I Know This Much is True Wally Lamb Fiction Dominick Birdsey, a forty-year-old housepainter living in Three Rivers, Connecticut, finds his subdued life greatly disturbed when his identical twin brother Thomas, a paranoid schizophrenic, commits a shocking act of self-mutilation.…
The River is Waiting Wally Lamb Fiction Corby Ledbetter is struggling. New fatherhood, the loss of his job, and a growing secret addiction have thrown his marriage to his beloved Emily into a tailspin. And that’s before he causes the…
She’s Come Undone Wally Lamb Fiction “Mine is a story of craving: an unreliable account of lusts and troubles that began, somehow, in 1956 on the day our free television was delivered….” Meet Dolores Price. She’s thirteen, wise-mouthed but wounded,…
Spectacular Things Beck Dorey-Stein Family Mia and Cricket have always been close. The gifted daughters of a young single mother, the “Lowe girls” are well-known in the small Maine town they call home. Each sister has a role to fill:…
Culpability Bruce Holsinger Fiction When the Cassidy-Shaws’ autonomous minivan collides with an oncoming car, seventeen-year-old Charlie is in the driver’s seat, with his father, Noah, riding shotgun. In the back seat, tweens Alice and Izzy are on their phones, while…
The Bench Jen Brewer Fiction Overwhelmed, Miranda feels she is failing to live up to her mother’s perfect image. Perhaps running for Mom of the Year on the 25th anniversary of her mother’s win would change that and atone for…
My Friends Fredrik Backman Coming of Age Most people don’t even notice them—three tiny figures sitting at the end of a long pier in the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world. Most people think it’s…
The Emperor of Gladness Ocean Vuong Fiction The hardest thing in the world is to live only once… One late summer evening in the post-industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge in…
We All Live Here Jojo Moyes Fiction Lila Kennedy has a lot on her plate. A broken marriage, two wayward daughters, a house that is falling apart, and an elderly stepfather who seems to have quietly moved in. Her career…
Uncommon Type Tom Hanks Short Stories A small-town newspaper columnist with old-fashioned views of the modern world. A World War II veteran grappling with his emotional and physical scars. A second-rate actor plunged into sudden stardom and a whirlwind press…