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December 17, 2019
1998 National Book Award for Fiction

Charming Billy

Alice McDermott

Alice McDermott tells the story of Billy Lynch within the complex matrix of a tightly knit Irish American community, in a voice that is resonant and full of deep feeling. Charming Billy is a masterpiece about the unbreakable bonds of memory and desire.
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January 28, 2020

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott · Puffin Books
Pages: 816
Format: Hardcover

Louisa May Alcott's classic tale of four sisters in a deluxe hardcover edition, with beautiful cover illustrations by Anna Bond, the artist behind world-renowned stationery brand Rifle Paper Co.

Grown-up Meg, tomboyish Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. The four March sisters couldn't...
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February 25, 2020
2018 New York Times Book of the Year

The Library Book

Susan Orlean · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

Susan Orlean's bestseller and New York Times Notable Book is "a sheer delight ... as rich in insight and as varied as the treasures contained on the shelves in any local library" (USA TODAY) - a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution and an investigation...
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March 31, 2020
Anaheim Public Library's NEA Big Read Choice for 2020

Our Town: A Play in Three Acts

Thornton Wilder · Perennial
Pages: 181
Format: Print book

This beautiful new edition features an eyeopening Afterword written by Tappan Wilder that includes Thornton Wilder's unpublished notes and other illuminating photographs and documentary material.Our Town was first produced and published in 1938 to wide acclaim. This Pulitzer Prize-winning...
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