first book in 1…
Mystery —
Babel

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

R. F. Kuang
2022
"Babel" is set in 1828, in a world that is powered by the "silver workers" of t…
Fantasy —
Cloud Cuckoo Land

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr
2021
Anthony Doerr is one of the most beautifully lyrical authors writing today. "All the Light We …
Fiction —
Deacon King Kong: A Novel

Deacon King Kong: A Novel

James McBride
2021
Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction Winner of the Gotham Book PrizeOne of Barack Ob…
Fiction —
Editors Pick
Demon Copperhead

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver
2023
In writing Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver set out to write her “great Appalachian novel” – an…
Fiction —
Dinner with the President

Dinner with the President: Food, Politics and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House

Alex Prud'homme
2023
Alex Prud'homme comes from culinary royalty. His great aunt was Julia Child and he collaborate…
History —
Dream Town

Dream Town

David Baldacci
2022
David Baldacci has been writing blockbuster novels for twenty years and most I would categorize as …
Mystery —
Fallen Idols

Fallen Idols: Twelve Statues That Made History

Alex von Tunzelmann
2022
At a time when we are struggling as a community and a nation over the appropriate way to represent …
History —
What Now?

Graduation Speeches

Patchett, Wallace, Ward, McRaven
multiple years
"What Now?" by Ann Patchett"This is Water" by David Foster Wallace"Navigat…
Education —
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Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus
2022
Bonnie Garmus debut novel, "Lessons in Chemistry", is a delightful book about a chemist n…
Fiction —
Luster: A Novel

Luster: A Novel

Raven Leilani
2020
Luster: A Novel by Raven Leilani is a New York Times Bestseller and Best Book of the Year. Winner o…
Beach Reads — Fiction —