A YOUNG WOMAN’S OBSESSION with a classic novel turns her life upside down in this funny, insightful book.

MARVELOUSLY CRAFTED, HAUNTING psychological mystery set in the art world of Victorian Scotland.

LAUGH YOURSELF SILLY at this ridiculous comic thriller by Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel. R-rated, wacky, fun!

TERROR AND ADVENTURE in a virtual world filled with digital clones of history’s tyrants and psychopaths. Wow!

ELOQUENT, ELEGIAC LITTLE novel follows a woman’s thoughts and memories in the hours after her husband’s death.

EXTRAORDINARY, POETIC, EVOCATIVE memoir by Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina is powerful, unforgettable.

POET AND WRITER Diane Ackerman’s lyrical, heartbreaking memoir of her novelist husband’s stroke and recovery.

FAST-PACED, WITTY THRILLER follows a spy turned full-time mom fighting international crime and cranky toddlers.

UNFORGETTABLE, VIVID, POETIC tale of a teenage girl’s hardscrabble Mississippi life as Hurricane Katrina hits.

MASTERFUL RETELLING OF a murder case that grabbed headlines in 1897 New York is rich in detail and drama.